Monthly Archives: January 2017

(Achieving the Poet Dream and Author Dream with/thanks to Glen) (The Music Performer Dream, 1974–one of several bands I created; I played for audiences from 1967 to 2002) “Life is a dream” wrote Montaigne, the guy who inspired this blog. … Continue reading →

with its political agendas is now truer than ever in the West. Every day now, citizens and workers are told what the latest offensive terms are, and some absurd new wording is being coined in the name of political correctness. … Continue reading →

Dr. Strangelove Psycho Citizen Kane 2001: A Space Odyssey Casablanca Lawrence of Arabia The Third Man The Godfather: Part II Annie Hall The Graduate Nashville JFK

Hamlet Macbeth Lord of the Flies Nineteen Eighty-Four Brave New World A Christmas Carol The Great Gatsby To Kill a Mockingbird Animal Farm The Grapes of Wrath

don’t own a book.

No one could have played Winston Smith, Raskolnikov, and the Elephant Man more ‘hurt’ than him.

Liberals Look to Artificial Intelligence (since they have none of their own?)

Mary Tyler Moore, 80. Star of one of TV’s greatest-ever sitcoms. Fabulous cast of characters. Her complete show collection is consistently entertaining season by season.

is Frenzy with Anthony Schaffer. Spoiler alert: It exceeds its source material, by providing a more appropriate resolved ending in which the ‘born loser’ finally wins and is vindicated of suspicion in the necktie murders, the added, hilarious inspector-wife gourmet … Continue reading →