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.
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...
Our Heartland Film Festival coverage is almost done! Academy Award Winner Russell Crowe IS Hermann Goering IN "Nuremberg": midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/10/20/h...
Heartland Film Festival 2025: “Nuremberg”
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 20, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Our Heartland Film Festival coverage is almost done! Academy Award Winner Russell Crowe IS Hermann Goering IN "Nuremberg": midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/10/20/h...
Heartland Film Festival continues! Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater cover Broadway history in the charismatic tragedy BLUE MOON: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/10/19/h...
Heartland Film Festival 2025: “Blue Moon”
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 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Heartland Film Festival continues! Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater cover Broadway history in the charismatic tragedy BLUE MOON: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/10/19/h...
Anne turned 55 and still looks half my age! Our brief celebration of the occasion: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/10/18/5...
55 Is Just a Number, Not a Limit
Previously on Midlife Crisis Crossover: we’re getting old! And it happened again! Last weekend Anne turned the big 5-5. At least it’s our understanding that 55 is “big”. She…
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October 19, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Anne turned 55 and still looks half my age! Our brief celebration of the occasion: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/10/18/5...
Heartland Film Festival continues with thoughts on the Iranian revenge drama/black comedy IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/10/17/h...
Heartland Film Festival 2025: “It Was Just an Accident”
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 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Heartland Film Festival continues with thoughts on the Iranian revenge drama/black comedy IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/10/17/h...
Heartland Film Festival continues with HAPPY BIRTHDAY, a heartbreaking Egyptian child-maid drama from the makers of Marvel's MOON KNIGHT: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/10/17/h...
Heartland Film Festival 2025: “Happy Birthday”
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 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Heartland Film Festival continues with HAPPY BIRTHDAY, a heartbreaking Egyptian child-maid drama from the makers of Marvel's MOON KNIGHT: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/10/17/h...
From the Department of Procrastination, thoughts on a few 2024 albums! midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/10/16/b...
Best CDs of 2024 According to an Old Guy Who Bought 11
Hi, I’m Fat Casey Kasem and welcome to another music listicle, but not a Top Ten because I bought one too many! As part of my annual series of year-in-review entries, I remain one of six people nat…
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October 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
From the Department of Procrastination, thoughts on a few 2024 albums! midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/10/16/b...
Thoughts on TRON: ARES, a shiny-glowy chase-filled debate about 3D-printing ethics, grasping for an extended warranty on its own retro-arcade obsolescence: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/10/15/y...
Yes, There’s a Scene During the “Tron: Ares” End Credits
When I was 10, the original Tron was one of the last films I saw at the Westlake Drive-In before it closed a month later. I remember being bored, my typical response to a lot of Disney live-action,…
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October 16, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Thoughts on TRON: ARES, a shiny-glowy chase-filled debate about 3D-printing ethics, grasping for an extended warranty on its own retro-arcade obsolescence: midlifecrisiscrossover.com/2025/10/15/y...