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Drink and Be Merry | Planet Ryan
Friends, do you realize how lucky we are to have two amazing new breweries opening right here in Waterloo this year? I would have been ecstatic with one, but two?…
’45 Years’ | Movie Review
Cast: Charlotte Rampling Tom Courtenay Director: Andrew Haigh Grade: A In this day and age, a time when the short attention span of theater goers is catered to, we sometimes…
Comfortable | Mark’s Remarks
Our first really cold weather of the year has come, along with the moans and groans of the masses. At church on Sunday, I heard several folks say they were…
El Chapo | Planet Ryan
Remember last year when news broke of the notorious leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, Juan “El Chapo” Guzman, masterminding a sophisticated escape from a maximum security Mexican prison? I’m…
Starting off | Mark’s Remarks
Right before Christmas break, I get a bit of a second wind. I don’t know what it is, but I have this inner need to get things organized and cleaned…
Bah humbug? | Planet Ryan
Was it just me, or did anyone else struggle to get into the Christmas spirit this year? More than one person I spoke with relayed the same feeling and most…
Life change list | Mark’s Remarks
Many people have given up on resolutions and I’m one of them. They never work. They are only moderately successful, if that. The only ones that ever work, in my…
MOVIE REVIEW: Carol among year’s best
Cast of “Carol” Rooney Mara as Therese Belivet Cate Blanchett as Carol Aird Sarah Paulson as Abby Gerhard Kyle Chandler as Harge Aird Jake Lacy as Richard Carrie Brownstein as…
No Room | Mark’s Remarks
Every Christmas, Michelle and I say we are going to get rid of decorations, not put up as much and try to downsize. Every year, we manage to get most…
My Last Trump-a-Thon | Planet Ryan
The last time I wrote about the emergence of Donald Trump, I received a mixed bag of responses. Some of you agreed and some of you REALLY didn’t agree. But…