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Posted April 24, 2020 victorlovisa.com

Fixing The Mess That Is American Politics

For those who have ever read my blog, you know I rarely if ever touch politics. It’s toxic. It’s dividing. It’s as we say….polarizing. It’s certainly a problem. It’s much … Continue Reading Fixing The Mess That Is American Politics

Posted January 9, 2020 victorlovisa.com

Cutting the Cord

“To Sling or not to Sling……?” That is the question I’d been pondering for awhile. Actually, the real question was if I’d had enough of high-cost monthly bills from my … Continue Reading Cutting the Cord

Posted January 7, 2020 victorlovisa.com

Catching Up On Entertainment Offerings

Being a teacher, the end of the year brings the end of the semester. This of course means a little time off before the new year and semester two. Having … Continue Reading Catching Up On Entertainment Offerings

Posted July 20, 2019 victorlovisa.com

NBA’s Wild Off-Season

This year marked one of the craziest off-seasons of star player movement I can ever recall in the NBA. Now that all the major pieces have settled into place we … Continue Reading NBA’s Wild Off-Season

Posted April 12, 2019 victorlovisa.com

Life vs. Art

Note: First time in a while since I chimed in on the ol’ blog. When I started this two-plus years ago I envisioned blogging on a regular basis. Turns out … Continue Reading Life vs. Art

Featured Album

Fleetwood Mac – Rumors (1977)

To some, the most impressive thing about this album is that it spent over 30 weeks at #1 on the Billboard charts. To others, perhaps it’s the fact this album to date is 40 times Platinum. Yes, that’s over 40 millions copies sold in some form or another.

Yet for me, the most impressive thing about Rumors is how something so great could come from such turmoil and tension. Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, partners since the ’60s, had recently broken up. John and Christie McVie, married since 1968, had recently divorced. Yet, these two couples were all still in the band! Add to this real life soap opera, the 5th wheel if you will, the band’s namesake….Mick Fleetwood, started seeing Stevie for a stretch in 1977. Well, who says nothing good comes from drama and stress? For Fleetwood Mac, this personal craziness produced the greatest album of their career and one of the all-time classic records in rock history. Who would’a thunk?