Opinion
Family Christmas Events at Pass Christian Library
Join us at the Pass Christian Library for our special Family Christmas Events! On December 17, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., families are invited to a Christmas Storytime with Mrs. Claus and the Christmas Elves. Mrs. Claus will read her favorite Christmas stories, and the Christmas Elves will sing and dance with everyone. After the…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “AT LEAST GRANDMA IS THANKFUL!”
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Grandma Gertie is more than ready for Thanksgiving Day to arrive. For the first time in seventeen years, she is going to have her entire family home for Thanksgiving dinner. Everyone has painstakingly arranged their holiday schedules to be able be together at Grandma’s house. Excited-beyond-measure cannot even begin…
Read MoreMovie Review: “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t”
By Bob Garver It was all the way back in 2013 that audiences were first introduced to the Four Horsemen of Magic – J. Daniel Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg), Merritt McKinney (Woody Harrelson), Jack Wilder (Dave Franco), and Henley Reeves (Isla Fisher). The quartet blurred the line between “magic tricks” and “heists,” in that…
Read MoreMovie Review: “Predator: Badlands”
By: Bob Garver “Predator” and I got off on the wrong foot. I’m not talking about the new movie, but rather the 1987 original, and by extension the whole franchise. I rented the film hoping to enjoy some action-movie interaction between two future governors: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jesse Ventura. Unfortunately, there was little…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “Received Horrible News”
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com You received the phone call that buckles your knees. Or hear the police officer’s knock on the door. Or the doctor solemnly walks toward you in the hospital waiting room. And now you have just heard the worst news of your life. You’ve lost the most important person in your…
Read MoreMovie Review: “Black Phone 2”
By Bob Garver How is it that Halloween of 2025 couldn’t give us a better horror movie than “Black Phone 2”? It’s not that I’m shocked that a Halloween horror movie is a disappointment. I’m just shocked that we got such a disappointing movie this year. 2025 has been such a banner year…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “Stuck in a pit”
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Have you ever tried to help someone who doesn’t actually want help? Oh, they tell you they do. They call and beg for you to give them answers to their problems. But when you stop your busy life, put your thinking cap on, get creative and give them answers, suddenly…
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “Sneaky Black Ice”
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com It really is innocent looking, because it looks just like wet pavement. But it can be dangerous as a rattlesnake. And just like that reptile, it strikes when you least expect it, with the intent to cause you a lot of pain and destruction. Truly unseeable, hiding in plain sight. …
Read MoreCoffeeTime: “How does depression look?”
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Depression. A word that absolutely can send dread coursing through the veins. Whether you have witnessed its debilitating effect on a loved one or experienced it yourself, you know it physically changes things. The depressed person can be blinded to seeing beauty around them. It actually can make a clear…
Read MoreMovie Review: “Tron: Ares”
By Bob Garver The legacy of the “Tron” franchise is complicated. On a consistently positive note, the series has always been a feast for the eyes and ears, with pleasing, if not groundbreaking special effects and musical scores that heart-pumpingly convey that technological developments are happening every minute. But the films have never quite…
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