Category Archives: personal

Happy Birthday, Mom, Wherever You Are

Posted on August 12, 2025 by Kip

It’s been…eight years, I think, since my mother, Caroline Lange, passed? Seven or eight. Seven, maybe, I get a little confused because she passed on my birthday (I always say, she made sure I’d remember). Today is her birthday anniversary, … Continue reading →

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Doctor Demento Retiring

Posted on August 5, 2025 by Kip

Yeah, Ozzie died, and Hulk Hogan died, but buried in that news — Doctor Demento is retiring after fity-five years on the air. That is correct, Barret Hansen, AKA “Doctor Demento”, who launched the career of many spoof artists — … Continue reading →

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An Interesting Lottery…

Posted on August 5, 2025 by Kip

Elagabalus, Emperor of Rome Continue reading →

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A KipLange.com Bulletin Board

Posted on July 30, 2025 by Kip

I am currently running an experiment in a bulletin board (using phpBB) at https://kiplange.com/bb/. Or https://kiplange.com/bb/index.php if that last link doesn’t work. You’re welcome to take a look at it while I work at it and even try your hand … Continue reading →

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Happy 4th!

Posted on July 4, 2025 by Kip

Just in case you forgot what it was all about… In Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the … Continue reading →

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RIP David Lynch

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Kip

He’s in that great Blue Lodge in the sky. Or the Red Lodge. I don’t know. Who fully understands “Twin Peaks” anyway? I’m going to consider the flags at half-staff for Lynch, not Carter. Lynch’s BLUE VELVET was the first … Continue reading →

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Blue Velvet Redux: In Dreams I Walk With You

Posted on October 15, 2023 by Kip

Dean Stockwell was a truly great talent.

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Inigo Montoya in THE PRINCESS BRIDE

Posted on October 14, 2023 by Kip

Offer me money. Power, too, promise me that. Offer me everything I ask for…

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DARK CITY Memories Scene

Posted on October 14, 2023 by Kip

This was one of my late father’s favorite movies, if not his absolute favorite. It is a criminally underrated and underappreciated film. DARK CITY, Watch it.

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The Ferris Wheel Scene from THE THIRD MAN

Posted on October 14, 2023 by Kip

The ever-famous Ferris Wheel scene from my personal favorite movie, The Third Man. Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles in their prime. While Orson Welles did not direct the movie, it was always rumored he insisted on direct control of everything … Continue reading →

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