"Out, damned spot. Out, I say!" Lady Macbeth Cruelty: An Overview The American Indian in the times of the Old West would best his foe, cut off his genitals and stuff them in the mouth. Historians tell us that the American Indian didn't want to face his foe in the Afterlife. I cry baloney. It … Continue reading Cruelty: An Overview
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Education, Always Education
"My family is the largest single contributor of soft money to the national Republican Party." Betsy DeVos Education, Always Education A lot of our Democratic politicians are running on an education ticket. Whether it is wiping out student loan debt or making college free; the ideas are being tossed around with little thought to the … Continue reading Education, Always Education
Online Qualifiers
"Charles Manson ate apples. That doesn't mean I'm not going to." Marianne Williamson Online Qualifiers Writers are always trying to fix language. Putting fingers to keys often enough, one sees where things fall short. Those crazy writers will write big bunches of pages on how to fix it. Remember "wymin" for "women"? They try, they … Continue reading Online Qualifiers
Blogging: Kids with Crayons
"Generally speaking, everyone is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything." Gertrude Stein Blogging: Kids with Crayons How cool would it be if your favorite authors were bloggers? Imagine Mark Twain describing golf as a good walk ruined. What did Charles Dickens have for breakfast? Did Ben Franklin fret over inventing bifocals? Of course, they'd … Continue reading Blogging: Kids with Crayons
McCarthy and Suppression
"Every age has a keyhole to which its eye is pasted." Joseph McCarthy McCarthy and Suppression To learn what happened in the McCarthy Era is to see what is happening to us today. For the moment, we'll ignore that Orwell wrote a darn blueprint or a "how to" suppress your people; that topic gets way … Continue reading McCarthy and Suppression
Dave, The Hero
"Let us not look back in anger, nor forward in fear, but around in awareness." James Thurber Dave, The Hero With respect to James Thurber and his wonderful character, Walter Mitty, I too have flights of fancy where I use my imagination to be a hero. I am never a fighter pilot or pirate like … Continue reading Dave, The Hero
Disney and Grocery Money
"There is no free lunch, so if you're playing with the big train set - on big movies - it's a lot of money they're entrusting you with, and you have to get that money back for them. I don't take that responsibility lightly." Jon Favreau Disney and Grocery Money When a director picks a … Continue reading Disney and Grocery Money
Starting with Clapton
"I also think if you're an actor and you can improvise, when you go on an audition and you can improvise you're just a genius. If you can, you know, take a Tide commercial and you can just say one funny line that's not in the commercial they think you're a genius." Amy Poehler Starting … Continue reading Starting with Clapton
Finding Your Purpose
"I started thinking about joy. Everything in our society is so purposeful. Let's bring joy back to the experience." Sara Blakely Finding Your Purpose There has been a language shift over the past twenty years and that always means a cultural shift. Three words are common in everyday life and well as in entertainment. The … Continue reading Finding Your Purpose
The Little Stories
"So long as I remain alive and well I shall continue to feel strongly about prose style, to love the surface of the earth, and to take a pleasure in solid objects and scraps of useless information." George Orwell The Little Stories Reading George Orwell's Why I Write, some excitement trembled when his description of … Continue reading The Little Stories
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