The Grandstander
Monday, December 8, 2025
What A Sports Weekend It Was!
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The lead photo of the post is, of course, the Steelers 27-22 win over the Ravens yesterday, and more on that a bit later, but first, let...
Friday, December 5, 2025
Critical Commentary: A Movie and a Book
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"Wicked For Good" We took ourselves out to the local cineplex two weeks ago to see the long awaited, much hyped conclusion to th...
Monday, November 24, 2025
Futbol and Football In The Burgh
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First, the Positive... Pittsburgh Riverhounds Win United Soccer League Championship A fun conversation starter among Pittsburgh sports fan...
Sunday, November 23, 2025
An Old Movie...."Cactus Flower" (1969)
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Linda and I happened to tune into TCM on Friday night just as Ben Mankiewicz was introducing "Cactus Flower". This movie was r...
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
Critical Commentary - Three Streaming Series (All On Netflix)
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"Death By Lightning" This four part series tells the duel stories of James Garfield, our 20th President, and Charles Gaiteau, the ...
Thursday, November 13, 2025
"Nuremberg"
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"Nuremberg" is a movie that certainly can be classified as an "Oscar-bait" movie. It is being released at the end of ...
Monday, November 10, 2025
For Your Reading Pleasure...
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Some books that I have recently read...... In 1870, engineer and inventor Alfred Ely Beach dug out a tunnel under a couple of blocks beneath...
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