Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
Blow Out (1981) - A small time movie sound engineer(John Travolta) captures the sound of a car crash that may been an assassination rather than an accident. He and the young woman he rescued from the car (Nancy Allen) will try to get the truth out while a killer stalks them. Time to swim against... Continue Reading →
No, I didn't forget. I have adjusted my weigh in day to Friday. I tend to relax a little on the weekends and it just puts too much stress for an early week weigh in. I think a Friday weigh in will serve me better. Having said that, the holidays did not go well. They... Continue Reading →
(Best of the web is an occasional series of posts where I give a little love to the sites that I believe express the best of what the World Wide Web (you know, the Internet) can be) Kid President is another one of the Best of the Web that began just as something fun to... Continue Reading →
The Guard (2011) - When an FBI agent (Don Cheadle) arrives in a small Irish village in pursuit of international drugs smugglers he discovers the local police (Brendon Gleeson) has his own way of doing things. The button down Fed and the unconventional local member of the Irish Garda will find their own way towards... Continue Reading →
39 Steps by John Bucan (1915) - After many years in Rhodesia Richard Hannay returns to London to begin a new phase in his life. Shortly thereafter he meets an American named Scudder who claims to be dead. Scudder faked his own death to escape a group of anarchists who are trying to force all... Continue Reading →
My first impulse is to say "So we begin again". But the more I think about it the more I realize it falls into the failed mindset we've all been trained to accept about weight loss. It's a temporary phase with a beginning and an end. Except it isn't. This is why I have (personal)... Continue Reading →
The Conversation (1974) - A reclusive surveillance expert (Gene Hackman) faces the demons from his professional past when a current assignment reminds of of a job that resulted in three deaths years before. He becomes obsessed with the recorded conversation he has made and it's possible outcome. Francis Ford Coppola wrote and directed this one... Continue Reading →
Obviously I've been taking a little break here. I promise that I will be back in the new year. I have several goals for 2015 and will chronicle them here. That includes finally turning the corner on my weight loss, a writing project or two and more. I have high hopes for next year. This... Continue Reading →
No Posts this week. I'm taking my own advice from last week and stepping away from the screen. See you in the New Year.
Well In Time by Suzan Still - In a story that ranges from ancient Egypt to medieval Europe and the present day, we follow Calypso Searcy is a writer with an ability to see the future through her dreams. That power comes to her through a golden locket. She and her lover Javier must defend... Continue Reading →
