Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
I know there are folks out there who believe that those of us who are unemployed are on this extended, paid vacation. Just living the life. You are out of your minds. Yes, I said just last week that I was ready for a break. Absolutely true. And I'm in a better "head space" after... Continue Reading →
The Great Movies by Roger Ebert - The first of a series of books by my all time favorite movie critic. Before he died he added two more to the series. Ebert offers relatively brief (couple pages each) commentaries on movies that he thinks belong in the top tier of films. He admits right off... Continue Reading →
Thanksgiving. Christmas. New Year's. Travelling. Road Food. Birthday. What do all of these things have in common? They're all excuses. They are the excuses that I have been using for two months now to explain why I have not lost any weight. Why I haven't exercised. Why I'm not eating right. I want them to... Continue Reading →
Bringing Up Baby - (1938) - A quiet archaeologist (Cary Grant) runs into a flighty heiress (Katherine Hepburn) who upsets his life in general and brings a leopard named "Baby" into his life. Along the way he discovers that the young woman is also the niece of a woman that is considering donating a million... 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 just after 8 AM and 5 PM. 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... Continue Reading →
When I first got the word that I was going to be unemployed I thought "I could use the break". At the end of my tenure I was tired. The last year, and especially the last 6 months, were stressful. It felt like I was trapped in slow motion. Everything was a long, hard push... Continue Reading →
Videos For Your Soul.com - This is actually a project by a friend of mine (Randall Curtis - The Holy Geek. I'm pretty sure you're going to run into him again later in this series). It began as a spiritual practice during Lent. He gathered together some of the best and most inspiring videos on... Continue Reading →
No weigh in this week. There was a death in the family and I am away from the official scale on weigh in day. Wasn't expecting great things because of the Super Bowl although I didn't attend a party because we were away as well. So it may be better than many years. I am... Continue Reading →
Children of Men (2006) - In a dystopian future (only a little more than a decade from now) humanity is faced with total collapse after every woman becomes infertile. The sudden appearance of a pregnant woman pits different political factions against one another while one man tries to get her to sanctuary. I'm always amazed... 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 just after 8 AM and 5 PM. 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... Continue Reading →
