Linda Ballou Recommends You Take a Walk on Kaua'i's Wild Side
September 25, 2023By Linda Ballou, NABBW's Adventure Travel Associate
When I lived on the North Shore in 1978, there was not one...
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Articles
Linda Ballou Visits Po‘ipū and is Sunny Side UP on Kaua‘i
Linda Ballou September 15, 2023 TravelBy Linda Ballou, NABBW's Adventure Travel Associate Po‘ipū is the favored spot by visitors to the Island...
Continue ReadingLinda Ballou Shares Her Adventures on the Coconut Coast of Kaua'i
Linda Ballou September 5, 2023 TravelBy Linda Ballou, NABBW's Adventure Travel Associate As a young woman, I had dropped out of society and landed on the...
Continue ReadingAs the World Struggles It's Way Into the New Normal, Here Are Linda Ballou's Travel Tips for 2022
Linda Ballou March 3, 2022 TravelBy Linda Ballou, NABBW's Adventure Travel Associate The only thing certain about travel in 2022 is that it is...
Continue ReadingIllinois Business News: Chicagoland Equipment & Supply Acquires United Fast Food & Beverage
Sean Leary February 1, 2022 BusinessChicagoland Equipment & Supply (CES), a portfolio company of Cooper Management, LLC, and a leading supplier of...
Continue ReadingLinda Ballou Shares Why Winter Is A Perfect Time to Enjoy a "Wild Time" on the Central Coast of California
Linda Ballou December 31, 2021 TravelBy Linda Ballou, NABBW's Adventure Travel Associate Winter on the Central Coasts means fewer tourists and plentiful...
Continue ReadingRoad Trip!! Linda Ballou Says Now's the Time to Cool Your Jets on the Southern Oregon Coast
Linda Ballou September 15, 2021 TravelBy Linda Ballou, NABBW's Adventure Travel Associate Steaming temps in the inland valleys of Southern Oregon...
Continue ReadingLinda Ballou Wonders Whether She Was 'Blissfully Sinking' or 'Gloriously Synching' into River Time, During Her Recent Rogue River Raft Trip. Either Way, She Relished Every Moment.
Linda Ballou July 20, 2021 TravelBy Linda Ballou, NABBW's Adventure Travel Associate Every bend of the river beckons—every pool may bring better...
Continue ReadingAs Mother's Day Approaches, Linda Ballou Recalls Her Recent Visit to "Mom's Meadow" - And Delivering the Fruitcake
Linda Ballou April 22, 2021 TravelBy Linda Ballou, NABBW's Adventure Travel Associate After eleven years, I decided it was time to deliver the fruitcake...
Continue ReadingIn Writing 'Embrace of the Wild,' Linda Ballou Hopes to Turn Covid-19's Lemons to Zesty Limoncello
Linda Ballou February 24, 2021 TravelBy Linda Ballou, NABBW's Adventure Travel Associate In writing Embrace of the Wild I hope to have turned the lemons...
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Reviews
Arms Up to Heaven (Movie Review: To The Moon)
Tim Brennan Movie ReviewsI need to give you a little bit of background about how we do things around these parts. I’m privileged because the site I write for allows me to...
Continue ReadingMichael Myers in the Multiverse of Madness (Movie Review: Halloween Ends)
Tim Brennan Movie ReviewsOver time, audiences have been trained to regard franchises a certain way. The understanding is that everything is connected, and a plot point or...
Continue ReadingA Journalist of Some Repute (Movie Review: Confess, Fletch)
Tim Brennan Movie ReviewsI’m fond, perhaps too much, of saying that two things can be true at the same time. The first thing is that attempting to reboot a long-dormant...
Continue ReadingRevenge Is Like a River (Movie Review: Saloum)
Tim Brennan Movie ReviewsI’ve seen enough American movies to know what they look and feel like. Odds are you’re the same way. Whether you’ve seen an A24 horror film, an...
Continue ReadingThe Bracelet (Movie Review: Ava: A Twist in the Road)
Tim Brennan Movie ReviewsIndependent film exists because studios exist. Show business, particularly these days, has an almost sociopathic focus on the “business” side....
Continue ReadingFamily Ties (Movie Review: Take the Night)
Tim Brennan Movie ReviewsPerhaps more than any other genre, crime films are my jam. Everyone who’s into film has that one genre they prefer just a bit more than the others....
Continue ReadingActionable History (Movie Review: The Woman King)
Tim Brennan Movie ReviewsAs recently as 2019,* an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal trotted out that hoary old chestnut about women in the military. You’ve heard this...
Continue ReadingFight Or Flight (Movie Review: Prey)
Tim Brennan Movie ReviewsImagine you’re a filmmaker. You have an idea. It feels like a good one, a very good one. You start writing, and after multiple screenplay drafts,...
Continue ReadingTo Capitalism and Beyond! (Movie Review: Lightyear)
Tim Brennan Movie ReviewsIs Pixar the greatest animation studio in the history of film? Possibly. It can certainly compete with Disney, its quasi-parent, along with the...
Continue ReadingRunning and Screaming (Movie Review: Jurassic World: Dominion)
Tim Brennan Movie ReviewsThere’s an old belief that all little boys go dino-mad for a minute. I have no idea if that’s accurate, but I do know I was no exception. Back...
Continue ReadingFlyboy (Movie Review: Top Gun: Maverick)
Tim Brennan Movie ReviewsThe first time I saw Top Gun, I hated it. As a wee lad, I remember seeing it in a packed theater in 1986. I remember the whooshing of the jets, the...
Continue ReadingWeird Creature of the Night (Review: The Batman)
Tim Brennan Movie ReviewsThere aren’t many fictional characters that have as many character facets as Batman. You could go in a number of different directions beyond horror...
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Columns
There's No Good Excuse This Time, Joe Rogan
Sean LearyThere's really no good excuse this time. Joe Rogan is releasing apology videos this week like DJ Khaled releases mixes, although they're far less entertaining, and his latest is really not very...
Continue ReadingIf You're A Human Being Living On Earth, You Need To Read This
Sean LearyWelcome to the column for all carbon-based life-forms. If you breathe oxygen, this is for you. And if you live on a planet, especially Earth, well, then, you’ve come to the right...
Continue ReadingYou'll Foster Good Will Towards The Latest Video You Deserve
Sean LearyIt’s Monday, and it’s time once again for The Video You Deserve. Now, the past several videos we’ve featured have all been vintage stuff from the ‘80s, which, arguably, is the golden age...
Continue ReadingToday's Video You Deserve... A Cheeky Kanye, A Legend, A Black Eyed Pea, And An Award-Winning Singer's Big Hit
Sean LearyMondays can be rough. And so, every Monday, we give you a music video. A fun, funny music video. Something that’ll make you smile, make you laugh, make you reminisce, and make you realize that...
Continue ReadingThe Inspiration For Buffalo Head Guy, This Week's Inaugural Week Video You Deserve...
Sean LearyIt’s Monday. Yeah. We feel you. And so, every Monday, we give you a music video. A fun, funny music video. Something that’ll make you smile, make you laugh, make you reminisce, and make...
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