Good Media Hunting, June 19, 2025: The Lutherans for Life Rummage Sale

Yesterday, my boys and I made a trip to Trinity Lutheran Church for the Lutherans for Life Mongo Rummage Sale fundraiser. It was pretty crowded at noon on a Thursday, but I managed to find a couple of things:

I got four records:

• Great Lutheran Hymns
• Cheat the Night by Deborah Allen (PWoC)
• Rose Colored Glasses by John Conlee. I thought it might be jazz or pop, but then I read the artist name. Discogs calls it Pop Rock, but Conlee is mostly known for country.
• Golden Sweethearts by the Lennon Sisters.

I got four books:

• Rowdy Joe Lowe: Gambler with a Gun by Joseph G. Rosa and Waldo E. Koop. Given it was one of the first books I saw, it looked like it was going to be a heavy day, but no.
• Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly. The movie-tie in.
• Criminal Minds which looks to be a new book akin to a Writer’s Digest publications book.
• The Microsoft Manual of Style. I remember seeing this in my young technical writer days, but I didn’t have my own copy. This is a 2012 edition, so relatively recent (if you look at the copyright dates on the physical tech books I have).

And I got a pile of movies since I’ve watched like four in the last month:

• Bull Durham and Fever Pitch in a two-film set.
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
• Rudy. I just saw him speak, as I mentioned.
• Chain Reaction. I saw this in the theater and don’t remember much about it except it’s early in Keanu Reeves’ action film career.
• Inner Space, the 1980s Amazing Journey as comedy with Martin Short, Dennis Quaid, and Meg Ryan.
• Doctor Zhivago on a two videocassette set. So it’s likely pretty good quality.
• Forever Young with Mel Gibson. Never seen it. Presume it’s not a Highlander knockoff, but I might wish it was after watching it.
• :49 by Bill Cosby, presumably a comedy special, although I’ve never heard of it.
• Night at the Museum. Do I already have it? I cannot remember and will likely not re-discover it for some time yet if I do.
• I’m Telling You For The Last Time, a Jerry Seinfeld standup special live on Broadway.
• Zombieland. Not generally into zombie movies, but apparently this modern spin on it gets good comment on the Internet.
• I Will Fight No More Forever and Dogwatch, two Sam Elliot films in a single set. Because Sam Elliot, you know.
• The Big Cat; the cover says it is an Excellent Outdoor Adventure Movie. Apparently, the cat is a lion.
• Barber Shop, the black comedy.
• U.S. Marshals, the sequel to The Fugitive. I saw this in the theaters but not since.
• War of the Worlds, the Tom Cruise version. Supposed to be a big deal when it came out but then met with less success than they hoped. No success if success is measured in whether I’ve seen it. But likely to succeed in that fashion sometime now.
• Crossfire Trail, Last Stand at Saber River, and Monte Walsh, a Tom Selleck box set. I already have Last Stand at Saber River, but I will watch it again now. Probably sooner rather than later.
• The Andy Griffith Show, 8 episodes on 2 DVDs. It will be easier to get through than a full season of something.
• Bonanza, again 8 episodes on 2 DVDs. The smaller collections of television shows are probably the way to go for me since I tend to peter out on longer collections such as full seasons or complete runs if they’re longer than a season.

All told, it would have been $25 but I gave them $40 to support their ministry.

And with that, I have almost completely filled the top of the video cabinet, which means I am running out of room for unviewed videos, not to mention viewed videos. And books. And records.

Perhaps I should give it a little rest. But the Friends of the Christian County Library Sale in Clever is in a little over a week, and it will be bag day….