Retard sometimes funny
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Laugh out loud
There were two sitcoms that made me laugh out loud: That 70s Show and Frasier. Now, a third: Modern Family. Fast, silly, funny. Kind and good. Walk well. God is love. Share Hide Sites $$(‘div.d1546′).each( function(e) { e.visualEffect(‘slide_up’,{duration:0.5}) });
Demons and better angels
The West Wing Season 1, Episode 5: “The Crackpots and These Women” Josiah Bartlet (Martin Sheen) to Toby Ziegler (Richard Schiff): Did you mean what you said? My demons were shouting down the better angels in my brain? Yessir, I did. You think that’s what’s stopping me from greatness? Yes. The writing for The West [...]
Greatness
We have been there. As a nation. Woodrow Wilson. Franklin Roosevelt. Theodore [Does that mean God-loving or loved by God?] Roosevelt. Lincoln. That whole Washington-Jefferson-Adams-Franklin group. Even John Kennedy with Ich bin ein Berliner and that ten years to land on the moon. Are we paying for the hubris and sin of Vietnam? Are the [...]
Yada yada yada
I’m 33 years old. I haven’t outgrown the problems of puberty. I’m already facing the problems of old age. I completely skipped healthy adulthood. I went from having orgasms immediately to taking forever. Jason Alexander as George Costanza Seinfeld. The art of the mundane. A fun, easy comedy. No anger. No accusations. A humorous response [...]
Back Again
Back again; the same old pair Merry Christmas; Happy New Year One of those things that has stuck with me. James F. “Pop” Threatt sent us a Christmas card in maybe 1955 with that doggerel. He was the first man I knew who was avuncular. Though I did not know the word then. Another thing [...]
Television
I was checking a link this evening and came across an article about good television series that have been canceled. Some of the cancellations were surprises. There were series I had been waiting expectantly for that are not going any further, such as Southland and Eli Stone. Others I already knew about. These are my [...]
Television as Art
Television series can develop character and style over time in a way movies cannot. I think that is the primary reason I tend towards television. Not broadcast or cable, but mostly from Netflix. And I cannot resist the temptation to compare American and British series. I think the best from the States was Boston Legal, [...]
San Jacinto Mountain
An accurate warning People die on San Jacinto Mountain (SJM). And people die in almost every place. But. Experienced backpackers and climbers have died on SJM. There is the oft-repeated story of climbers on the mountain in the winter, trapped by a snowstorm who fall off the mountain. A news story today reports that two [...]
Cleansing
Maybe 1985. My friend, Kimberly, and I watched Midnight Express. Don’t know if you have seen it, but it is very depressing. Startlingly distressing. And after the film, we agreed to watch The Sound of Music as a way of repairing the psychic damage. If you are ever in need of such repair, I suggest [...]
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