Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Monday through Friday around 7:30 AM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract words at a moment's notice. WRFA-LP is... Continue Reading →
The Father Brown Mysteries (1910-1936) by G.K. Chesterton. Fifty-plus stories about the world's least impressive detective. It isn't his skill in solving mysteries that is unimpressive, it is the man himself. Chesterton describes the Roman Catholic priest in consistently unflattering terms. He is short, even stumpy, with baggy clothes and commonly a vacant look on his... Continue Reading →
The Window (1949) - A boy with a reputation for telling tall tales witnesses a murder, and no one will believe him! Directed by Ted Tetzlaff Starring - Bobby Driscoll, Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy While often categorized as film noir,... Continue Reading →
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Monday through Friday around 7:30 AM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract words at a moment's notice. WRFA-LP is... Continue Reading →
Being creative is something I really want to do. I want to be creative regularly, even daily. Being creative starts to feel like just another chore, another item on the "to-do list". Creativity struggles. I have to keep reminding myself that it is not, never has been and never will be, about creating a... Continue Reading →
From My Shelves is a series of occasional posts that look at items from my personal collection to which I have a special attachment. Isaac Everett - Rotation (2006) Despite the fact that I made my living in the church for over a decade, I am not a huge fan of most "religious" music. I... Continue Reading →
Futureworld (1976) - Things had gone horribly, horribly wrong in "Westworld" but the computer geniuses have figured it all out for the new robotic theme worlds, including "Futureworld". Two reporters (Peter Fonda and Blythe Danner) are looking for a story. Is it a great new amusement or something more sinister? Deep in the bowels of... Continue Reading →
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Monday through Friday around 7:30 AM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract words at a moment's notice. WRFA-LP is... Continue Reading →
I'm taking a look back at what I've watched (the movies post went up on Monday) and read in 2016. My total stands at 25 books this year. As with the movies, this is less about being "The BEST of the Year" and more about stories that stayed with me after I closed the... Continue Reading →
I spend a lot of time each year watching movies and reading books. The fruit of all that effort shows up each week here. This week I traditionally "take off" from doing the usual reviews. So I thought for 2016 I'd take a look at what reviewed over the last twelve months and pick out... Continue Reading →
