Superman: "I'm here to fight for truth, and justice, and the American way." Magical Movie Moments There are lots of movies out there! Movies have our favorite little bits that we watch for the second time around. We love the "I coulda been a contendah" speech in On the Waterfront. We liked it when Tom … Continue reading Magical Movie Moments →

"The freelance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps." Robert Benchley Freelance Follies Artists are strange cats. The challenge of a freelance designer is finding people who want designs. That means you have to start and keep working until your name gets out there. Lucky for me, I … Continue reading Freelance Follies →

Wilmer: Keep on riding me and they're gonna be picking iron out of your liver. Spade: [laughs] The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter. The Maltese Falcon (1941) Cult Classics It is fun to a be a fan and enjoy a collective of people who like the same thing. Mostly there are big one's … Continue reading Cult Classics →

"On stage I make love to twenty five thousand people; and then I go home alone." Janis Joplin Seven Great Singing Voices Lists! We all love lists. This is a list of seven great female singing voices. There is really only one criteria; that the voice is so good and so unique that you don't … Continue reading Seven Great Singing Voices →

“I like my whiskey old and my women young.” Errol Flynn On Movements and Campaigns There have seen a bunch of Movements; women's rights, civic rights, #metoo and many more. The thought is that there is a push for important changes. They are important but I'm not so sure about them. Yes, women can vote. … Continue reading On Movements and Campaigns →

Albert: I'm just... a guy! Armand: What about those? [Gesturing to Albert's pink socks] Albert: These? Well, one does want a hint of color. The Bird Cage My Flamboyant Men It was a long time ago but my flamboyant men are long gone and I miss them still. Once upon a time, my brother and … Continue reading My Flamboyant Men →

"The fun for me in collaboration is, one, working with other people just makes you smarter; that's proven." Lin-Manuel Miranda The Collabs It is funny to me that when I look up Collaboration on a search engine, the dominant sites are about collaboration in business. Mostly they feel successful if one department will talk to … Continue reading The Collabs →

"Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays." George Balanchine Working in Concert I believe in team-work. Working in concert is more than that because it suggests that each knows what the other is doing. Like a heist movie; beyond the usual need for revenge of some kind, the excitement we get from heist … Continue reading Working in Concert →