Posted 11:00 PM by Gerald So
I brought my weekly crime poetry site, THE FIVE-TWO, back from a 1.5-year hiatus in April 2025. By January 2026, submissions had slowed to a trickle, so I paused the site until yesterday.
I spent as much of the month as I could away-from-keyboard. About the past six weeks, I've been doing various fifteen- to thirty-minute kettlebell workouts and have noticed improved sleep I think has to do with proper fatigue.
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Friday, February 13, 2026
"This is Jim Rockford."
Posted 3:30 AM by Gerald So
I became a fan of THE ROCKFORD FILES as I became a fan of P.I. fiction in the 1990s. The Emmys recognized ROCKFORD for turning the conventional P.I. show on its head. Jim would rather gab than fight. He'd rather go fishing than work a case once a client fired him. James Garner, of course, made it all sing.
So last month, when I read a new Rockford TV pilot was in development, I was skeptical. A previous pilot with Dermot Mulroney hadn't seen air. Another project with Vince Vaughn had fizzled. Still, fans on Bluesky couldn't help speculating:
And yesterday's casting announcement:
Just like that, I'm onboard. I say Boreanaz's track record gives the show at least a half-season. This will be a fun role for him after a serious one, as Booth was after Angel.
Speaking of, they have to use this dialogue:
"Angel?"
"I'm Jim. He's Angel."
I also expect Jim to toss down his smartphone and listen to his messages on speaker, voiced by David's former co-stars.
UPDATE - Feb. 26, 2026: Michaela McManus, previously paired with Boreanaz in SEAL TEAM, has been cast in the new Rockford pilot as Kate, an East Hollywood police detective and romantic interest.
Along with McManus's role, Greg Mottola was announced as director. Mottola successfully updated Gregory Mcdonald's Fletch for the 2022 movie CONFESS, FLETCH. I'm confident he'll help bring Jim Rockford to 2026.
I became a fan of THE ROCKFORD FILES as I became a fan of P.I. fiction in the 1990s. The Emmys recognized ROCKFORD for turning the conventional P.I. show on its head. Jim would rather gab than fight. He'd rather go fishing than work a case once a client fired him. James Garner, of course, made it all sing.
So last month, when I read a new Rockford TV pilot was in development, I was skeptical. A previous pilot with Dermot Mulroney hadn't seen air. Another project with Vince Vaughn had fizzled. Still, fans on Bluesky couldn't help speculating:
BONES' Hart Hanson likened David Boreanaz to James Garner. Joanna Cassidy played Jim Rockford's ex-wife in the first 90s Rockford movie. Cassidy went on to play Seeley Booth's mother on BONES. Beverly and Timberman also produced Boreanaz's SEAL TEAM. Would they cast him as Rockford?
— Gerald So (@sogerald.bsky.social) Jan 14, 2026 at 2:47 PM
And yesterday's casting announcement:
I think this is probably fine - Boreanaz is a reliable actor who can be situationally funny and has even played a (vampire) private eye before. But I think I’d be more excited if NBC had gone a little outside the box, as we were all talking about a month ago.
— Rick Porter (@rickporter.bsky.social) Feb 12, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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Just like that, I'm onboard. I say Boreanaz's track record gives the show at least a half-season. This will be a fun role for him after a serious one, as Booth was after Angel.
Speaking of, they have to use this dialogue:
"Angel?"
"I'm Jim. He's Angel."
I also expect Jim to toss down his smartphone and listen to his messages on speaker, voiced by David's former co-stars.
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| Photo by Ritesh Singh from Pexels |
UPDATE - Feb. 26, 2026: Michaela McManus, previously paired with Boreanaz in SEAL TEAM, has been cast in the new Rockford pilot as Kate, an East Hollywood police detective and romantic interest.
Along with McManus's role, Greg Mottola was announced as director. Mottola successfully updated Gregory Mcdonald's Fletch for the 2022 movie CONFESS, FLETCH. I'm confident he'll help bring Jim Rockford to 2026.
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Very Much Snow
Posted 6:00 AM by Gerald So
I meant to post a couple more times last month, but the January 25-26 storm left about a foot of snow and convinced me to buy two styles of ice scaper: one with a triangular blade and one that reminds me of a pizza peel to dislodge ice from underneath.
Recapping some items of interest:
Irish strength athlete Pa O'Dwyer died of a heart attack January 3, aged 40. I had followed Pa the past four years or so, learning of his reputation as the funniest strongman. Near the end, the toll on Pa's body forced him to essentially retire from strongman contests, and an attempt to become a bodybuilder may have shortened his life.
His last YouTube videos were responses to social media, but I'll most fondly remember the ones with his physicist sister Kris, who knew nothing about his sport and apparently disagreed with many of his views, but clearly loved him.
Firing Brian Daboll amid a 4-13 season, the New York Giants pursued and eventually hired longtime Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh, who has begun reshaping an organization that sorely needs it.
Congratulations to former Jets quarterback Sam Darnold, who won the Super Bowl in his first season with the Seattle Seahawks.
Finally, last Friday marked my first year on Bluesky. It may be better than Twitter/X, but then Twitter had become unusable. I'm taking steps to make my social media experience better: not hanging around to be blindsided by what appears in my feed, not posting whatever comes to mind.
Below is a photo from last January. The latest snow is no longer pretty.
I meant to post a couple more times last month, but the January 25-26 storm left about a foot of snow and convinced me to buy two styles of ice scaper: one with a triangular blade and one that reminds me of a pizza peel to dislodge ice from underneath.
Recapping some items of interest:
Irish strength athlete Pa O'Dwyer died of a heart attack January 3, aged 40. I had followed Pa the past four years or so, learning of his reputation as the funniest strongman. Near the end, the toll on Pa's body forced him to essentially retire from strongman contests, and an attempt to become a bodybuilder may have shortened his life.
His last YouTube videos were responses to social media, but I'll most fondly remember the ones with his physicist sister Kris, who knew nothing about his sport and apparently disagreed with many of his views, but clearly loved him.
Firing Brian Daboll amid a 4-13 season, the New York Giants pursued and eventually hired longtime Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh, who has begun reshaping an organization that sorely needs it.
Congratulations to former Jets quarterback Sam Darnold, who won the Super Bowl in his first season with the Seattle Seahawks.
Finally, last Friday marked my first year on Bluesky. It may be better than Twitter/X, but then Twitter had become unusable. I'm taking steps to make my social media experience better: not hanging around to be blindsided by what appears in my feed, not posting whatever comes to mind.
Below is a photo from last January. The latest snow is no longer pretty.
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| Photo by Gerald So |
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