MGM and Disney

"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul." Marilyn Monroe MGM and Disney Entertainment is a business. It comes with a cost. People pay the price. The songs you listen to were hoped-for hits, the books you read were hoped-for bestsellers, scripts are … Continue reading MGM and Disney →

Re-Thin:king Wry*ting

"As usual, words fail him." Stephen King on James Patterson Re-Thin:king Wry:ting Sorry about the title. I got hit upside the head by a 1980s art trend. We are all glad that those days are past us, right? When James Patterson got busted for not writing his own books, it was a scandal. He still … Continue reading Re-Thin:king Wry*ting →

Hating Hip Hop

"I wrote and produced millions and millions of selling records, so my publishing company alone was worth millions of dollars. I didn't have to work anymore in life because when the rappers started sampling... I'm the most sampled artist in history." Rick James Hating Hip Hop My first aversion to Hip Hop was the message. … Continue reading Hating Hip Hop →

Bored

"Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore." Cecil Beaton Bored Years ago, my boss used to call me at 10pm-ish now and then. At first it freaked me out, at that hour it must be important. I soon learned that she knew that I was getting home from … Continue reading Bored →

My Big ‘Ole Bunion

It’s not a pot belly Or a beer belly Or any blue law belly It’s just my big ‘ole belly. It’s not Paul Bunyan Or Damon Runyon A Vidalia onion Or even Tim-the-Dunker Duncan It’s just my big ‘ole bunion. It’s not a career rut Or reading smut Or potato glut Or … Continue reading My Big ‘Ole Bunion →

Hollywood and the Lazy Cowboy

"I created 'The Westerner' because of anger - anger at never-miss sheriffs, always-right marshalls, whitewashed gunfighters ... anger at TV's quick-draw tin gods who stand behind a tin star or ten cents' worth of righteous anger and justify their skill and slaughter with a self-conscious grin or a minute's worth of bad philosophy." Sam Peckinpah … Continue reading Hollywood and the Lazy Cowboy →

Shirley, Judy and Renée

"I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph." Shirley Temple Shirley, Judy and Renée Judy is set to open in a few weeks. Renée Zellweger will play Ms. Garland set in 1969, the last year of her … Continue reading Shirley, Judy and Renée →

Belichick – Greatest Coach of All Time

“You get the job done or you don’t.” Bill Belichick Belichick - Greatest Coach of All Time The new season has begun! Last night the Patriots walloped the Steelers on Sunday Night Football. Coach Tomlin, of the Steelers, said that "We were not ready for Prime Time." With the addition of Antonio Brown, the Patriots … Continue reading Belichick – Greatest Coach of All Time →

Around The Mountain

This is the hike my friend Vince and I took yesterday: Around The Mountain (Here's an article - Statesman Article and another description: Boise Trails - Around The Mountain) If you open the link you will see pictures and a description of the loop. It was drop dead gorgeous yesterday. The loop is supposed to be 10.1 miles … Continue reading Around The Mountain →

Settling for Less

"How long can men thrive between walls of brick, walking on asphalt pavements, breathing the fumes of coal and oil, growing, working, dying, with hardly a thought of wind, and sky, and fields of grain, seeing only machine-made beauty, the mineral-like quality of life?" Charles Lindbergh Settling for Less I am still surprised that as … Continue reading Settling for Less →