Randy Golden
@randygolden.bsky.social
Quiet misfit blogger of road trips, conventions, geek/post-geek stuff at Midlife Crisis Crossover. Dislikes aging, self-promotion. Views do not necessarily reflect other companies, hiveminds or bandwagons.
Shout-out to whichever WordPress engineer or magical secret Good Samaritan finally chased all the Chinese bots away from my site after seven straight weeks of them swarming and inflating my stats
December 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Shout-out to whichever WordPress engineer or magical secret Good Samaritan finally chased all the Chinese bots away from my site after seven straight weeks of them swarming and inflating my stats
Thoughts on "Avatar: Fire and Ash", which...well, for those who love the series, here some is: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/12/28/a...
“Avatar: Fire and Ash”: Spider! He Is Our Hero!
Previously on Avatar: three years ago James Cameron did his part to help save beleaguered theaters worldwide after the pandemic with the billion-dollar spectacle Avatar: The Way of Water, the long-…
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December 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Thoughts on "Avatar: Fire and Ash", which...well, for those who love the series, here some is: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/12/28/a...
Animal statues! Pastries! An attempted slave revolt tribute! Last call for Charleston #roadtrip pics: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/12/27/o...
Our 2023 Road Trip #15: Parks and Pastries
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: Every year since 1999 Anne and I have taken one road trip to a different part of the United States and seen attractions, wonders, and events we didn’t have b…
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December 28, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Animal statues! Pastries! An attempted slave revolt tribute! Last call for Charleston #roadtrip pics: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/12/27/o...
If only Buffy could've afforded to keep SEVENTEEN Scoobies around
December 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
If only Buffy could've afforded to keep SEVENTEEN Scoobies around
Thoughts on the deeply stirring HAMNET, about the power of Art to serve as memorial and catharsis: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/12/25/h...
“Hamnet”: Special Providence in the Fall of a Sparrow
Oscars season is coming! On January 22nd the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the next round of Academy Awards nominations. Fans have a month to go before we learn which mu…
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December 26, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Thoughts on the deeply stirring HAMNET, about the power of Art to serve as memorial and catharsis: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/12/25/h...
Merry Christmas from MCC! midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/12/23/m...
Merry Christmas from MCC!
Hey, kids! It’s that beloved holiday tradition where we just post a few recent Christmas-themed photos with some short yet sincere seasons’ greetings, and we give readers a break from my usual self…
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December 24, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Merry Christmas from MCC! midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/12/23/m...
We tripped over OSU sports stuff! One last Columbus gallery from our recent comic-con weekend: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/12/19/t...
The OSU McDonald’s and More: A GalaxyCon Columbus 2025 Epilogue
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: once again we went to Columbus, Ohio! In a failed effort to shorten the verbiage in that four-part, 5900-word saga, I held back all our non-convention-relate…
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December 20, 2025 at 3:31 AM
We tripped over OSU sports stuff! One last Columbus gallery from our recent comic-con weekend: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/12/19/t...
Geek shopping! Star Wars props! Management fiascos! More jazz hands! Our GalaxyCon Columbus wrap-up: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/12/14/g...
GalaxyCon Columbus 2025 Photos, Part 4 of 4: Con Stuff!
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: Anne and I enjoy attending entertainment and comic conventions together, whether in our hometown of Indianapolis or in adjacent states (or sometimes beyond).…
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December 15, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Geek shopping! Star Wars props! Management fiascos! More jazz hands! Our GalaxyCon Columbus wrap-up: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/12/14/g...
Hey, kids! Comics! More GalaxyCon Columbus pics and notes on two panels: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/12/12/g...
GalaxyCon Columbus 2025 Photos, Part 3 of 4: Comics!
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: Anne and I enjoy attending entertainment and comic conventions together, whether in our hometown of Indianapolis or in adjacent states (or sometimes beyond).…
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December 13, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Hey, kids! Comics! More GalaxyCon Columbus pics and notes on two panels: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/12/12/g...
Sonic the Hedgehog! The "Twilight" cast! Weird Al! And other celeb experiences from our GalaxyCon Columbus weekend: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/12/08/g...
GalaxyCon Columbus 2025 Photos, Part 2 of 4: Celebrities!
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: Anne and I enjoy attending entertainment and comic conventions together, whether in our hometown of Indianapolis or in adjacent states (or sometimes beyond).…
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December 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Sonic the Hedgehog! The "Twilight" cast! Weird Al! And other celeb experiences from our GalaxyCon Columbus weekend: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/12/08/g...
GalaxyCon Columbus returns! We took a few #cosplay photos: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/12/07/g...
GalaxyCon Columbus 2025 Photos, Part 1 of 4: Cosplay!
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: Anne and I enjoy attending entertainment and comic conventions together, whether in our hometown of Indianapolis or in adjacent states (or sometimes beyond).…
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December 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
GalaxyCon Columbus returns! We took a few #cosplay photos: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/12/07/g...
Thoughts on WICKED: FOR GOOD, which begs a lot of questions and too many comparisons to SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/11/30/w...
“Wicked: For Good”: Revenge of the Shiz
The best thing I can say about Wicked: For Good is how heartening it was to confirm that communal experiences can still happen if we want them. Our showing was the most crowded Tuesday night I̵…
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December 1, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Thoughts on WICKED: FOR GOOD, which begs a lot of questions and too many comparisons to SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/11/30/w...
Thoughts on THE RUNNING MAN, a just-okay anti-totalitarian SF-actioner too familiar to spark any new rebellions: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/11/23/t...
“The Running Man”: A Fistful of New Dollars
Imagine you’re in a harsh alt-reality episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and the next question — for, I dunno, a cash prize of six bucks — is “How does this entry abo…
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November 24, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Thoughts on THE RUNNING MAN, a just-okay anti-totalitarian SF-actioner too familiar to spark any new rebellions: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/11/23/t...
Pre-Christmas pics from my fourth annual visit to the Indiana Historical Society’s Festival of Trees! Yes, I'm early, but still! midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/11/21/t...
The Indiana Historical Society’s Festival of Trees 2025: Indoor Christmas Forest Fun
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: each year the Indiana Historical Society in downtown Indianapolis hosts a special Christmas exhibit called the Festival of Trees, for which dozens of local b…
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November 22, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Pre-Christmas pics from my fourth annual visit to the Indiana Historical Society’s Festival of Trees! Yes, I'm early, but still! midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/11/21/t...
Thoughts on the awesome monster-fight spectacle of PREDATOR: BADLANDS, where survival depends on more than just hunting and killing: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/11/16/p...
“Predator: Badlands”: Yautja, Yutani! Yutani, Yautja!
The Predalienator Cinematic Universe is in full effect, or whatever we’re calling it! Fans of the formerly standalone IPs never expected 20th Century Studios would use the two Alien vs. Preda…
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November 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Thoughts on the awesome monster-fight spectacle of PREDATOR: BADLANDS, where survival depends on more than just hunting and killing: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/11/16/p...
When I'm too deep into people-pleaser mode at work
November 14, 2025 at 11:15 PM
When I'm too deep into people-pleaser mode at work
Shopping! Snacks! She-crab soup! More pics from our stroll through downtown Charleston: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/11/13/o...
Our 2023 Road Trip #14: 82 Queen and Back to King Street
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: Every year since 1999 Anne and I have taken one road trip to a different part of the United States and seen attractions, wonders, and events we didn’t have b…
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November 14, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Shopping! Snacks! She-crab soup! More pics from our stroll through downtown Charleston: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/11/13/o...
Stone v. Plemons! Two Extremely Online users enter! One user leaves! Thoughts on the existentialist tug-of-war of BUGONIA: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/11/12/b...
“Bugonia”: What If Rod Serling Made a Lifetime Movie
Two-Time Academy Award Winner Emma Stone has earned the clout to do only whatever she feels like after La La Land and Poor Things cemented her in the Hollywood history books, not to mention her nom…
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November 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Stone v. Plemons! Two Extremely Online users enter! One user leaves! Thoughts on the existentialist tug-of-war of BUGONIA: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/11/12/b...
It's me! In Funko Pop form! Only 400 million more and maybe we can save the company! midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/11/11/i...
I’m a Funko Pop!
Of all the adjectives ever used to describe me, “toyetic” has never been among them. Here I am anyway!
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November 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
It's me! In Funko Pop form! Only 400 million more and maybe we can save the company! midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/11/11/i...
Chinese bots are weirdly mobbing my tiny blog, so I got that going for me: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/11/09/w...
WordPress Blogger Weeps Upon Realizing Chinese Bot Swarms Don’t Count as “Found Family”
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: sometimes this site gets hits, which I chart at every year-end as self-reflection on what I’ve done over the previous twelve months — what worked…
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November 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Chinese bots are weirdly mobbing my tiny blog, so I got that going for me: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/11/09/w...
Thoughts on del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN, one of the Year's Best Films, now on Netflix but still in theaters near a lucky few: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/11/07/d...
Del Toro’s “Frankenstein”: 9 Reasons Why You’ll Need a Bigger Screen
Midlife Crisis Crossover Calls Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein One of the Year’s Best Films™! Once again the Academy Award Winner has collaborated with Netflix after the previous succ…
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November 8, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Thoughts on del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN, one of the Year's Best Films, now on Netflix but still in theaters near a lucky few: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/11/07/d...
Our annual Halloween mini-photo-dump, plus our fun excuse why we didn't hand out candy this year! midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/11/01/h...
Happy Belated Halloween from MCC!
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: each Halloween night my wife Anne and I are among the few holiday observers still handing out candy to trick-or-treaters in our suburban neighborhood. Howeve…
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November 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Our annual Halloween mini-photo-dump, plus our fun excuse why we didn't hand out candy this year! midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/11/01/h...
Superman actors! Cosplay! ANDOR stuff! Pics from our day at Cincinnati Comic Expo 2025: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/10/26/c...
Cincinnati Comic Expo 2025 Photos: Cosplay and the Superman Family!
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: my wife Anne and I enjoy attending entertainment and comic conventions together, whether in our hometown of Indianapolis or in our neighboring states (and so…
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October 26, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Superman actors! Cosplay! ANDOR stuff! Pics from our day at Cincinnati Comic Expo 2025: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/10/26/c...
Our Charleston road trip continues with stops at the Old Slave Mart Museum and a VP's grave: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/10/24/o...
Our 2023 Road Trip #13: Calhoun and the Slave Mart
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: Every year since 1999 Anne and I have taken one road trip to a different part of the United States and seen attractions, wonders, and events we didn’t have b…
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October 25, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Our Charleston road trip continues with stops at the Old Slave Mart Museum and a VP's grave: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/10/24/o...
Our Heartland Film Festival #HIFF34 finale! Thoughts on a Holocaust documentary, our viewing rankings, and my first time at Alamo Drafthouse Indy! midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/10/20/t...
The Heartland International Film Festival 2025 Season Finale
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: It’s that time again! Since 1992 my hometown of Indianapolis has presented the Heartland International Film Festival, a multi-day, multi-theater celebration …
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October 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Our Heartland Film Festival #HIFF34 finale! Thoughts on a Holocaust documentary, our viewing rankings, and my first time at Alamo Drafthouse Indy! midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/10/20/t...