You get some great, amazingly fantastic news. What’s the first thing you do? In the old days of kids hawking newspapers on street corners, they’d yell, “Extra, extra, read all about it!” to announce that special edition of the paper containing what CNN labels every story, “Breaking News.” (I maintain it’s not really breaking newsContinue reading “Wuxtry! Wuxtry! Read All About it!”
Tag Archives: movies
Top 10 Movies
What are your top ten favorite movies? Asking for a top ten list of movies is a bit daunting—you see, I write my daily blog entry during my first cup of coffee and I’m not capable of higher order thinking this early. But I will give you my top three. Incidentally, for a film class,Continue reading “Top 10 Movies”
Be My Guest!
If you could host a dinner and anyone you invite was sure to come, who would you invite? See, my problem is, I can never just take these prompts at face-value. Does this include anyone living or dead? How big is the table? And who is doing the catering, because I’m not cooking for lotsContinue reading “Be My Guest!”
Job? What Job?
What’s a job you would like to do for just one day? I recently retired from academia after 31 years of teaching. I found my life as a university professor fulfilling overall, with minor exceptions for policy changes that entered into the equation over the years, and for a decline in both enrollments and studentContinue reading “Job? What Job?”
Let’s Talk About…?
What topics do you like to discuss? A few things I like to talk about, given the opportunity… Theatre. What makes good theatre, the show I just saw, what works and what doesn’t. Theatre has been my career and I’m not finished with it yet. Movies. The best are the older movies, and especially badContinue reading “Let’s Talk About…?”