Week of February 2, 2026
Here’s a rundown of my week.
Groundhog Day
For those of you wondering, Texas Phil here in Fredericksburg said summer is about three weeks away. Followed by two days of winter. Then summer. Then one day of winter. And a half day of spring.
Flight Risk
Flight Risk stars a baldheaded Marky Mark, that sarcastic kid from That 70s Show, and some curvy brunet from that Downton Abbey show your mother-in-law likes so much. The movie deals with the three of them being confined to a small plane while trying to either kill or protect one another. This should-have-been-a-straight-to-video waste of time and effort features really bad CGI, curvy gal playing phone tag and getting beat to a pulp, that 70s nerd pissing himself and getting stabbed, and Funky Bunch boy getting repeatedly tased, nailed with a flare gun, clocked in his flat Boston mug with a fire extinguisher, shot three times in the gut, and run over by an ambulance (only one of these traumas slows him down.). There’s also someone on the phone who betrayed someone or something and an Indian guy on the radio explaining how to fly a plane and trying to hook up with Abbey gal.
All in all, this movie was really, really bad, not worth pausing to run to the bathroom, and will leave you questioning why you pay for HBO Max or whatever the hell that app is called this week.
New Release!
I thought writing for a cartel boss was painful. Then I got stabbed by a platypus. Twice.
The name’s Jett Turner and my writing about Acuña Cartel head Tito “El Tigre” Calderón has turned my life into a mosaic of absolute insanity. This past month has seen me get poisoned by the aforementioned animal (Yeah, they’re venomous. Look it up!), survive a plane crash, deal with a clowder of feral cats, and go toe-to-toe with a Santería priest and my witch doctor of a housekeeper. Throw in two DEA agents who awarded me Informant-of-the-Month status and won’t leave my pool, a dangerously seductive stewardess, and an Australian who has a bong crafted from a koala skull, and you get an idea of what I’m up against in my want to live a happy semi-retired life.
This third misadventure that is my life is rated R for language, crude humor, and insanely bizarre circumstances but rates an A+ for all of the aforementioned and entertainment value.
Platypus Sacrifice Performed at the Acuña Cartel is Book 3 in the wildly popular Jett Turner Misadventures series. Check out the rest of the books in the series:
Super Bowl Halftime Show
Since every troll in Indonesia, Senegal, Nigeria, and beyond is posting fake lineups and information about the alternative Super Bowl Halftime Show and hundreds of thousands of people are sharing them because they are too lazy to actually do a Google Search, I have decided to post my own fake announcement.
Feel free to share!
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Join true Americans this Sunday as Corey Feldman, Barry Mannilow, the surviving cast members from Diff’rent Strokes, Ethel Merman, Paul Anka, Punky Brewster, John Travolta, a special hologram version of Jimmy Carter, K.C and the Sunshine Band, and many, many more give tribute to the U.S.A in a Half Time Show alternative for the ages!
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ICE Walkouts
Allow me to explain why this is false. And since I live in Texas, I’ll use my home state as an example.
1. Unfortunately, most schools in the U.S. are low performing. Texas is ranked 40th in the nation in 2026, according to World Population Review. The school system has been under Republican control since 1995.
2. That same party required that the Ten Commandments be posted in every classroom starting in 2025. Every student in Texas that walked out to protest ICE, walked right past the commandments.
3. Teachers and admin did not “let” students walk out to protest ICE. Students left of their own accord. Teachers and admin can do nothing to keep students from leaving campus. Lock the doors? Illegal. Physically restrain them? Illegal.
I have voted Republican, Democrat, and Libertarian. The above was not a political statement.
Red Tetralogy
Red Tetralogy: Red Frontier Books 1 – 4 is now available at Amazon!
Four complete books with over 700 pages of non-stop action / adventure.
Reviewers had these words for Red Frontier Books 1-4:
“A bloody fun tale of extra-planetary death and mayhem. I loved every minute of it!”
“A hell of a fun thrill ride from start to finish.”
“If you love action-packed slobber-knockers and nasty critters, then you’ll seriously dig Red Frontier!”
“A blend of sci-fi, action thriller and age-old quest for justice makes for a page-turning yarn full of brawling and battles. Warning: not for the squeamish!”
Join Jack Taylor as he fights his way across the Red Frontier of Mars in one thrilling adventure after the other.
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