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Welcome to my ever-evolving blog. It started out as a blog on Beachbody workouts and products, mainly when I was a Beachbody coach. I no longer coach, not because I don't believe in Beachbody's programs (I subscribe to Beachbody on Demand and use their workouts every day), I am just not a salesperson and hated that aspect of it. I am more than willing to answer questions about my experiences with their products and the various workouts, and I feel freer to do so without the appearance of giving a biased review of something.

I have also started adding reviews for various things I have purchased like movies, books, CDs, and other products. This was brought about by a fight with Amazon in which all of my reviews were removed over a completely bullshit allegation that I posted a review that violated their terms of service. After going back and forth with the morons in the community-reviews department (even after they admitted that my posts did not violate their guidelines) they restored my account (which took them six months to do), but I have been posting my reviews on my blog to have them preserved in case something like that happens again. And here, I will post uncensored reviews so I will swear from time to time and post reviews that may be longer than Amazon's character limit. Everything I post here on any topic or product is my personal opinion, and I take no compensation for any product reviews I post. I am a member of Amazon's vine program and because I get those products for free, I keep those reviews on Amazon only, but everything I have purchased with my own money, whether from Amazon or some other store/website/outlet, I will post here.  

I also plan to do some longer blog posts on various topics, such as how to learn physics, how to get through calculus, and longer reviews of workout programs as I do them. Basically, whatever strikes me as interesting at the time.  As you can see if you navigate around the blog, I had many years in between postings. During that time I was going back to school to get an engineering degree, and learning material that I avoided my first time through college was a different experience and one that gave me a lot of insight into how to do well in those classes, which I will try to impart here for those who are looking to get a science or engineering degree. 

Sunday, September 6, 2026

DVD/Movie Review: Ghosts Can't Do It

 



Ghosts Can't Do It is the 1989 film that was billed as a romantic fantasy comedy. It is debatable whether it was romantic and was certainly not a comedy, at least not in the traditional sense anyway. It was written and directed by John Derek, and it was his final movie. The film stars Bo Derek, Anthony Quinn, and Don Murray in the leading roles. The supporting cast includes Leo Damian and Julie Newmar, and features a cameo appearance by the orange genital wart itself (IYKYK), which earned it a worst supporting actor nomination. 

The plot involves a wealthy elderly man named Scott (played by Quinn) who is married to a much younger woman named Katie (played by Bo Derek). After Scott suffers a heart attack that leaves him physically incapacitated and unable to consummate their relationship, he commits suicide, but returns to Katie as a ghost that only she can see and hear. Together, the two plot to find a young, attractive man whose body Scott can possess so he can be with his wife physically once again, leading to a series of bizarre encounters in various exotic locations.

The DVD set is a single-disc, bare-bones release that offers little in terms of physical media quality. The DVD's A/V quality is horrible, and the overall image looks much more like a standard VHS transfer than a proper digital release. Not surprisingly, there are no bonus features or extras on the disc; you simply get the movie itself.

The film is awful, with a stupid script and horrible acting, which is pretty much par for the course for most of the movies that John Derek wrote and directed. It is only funny in the comically bad sense. It is another movie that was clearly just a vehicle to show Bo Derek nude. While she looked spectacular, the nude scenes in this one made absolutely no sense. The scenes where it would have made logical sense to have nudity often did not, and in other scenes she would just randomly take her clothes off for no apparent reason. Ultimately, the movie absolutely deserved all the "Razzie" nominations it received, and unless you like watching cheesy old movies in a "Mystery Science Theater 3000" kind of way, you will not miss anything by skipping this one.


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