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The summer movie season is winding down, but the dog days (it often seems that "daze" would be equally appropriate in that usage) of August got a cardiac jolt over the weekend with the hugely lucrative release of the hotly anticipated antisuperhero blockbuster Suicide Squad. The movie is about ...

It was the summer of 1975, and the movie Jaws was making a splash. Like most 12-year-old boys, I thought the idea of a monster from the deep was pretty cool, and I’ve been mesmerized by sharks ever since.

It has been four years since the world witnessed Her Majesty The Queen jump out of a plane with James Bond. Four years since Usain Bolt and Michael Phelps dropped jaws as they achieved the impossible. Four years since the "Fierce (Fab) Five" blew audiences away with their near perfect routines, and Robert “The Hulk” Harting gifted the world with the greatest victory lap in history.

If your are a child of the 1980s, and you haven't yet begun watching Stranger Things on Netflix, then, sheesh, you can read the rest of this later. Go immerse yourself in the goodness! An eight-episode Netflix original series, Stranger Things will play on your Reagan Era memories like a master violinist. It's the perfect blend of every '80s Steven Spielberg movie, every '80s Stephen King novel, and every '80s Stephen J. Cannell TV series. Just sit back and let the finely-tuned performances, exquisite period detail and increasingly suspenseful mood wash over you.

One of my “honey do” items this summer is organizing my home library. With more than 3,000 volumes, it’s not an easy task. Last night as I was dusting off some books, an empty bookcase caught my eye. Looking at it I remembered why I chose that particular style. It was sturdy, crisp and fit in with the general décor.