Because I am overbooked today, my motivation has already been drained. Worse, the same scheduling that has exhausted me physically and mentally also precludes power naps, meditation, coaching, or any of the other usual means of recharging ones energy and spirits. And, I’ll wager that I’m not the only one with such a problem. Happily, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Movies'
Floozies In Funny Flicks – Night Shift
October 24th, 2008 · Comments Off · Media
Earlier this week, I posted Hard Times: Money And Sex, which included an aside about movie hookers portrayed by Julia Roberts and Barbara Streisand. When, a day or two later, Working Girls (and Boy): Our Five Favorite Movie Hookers from Spout blog1 appeared unbidden but not unwelcomed on my screen, I recognized it was no [...]
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Saturday Night Is Theme Night
June 3rd, 2007 · Comments Off · Fascinations, Media, Music
Menu, Music, and Movie Menu Thanks to the culinary skills of Lady Lawanda, she, Prodigal, and I1 dined last night on a special themed menu that featured Totally Drunken Chicken and Mojito Cupcakes (pictured above). Note that this is not your ordinary “Drunken Chicken” found at the local Chinese eatery nor does it have anything [...]
Earning The Movie Industry Protection Boy Scout Patch
October 27th, 2006 · Comments Off · Fascinations
Yesterday’s Good Deed: Helping Old Lady Cross The Street Today’s Good Deed: Stopping Movie Downloads The 52,000 Los Angeles Boy Scouts now have the opportunity to earn the um, … distinctive Respect Copyrights Activity Patch (pictured above) by completing a curriculum developed by The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). The program includes didactic sessions [...]
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It's Tuesday and Shane Is In Belgium So Today Is Fun-Video Day
September 12th, 2006 · Comments Off · Aha! Items
The confluence of the 1969 movie, “If This Is Tuesday It Must Be Belgium” and Shane’s itinerary explains a lot with respect to his capacities and skills: he’s obviously a character in a movie with all the perquisites pertaining thereto.
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The Stunt Man – Mulitple Realities & Illusions
March 28th, 2006 · Comments Off · Media
Seeing The Stunt Man Again For The First Time I suspect the most frequent (and reasonable) response to the recommendation that a given movie requires more than a single viewing would be an anguished expression of incredulity with second place going to a begrudging “maybe” attached to multiple qualifiers (for example, “Maybe, if the movie [...]
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The Best Movie Title Ever – For Any Movie
March 22nd, 2006 · Comments Off · Media
A couple of days ago, the Chicago Tribune ran the results on a poll of readers asked to select “The worst movie title ever.” The big winner (loser?) was “Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness?” Well, OK – I guess. That seems to be a perfectly good bad title. But [...]
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