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“Kings of the Wyld” (2017©) — book review
Today’s book review is for “Kings of the Wyld”, a sword and sorcery / dungeon and dragon style fantasy novel about a group of “retired” mercenary warriors who get back together to save the daughter of one of the group’s members.  The book is written by Nicholas Eames.  This is the author’s first novel and is meant to be the start of a series.  The book was relatively well received (in its genre) when it was first released and was loaned to me by my son who said he’s read it multiple times and it is one of the best books he’s ever read. (Ohhhh-kay…)  I actually completed the book yesterday and am just getting around to this review.
This book raises the proposition of what it might be like if a “band” of heroic warriors who had all retired some years ago were called back together for one last impossible mission.  The heroic “band” used to go around getting hired out (hence mercenaries) to kill monsters which were troubling various kingdoms and locales.  Monsters include:  giants, trolls, dragons, fairies, etc. etc. etc.  The impossible mission is to save a daughter who has been trapped in a fortress city by a horde of evil creatures gathered by the villain of the story.  Yes, yes, yes…  Shades of “Lord of the Rings“, “Game of Thrones” and all the other fantasy sword and sorcery novels of the last 100 years.  Oh, bye the way, “The Wyld” is a large area in the fantasy world where all the monsters originate – and where most live.  They (mostly) only attack humans if you are foolish enough to go into the Wyld or if they are driven into a horde by a leader with evil intentions.  In horde mode, the monsters will leave the Wyld and attack fortressed cities of humans.
So, is this book any good?  Is it realistic in it’s narration of adventure, heroism or combat depictions?  Is it entertaining and / or interesting?  And, finally, do I recommend this book?  No to all of the above!
Any good:  The book is told as a first-person narrative (mostly), by one of the band members (Clay “Slowhand” Cooper).  His thoughts and reflections are the ONLY things which strike true in this book.  Mind you, NOT his actions – particularly in battle / personal combat.  Having said that, the other “band” members are even less believable, so, I guess there’s that.
Realism, characters and battle / combat depictions:  I struggled to find one (just one) combat scene or battle that had ANY basis in reality.  This is a comic book version of “Lord of the Rings“, “King Kong“, “Harry Potter” and all of the “Die Hard” movies all rolled in to one jumbled mess – without the redeeming comic book art.  There is a lot of world building and personal motivation for the narrator, but (to be honest) who cares?  There isn’t even a serious fight to the death in the first 150 pages!!!  And even then, it’s not “real” people who get terminated.  (Remember:  monsters – goblins, wraiths, and undead of various types.  Ho hum.)
Entertaining / interesting:  Neither… My son loaned me this book almost three years ago.  I would read a few pages and put it down for a week (or month).  It just wasn’t interesting.  It wasn’t anything new.  And, worse, there wasn’t even enough story to make me want to finish the book.  I have finished it, now, after a slog and with much effort.  I convinced myself that if my son was that keen on it, the book MUST have some redeeming value.  And, ohhhh-kay…  There are about 100 pages in the last 130 which are a fantastical melee battle between the forces for good and evil – again, think “Battle of Five Armies” or “Avengers: Endgame” – which was almost entertaining / interesting.  Unfortunately, the narration / descriptions were so poorly done it was practically impossible to discern where the action was happening or who was fighting whom.
Final recommendation:  Weak recommendation.  This book is “probably” meant for a different generation (than me) who has grown up playing Dungeon and Dragon style fantasy games.  In spite of my son’s stated opinion, I find it hard to believe he enjoyed this book.  (He has previously loaned me multiple books which were FAR, FAR better than this one.)  At best, it’s “Okay”.
Disclaimer:  This book was loaned to me and no compensation has been provided to me by anyone for my opinions in this review.  I will be returning it to my son on our next meeting / visit / family gathering.
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On This Day In:
2023	The End As We Fear It
2022	Understanding True Achievement
2021	Avoiding Corners
	Nobody Knows (Nobody Knows It But Me)
	A Novel War
2020	First Buds
	To Fly
2019	What If Nobody Believes Them Either
2018	It’s About Heart Not Skill
2017	Winning So Much I’m Already Tired Of It (Not)
2016	Punishing Red Binge
2015	Bits In The Soup
2014	More Beef, Less Bull
2013	Where Are Your Mountains
2012	Spherical Knowledge Of Hamsters
2011	Taking Stock Over Time

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Hotel Southern California

“Hotel Artemis” (2018) — movie review
Today’s review is for the action / drama movie “Hotel Artemis” which stars Jodie Foster as “The Nurse” (primary “health care” provider for the “hotel”), Sofia Boutella as “Nice” (a female assassin and former lover of “Waikiki“), Dave Bautista as “Everest” (the hotel orderly / muscle / handyman), Sterling K. Brown as “Waikiki” (a criminal who is the main protagonist), Jeff Goldblum as “Niagara” (master criminal who “owns” Los Angeles), Brian Tyree Henry as “Honolulu” (injured criminal who is Waikiki‘s younger brother), Jenny Slate as Morgan (an injured police officer who is also a childhood friend of “The Nurse’s” dead son), Zachary Quinto as Crosby Franklin (Niagara’s youngest son), and Charlie Day as “Acapulco” (an injured arms dealer).  The character’s names are taken from the name of the hospital suite the patient is assigned to.
The film is set in (riot-torn, 2028 AD) Los Angeles, in a secret, members-only emergency room for criminals called:  “Hotel Artemis“.  The hotel is staffed by an unlicensed nurse (Foster) and an orderly (Bautista).  The basic plot is multiple injured criminals are “trapped” in a secret / heavily fortified, five room / suite hospital during a major riot caused by a lack of public water.  The hotel / hospital gets full and the staff must deal with the medical and social problems of the patients, the riot outside the doors and the Nurse’s agoraphobia (fear of open space).  Blah, blah, blah…  lots of fights ensue and eventually a bunch of people die.  The injured protagonist survives and is told about another “safe” hotel in Las Vegas (presumably for a sequel).  This movie did surprisingly poorly at the box office and it is unlikely there will be a sequel.
So, is this movie any good?  How are the actors / acting?  Movie stuff (film, soundtrack, special effects)?  And, do I recommend it?  Yes.  Good to very good (particularly Foster).  Well shot with good action set pieces, special effects and very good music.  And, yes, I do recommend it.
Is it any good?  If you like action / drama movies similar to “Die Hard” you will probably enjoy this movie.  I did.  It doesn’t break ANY new ground in any respect, but I found it well paced and it never left you thinking “What?”  Basically, it established a premise and then delivered within the parameters of the premise.  Is it predictable?  Yeah, but so what if it’s still done well (acting and action).
Actors / Acting?  Again, nothing new and not a LOT of depth of character(s), but again, this is an action movie, not an “Oscar” movie.  I particularly like Foster – the best developed character and Boutella – the female assassin.  I haven’t seen Foster in ages and it was great to see her get an “adult” role that she was able to act in.  (I am not saying Foster hasn’t appeared in other adult roles, only that I’ve not seen many and not lately.)  Boutella is kind of getting type-cast in the hyper-athletic female action role – (“Kingsman” and “Star Trek: Beyond“).  I like her in these roles, but while we’ve seen her jump around and fight, we’ve yet to see if she can really act.  I hope she gets the opportunity before she ages out in the “type-cast”.  It’s not that I don’t believe she could continue for another ten years, but there are far too few roles of this type (female action hero / villain) even in modern Hollywood.  On the male side, I enjoyed Brown and believe he could also carry more films as the lead.  I was a bit surprised by his size / build in this film and although he already appeared in “Black Panther“, it’s a shame he wasn’t considered as a re-cast for the title role in future “BP” sequels.  I really feel like this was a re-tread of Goldblum and Quinto.  They were both satisfactory in their roles (Goldblum better than Quinto), but I felt is was more:  “been there, done that”.  Oh, well, everyone has to pay their bills…
Movie stuff:  Although a “dark” movie (it’s mostly happening at night), everything was well enough lit that we could follow the actors / action.  The special effects (mostly medical devices) were pretty interesting (good!) and pretty reasonable extensions of where we seem to be heading (nanotechnology and virtual imagery).  I particularly enjoyed the sound track.
Final recommendation:  pretty good to strong.  This is an action movie.  It is NOT highbrow fare.  As previously stated, it doesn’t break any new ground, but it does what it does well enough that I enjoyed it.  There is some cursing and some of the violence is intense, so this is not appropriate for small children (pre-10).  Although this movie is five years old, this was my first viewing.
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On This Day In:
2023	Practicing My Barre Chords
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2022	We Need Both
2021	Broaden The Circle
	The Phone Keeps Ringing (By The Time I Get To Phoenix)
2020	Stay Gentle
2019	Immoral #45
2018	From My Soapbox
2017	The Single Most Effective Thing For Health
2016	A Trumpet Solo
2015	Potential Is A Heavy Burden
2014	Fear Not, Weep Not
2013	Half Way There
2012	Sacrificed Any Lately?
2011	The Value Of One’s Character
2010	Intervals
	On Being Human
	Non-predictive Emergence
	Events
	Bodily Functions
	Standing Thoughts
	Sent Home Is Better Than Fixed

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Time To Meet God

Sicario (2015) — movie review
Today’s review is for the drug cartel crime fighting thriller, Sicario,  released a few years ago and which has a sequel just wrapping up in theaters now.  The movie title translates to “hitman” according to the opening credits.  It stars:  Emily Blunt as FBI Agent Kate Macer;  Antonio Banderas — just kidding — Benicio del Toro as Alejandro Gillick;  Josh Brolin as CIA Agent Matt Graver and Daniel Kaluuya as Blunt’s FBI partner Reggie Wayne.  Gillick’s “character / role” is not entirely clear.  On the one hand, he is said to be an attorney who’s family is murdered by a drug cartel, and on the other had he is said to be a member of the Medellín cartel.  I think I would have to view the movie again to see which is true as multiple sources seem to disagree (Rotten Tomatos, IMDB, Wikipedia).  Really, he’s a combination of Paul Kersey (Death Wish) – vengeance / vigilante, John McClane (Die Hard) – one man against the gang / vigilante, and Frank Castle (Punisher) – super-efficient killer with multiple weapons / vigilante.
The basic plot is the CIA needs an FBI agent on a cross-departmental team to function on US soil.  Hence, they recruit Macer and Wayne to help “arrest” (i.e. track down and kill) some cartel leaders.  To do this, they pursue the cartel in both the US and Mexico.  Blah, blah, blah.  Shoot-em up.  Blah, blah, blah.  Feel sorry for Macer and Gillick.  Blah, blah, Gillick saves Macer.  Blah, blah, Gillick gets revenge.  Blah, blah, Macer let’s Gillick skate (to make a sequel).  Kind of a happy / unhappy ending…
So, is this a good movie?  Does it work as a thriller?  Is it realistic?  Yes.  Yes.  And, so-so.  I found the movie to be very interesting because it was the best depiction I’ve seen of night vision / thermal vision head gear.  The acting is solid and the characters are reasonably developed enough that you can start to feel for them.  The movie works quite well as a thriller.  The action starts strong with a pretty powerful (if gruesome) opening of the FBI breaking into a house full of dead bodies to arrest / kill gang members and free hostages and then it just goes from there.  Anyway, the Department of Justice wants to make a “bigger” difference in the drug war, so they join the CIA and DOD’s Delta Force to perform operations both in the US and in Mexico.  There are multiple action / set pieces and they work – in terms of both increasing theatrical tension and creating bonding of the law enforcement team (character development).
Is the movie realistic?  I do believe it’s realistic in terms of gang violence and military capability.  No.  I don’t believe it is realistic in the depiction of action.  The action happens the way we (as an audience) would like it to happen – person shot, person drops.  But, again, it’s only a movie, so I’m willing to cut Hollywood some slack.  They are trying to entertain us, not educate us.
The movie is rated:  “R” and this is deserved due to the graphic depiction of gang violence.  Having said this, it shies away from the most graphic violence of Gillick avenging his own family by killing the drug lord (and his family first, in front of him).  Today’s post title is a quote of the final words Gillick says to the gang / drug lord.
So, final recommendation:  strong.  The story is good.  The action and tension builds.  The characters / actors get developed during the film.  It has a satisfying (if not happy) ending.  With the proviso that it is not for the squeamish and is correctly rated as “R”, it is worth your time if you are into spy / crime / thriller / action movies.
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2018	Plunge
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2017	Wealth Within
2016	Soaring
2015	Gone To The Library…
2014	Choose To Lead
2013	Not Sent Yet
2012	Wall-Crawler Reboot
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	On Worshiping God
2011	Emancipated Differences
2010	A Little More Technology, Please…

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REDs

RED –  movie review
“RED” (2010) is a movie series / vehicle for a number of aging actors (primarily Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker and Brian Cox) to star in a “semi”-comedic action / adventure spy movie (based on a comic book series of the same name).  Cox is a Russian agent.  Mirren is British.  The rest are Americans (mostly CIA).  Parker plays the odd person out.  She is not a former (retired) spy.  She just falls into the series as Willis’ character love interest.  He just wants to see if he could have had a “normal” life.  Parker’s character turns out to be an adventure junkie (as she would be).  “RED” is an acronym for “Retired, Extremely Dangerous”, and is how each of the former spies’ personnel folders are labeled.
In this first movie, the bad guys are trying to kill Willis and his old team because … who really cares?  Blah, blah, blah…  Humor, gunfights, explosions and car chases later, the bad guy is killed and everyone lives happily ever after.  Well, all except for Morgan Freeman, who gets shot dead.  Yeah, he was former CIA too.  Apparently, his death didn’t really count for the series because they make a point of telling us that he’s due to die from kidney disease in 90 days.  This way, they don’t have to draw straws later in a suicide mission moment.
Does the movie work and is it entertaining?  Yes and yes.  The movie is basically, “Die Hard” with a team, so it’s hardly a stretching role for Willis, but he’s okay with it and, as a fan, I’m willing to buy into it too.  The best character in the movie is Malkovich as the paranoid / crazy ex-spy.  He knocks it out of the park and pretty much steals all of his scenes.  All in all, final recommendation:  strong recommendation.
RED 2 – movie review
“RED 2” (2013) more or less takes up where the first movie ended.  Plot:  more guys trying to kill Willis.  The team gets back together to locate and destroy a nuclear weapon placed in Moscow a couple of decades ago.  Once again, blah, blah, blah…  Humor, gunfights, explosions and car chases later, the bad guy is killed and everyone lives happily ever after.   Yes, there is the minor “thing” of a nuclear explosion just outside of London, but details, details…  Oh, yeah.  Did I mention this device was a “red mercury” warhead?  I guess somebody was a “new” Star Trek Nero (the bad guy / Romulan Captain) fan and they borrowed some of his “red matter”.
Again, does the movie work and is it entertaining?  Yes and yes.  The movie is basically, “Die Hard“(ish) with a team, so it’s hardly a stretching role for Willis, but he’s okay with it and, as a fan, I’m willing to buy into it too.  The best character in the movie is Malkovich as the paranoid / crazy ex-spy.  He knocks it out of the park and pretty much steals all of his scenes.  This time, Mirren is a much closer second best.  All in all, final recommendation: strong recommendation.  (And, yes I know that was a “cut-n-paste” from above, but, hey, the movie was too.)  Still, like I said, “Strong Recommendation”.  I am a fan of the genre and of the actors, so I’ll probably like numbers 3 and 4 too, when they finally come out.
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On This Day In:
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2020	Making Potential Come True
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2019	Duration Unknown
	Day 6: Almost There
2018	Just Trying To Be Me
	Day 39: Half This Game Is 90% Mental
2017	A Letter To 45
	Some Small Place
2016	REDs
2015	Cities
2014	Still
2013	Dare = Hope
2012	Check My Math
2011	Just Asking

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Dueling Heroes

Batman v Superman (2016) –  movie review
Last Saturday I took my daughter Sarah to see the latest comic book movie:  “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice“.  The movie stars Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne / Batman, Henry Cavill as Clark Kent / Superman and Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman.  Wonder Woman is really only in a small role (screen time wise), but it is significant to the movie as the start of the Justice League.  Affleck is new to the role of Wayne / Batman, but was surprisingly much better than I anticipated given all of the negative reviews.  Cavill is reprising his role as Kent / Superman, and is still great in the role.
Is this a “good” movie?  Yes.  It is.  It’s not going to win anyone a best actor trophy and there are large parts of the movie which don’t make any sense, but it’s a movie about comic-book superheroes, so give me a break!  I enjoyed it.  It’s not a great “film”, but most (almost all) comic-book adaptations are not great films.  Who cares?  We don’t go to them for great acting or great dialog or great plot.  We buy our tickets for action, adventure, fantasy and special effects to match our imagination.  By this standard, BvS is entertaining and that is enough.
So, what is the movie about?  Basically, the movie is a marketing attempt to throw three super-heroes together to create a “team” so the industry can have a competing franchise to the Marvel Comic Universe.  The “team”, in this case, the Justice League, will then be able to spin out both League and individual heroes sequels.  If the medium proves as artistically deep as the comic book medium, movie studios will have created a money making machine which can span decades without ever having to come up with a “new” idea.  They just follow the bread crumb trail of the comics.
There is only one problem:  actors age and comic book characters don’t.  Well, they do, but on a factor of about one year for every 8 to 10 years (“real” years) of the reader’s life.  In the movies, this is handled by substituting a new (younger) actor in the next sequel or re-booting the movie series (again with a new – younger – actor) usually about ten years after the latest origin story.
The other way to deal with the age issue is to age the hero along with the actor.  This can work (see the “Die Hard“, “Rambo” and “Rocky” films), but more often, not really (see Christian Bale in “The Dark Knight Rises“).  The point I’m getting at is that Affleck’s older Batman, and more specifically Bruce Wayne, is better portrayed than Bale’s.  And, one step farther, I think this will bode well for future League sequels.
Now, some of you might ask:  what does any of this “really” have to do with this movie.  Probably nothing.  Just the meandering thoughts of an old comic-book reader…
So, final recommendation:  strong.  Standing on its own, it is entertaining.  And, if you don’t go see it, you won’t know what’s going on in the sequel.
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On This Day In:
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2020	Why Are So Many Of My Posts Simply Quotes?
2019	Two Books
2018	Prime Example = #45
2017	Building On
2016	Dueling Heroes
2015	Remarkable Creations
2014	Measured Faith
2013	April Fool, n.
2012	Faith, Ego And Patriotism
	As It Happens
2011	What Counts

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Tear Da Roof Off Da Sucka

Today’s review is of the 2013 movie:  “White House Down” starring Channing Tatum (as the Hero) and Jamie Foxx (as the President).  The premise is fairly straight forward:  the hero is touring the White House with his daughter, when it is attacked by terrorists trying to kidnap the President of the United States.  There are some minor twists in the movie, but they are by and large predictable.  The movie is a standard “good-guy buddy” movie with all the same action / explosions of any of the “Die Hard” or “Lethal Weapon” franchises.  There is also a pinch of flag waving in the front yard (for the super-patriots), political / fascist intrigue (for the conspiracy theorists), and just a few one-liners and comic moments / scenes (which always make this genre more enjoyable).
All in all, this movie is nothing more than it sets out to be – an action / intrigue movie with the emphasis on the action (read:  fights, shooting and explosions).  If this is your thing (and it is clearly MY thing), then you will enjoy this movie.  If it’s not your thing, you won’t find much here.  Final recommendation:  solid (but not High) recommendation.  Entertaining, but not ground breaking.
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On This Day In:
2023	Who Do You See?
2022	Spring Colors
	Decisions, Decisions
2021	In Pursuit
	The Music Of Her Laughter (Lemon Tree)
2020	Close, Sustained And Careful
2019	#45: Spread The Fear
	Fear The Beards
2018	Slice, Nick, Cut, Bled
2017	Like Most Blogs
2016	The Window Left Open
	Free Experience
2015	Reality == Perception / (Times Reported * 10)
2014	Tear Da Roof Off Da Sucka
2013	Exposed Spirits
2012	Ow-ow
2011	Focused Relatives

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Still Trying To Die (5)

This review is for the fifth edition of the “Die Hard” series, titled:  “A Good Day To Die Hard“, which should have been sub-titled:  “How my son and I shot-up and blew-up large pieces of Russia and lived to talk about it.”  Full disclosure:  I am a Bruce Willis fan and I am the owner of the four previous movies in this series – so, I am completely un-biased.  Yeah, right!
Just to bring everyone up to date:  one and two – wife in danger, kill bad-guys, blow stuff up;  three – NYC in danger, hang around with some random black guy (co-star Samuel L. Jackson), kill bad-guys, blow stuff up;  four – daughter in danger (and country, too) – kill bad-guys, blow stuff up.  Which brings us to this episode (5):  son (Jai Courtney) in danger…  I’ll let you guess the rest.
Assuming you have little or no knowledge of the frailty of the human body or can set aside all reason – this is a terrific movie which follows the format to the “T”.  In this case, you know what you’re getting when you buy your ticket and Bruce delivers.  AND I am well known for being able to set aside all reason when watching this series.  Final recommendation:  Highly Recommended!
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On This Day In:
2023	Eight Best Things
2022	A Little Epiphany
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2020	Life’s Mysteries
2019	I Doubt I Ever Will
2018	Who Will Thank (If Not Remember) Me
2017	Reinforced Learning
2016	I Choose To Believe
2015	What They Don’t Teach You At School
2014	Still Trying To Die (5)
2013	Honest Doubt
2012	Choice
2011	Ownership Of Thought

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R.I.P. – Tom Laughlin

Thomas Robert “Tom” Laughlin (August 10, 1931 – December 12, 2013)
Before Steven Seagal (all three word title movies), before John Rambo (“Rambo” series), before John McClane (“Die Hard” series), before Paul Kersey (“Death Wish” series), before Kwai Chang Caine (“Kung Fu” TV series) – there was Billy Jack in “Born Losers” (1967).  Tom Laughlin brought to the big screen the start of the modern vigilante movie genre with the character of Billy Jack.  It seems strange how a little martial arts on the big screen, mixed with some social awareness and righteous indignation can affect people’s lives.
As a twelve year old kid I remember thinking, “Wow, I’ve got to learn how to do that!”  What I was looking at was Hapkido – a Korean form of Karate (open hand fighting).  Ten years later, I found a Hapkido dojo in Germany and studied it for almost a year during my off hours (I was in the Army).  That was set aside once I returned to civilian life…  Until I found Judo, while I was in college.  I took that for a semester, too.  When I moved to England in the ’90’s, a friend from work (who was a black belt in judo) said he’d love to get me on a mat and asked if I was interested in going to a dojo to learn Aikido.  My friend (Dave) and I found a local dojo and began our lessons.  We continued on with that for about two years.  It was great having someone who was a lifelong martial artist as a co-student because he could explain things in much greater detail than I could ever have gotten (except in one-on-one personal lessons).  For his side, he got someone who was bigger and heavier who he could throw around for a couple of hours twice a week.  We both moved on and I stumbled on to a Philippine “combat” style of Aikido while I was in Saudi Arabia which I tried for another year.  And then finally, once back home in America, I was back to traditional Aikido at a local dojo for several years (until I developed AFib and went on blood thinners).
Practicing martial arts, of course, lead me to read about martial arts, which in turn lead to me reading about martial philosophy and then philosophy in general.
Did I ever “become” a martial artist?  No.  Did I ever learn how to do that?  Not hardly.  I never took it seriously enough to be more than what I was – a novice and a bit of a dojo sampler.  Did I enjoy it?  Yes, very much.  Did it affect me?  Yes!  And for at least some small part of that, I have to thank Billy Jack (Tom Laughlin).
Beyond the enjoyment of playing Aikido itself, I learned timing, balance, grace, philosophy, and I gained a certain amount of inner peace.  For all of which, I will always be extremely grateful.
R.I.P.  Tom
Signed,
KMAB (A Fan)
[Please also go check out the song lyrics to “One Tin Soldier – (The Legend of Billy Jack)” on my Song Lyrics And Videos page.   —    KMAB]
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2020	In Passing
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2019	Especially Mine
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2018	And Some Never Do
2017	When We Know We Are Loved
2016	Good Acts
2015	Will You Be Leaving Soon?
2014	Just Long Enough
2013	R.I.P. – Tom Laughlin
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2012	All Aboard
2011	Sail On, Sailor

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