Just like a doll, I am one foot tall, but dolls can’t see anyway
Twenty-sixth in a a series. (Due credit) Continue reading Just like a doll, I am one foot tall, but dolls can’t see anyway
Category: Everything Else
A thumbnail sketch, a jeweler’s stone, a mean idea to call my own
Revenge is a dish best served cold. And on the sidewalk. Almost fifty years after the master of suspense dealt the avian community a P.R. blow, they finally retaliate. (Due credit: this was brought to my attention by someone else.) Continue reading A thumbnail sketch, a jeweler’s stone, a mean idea to call my own
You’ll get those plain hot potatoes to satisfy your appetite
Because some days all you need is to turn up the volume… Continue reading You’ll get those plain hot potatoes to satisfy your appetite
When you’re oozing in the disco, well then nothing seems to matter
Admittedly, it’s now been a while since I’ve spent time in radio, but I don’t remember anyone dressing like this: Maybe I was hanging around the wrong stations. (Due credit: This image is from a book clearly filled with wonders, … Continue reading When you’re oozing in the disco, well then nothing seems to matter
Argento, Daves, Joffe, Judge, Moses
Dark Passage (Delmar Daves, 1947). This passable film noir is probably most notable for a storytelling gimmick that keeps the face of star Humphrey Bogart obscured for a good chunk of the film’s running time. He’s plays a man who claims he was wrongfully accused of murdering his wife. He escapes from prison and hides out in San Francisco, eventually getting some backroom plastic surgery to change his appearance. That’s when he starts to look like Bogart, so the lead up puts the star in shadows, covers his face in bandages, and, for significant stretches, employs a subjective camera technique … Continue reading Argento, Daves, Joffe, Judge, Moses
I’m just a penny on the train track waitin’ for my judgment day
You think you had a rough day? Believe me, it could’ve been rougher. There’s more where that came from. (Due credit: I first found out about it elsewhere.) Continue reading I’m just a penny on the train track waitin’ for my judgment day
An Open Letter to Facebook
Dear Facebook: I know your vast reach in the social networking field means that you have an abundance of information at your non-corporeal fingertips, but please refrain from providing me with knowledge that, frankly, I’d rather not have. I’m not … Continue reading An Open Letter to Facebook
Never should you worry about society, the best things in the life are never free
Something else to add to the Things I Thought I’d Never See file. (Due credit: I found this elsewhere.) Continue reading Never should you worry about society, the best things in the life are never free
Oh my own voice cannot save me now
They were guzzling marshmallows and they’re jumping off the Empire State
Watching the Mobius strip of tennis matches afford an awful lot of time to idly click. Now, this sometimes leads to confusion. For example, which of these food items should I be craving for dinner more? The square-jawed soup? (More … Continue reading They were guzzling marshmallows and they’re jumping off the Empire State
Coffee for Two 