1. Bizarre spin on why Brown took the Kennedy Hereditary Senate Seat, blaming it on voters angry at Republicans or Bush or anything other than a possible valid reason.
2. Tuned into MSNBC last night and watched Olbermann and the lesbian chick (sorry, Rachel Maddow). Label O'Reilly, Limbaugh, etc. as jerks or whatever you wish, but no one on this planet holds a candle to the level of pure vile and awfulness that is Keith Olbermann. No one.
3. Lots of soul searching by the Dems and hollering and hobnail boot stomping by the R's. The Dems and Obama overplayed their hand as is now obvious. The R's are surely going to overplay theirs in the coming weeks. Liebermann will probably switch to a "yes" vote on the health care bill just to fuck with everybody.
4. Patricia Neal is 84 today. Great actress and they don't have Hollywood gals like her anymore. Here's a fairly recent interview of sorts with her:http://www.mvmagazine.com/article.php?20758.
5. Yesterday was Robert E. Lee's birthday and the local NAACP hack was upset that state workers could elect to take off Tuesday for "Confederate Heroes Day." They also interviewed the local SCV president and he was pretty thoughtful and well spoken, indicating that he would like to "invite" the NAACP guy to "become educated" regarding the role of the Confederacy in the state's history. I have an application to join the SCV on my desk that I've been pushing around for a while. Maybe I should join--my great, great grandfather was in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Don't know really what purpose it would serve other than getting a lapel pin I won't wear and eliminating me from consideration for running for public office. I don't know--guess I'll push it around some more.
6. Watched "In Cold Blood" again the other night on TCM. Pretty damn good telling of the excellent Capote book. If ever there was an example of perfect casting and flawless execution, it's Robert Blake as one of the two killers. Astoundingly great performance. A fine, fine movie. Of course, Blake went on to top it all off by actually killing his estranged wife in real life (allegedly). But, unlike the movie, he didn't get hanged in Kansas.
7. Stayed at the Hotel Palomar in Dallas last weekend. I recommend it. Lots of cool, nice touches throughout the place.
2. Tuned into MSNBC last night and watched Olbermann and the lesbian chick (sorry, Rachel Maddow). Label O'Reilly, Limbaugh, etc. as jerks or whatever you wish, but no one on this planet holds a candle to the level of pure vile and awfulness that is Keith Olbermann. No one.
3. Lots of soul searching by the Dems and hollering and hobnail boot stomping by the R's. The Dems and Obama overplayed their hand as is now obvious. The R's are surely going to overplay theirs in the coming weeks. Liebermann will probably switch to a "yes" vote on the health care bill just to fuck with everybody.
4. Patricia Neal is 84 today. Great actress and they don't have Hollywood gals like her anymore. Here's a fairly recent interview of sorts with her:http://www.mvmagazine.com/article.php?20758.
5. Yesterday was Robert E. Lee's birthday and the local NAACP hack was upset that state workers could elect to take off Tuesday for "Confederate Heroes Day." They also interviewed the local SCV president and he was pretty thoughtful and well spoken, indicating that he would like to "invite" the NAACP guy to "become educated" regarding the role of the Confederacy in the state's history. I have an application to join the SCV on my desk that I've been pushing around for a while. Maybe I should join--my great, great grandfather was in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Don't know really what purpose it would serve other than getting a lapel pin I won't wear and eliminating me from consideration for running for public office. I don't know--guess I'll push it around some more.
6. Watched "In Cold Blood" again the other night on TCM. Pretty damn good telling of the excellent Capote book. If ever there was an example of perfect casting and flawless execution, it's Robert Blake as one of the two killers. Astoundingly great performance. A fine, fine movie. Of course, Blake went on to top it all off by actually killing his estranged wife in real life (allegedly). But, unlike the movie, he didn't get hanged in Kansas.
7. Stayed at the Hotel Palomar in Dallas last weekend. I recommend it. Lots of cool, nice touches throughout the place.
8. Leonard(o) DiCaprio said that Scorcese is like Shakespeare and Mozart, among others. I like Scorcese's movies but Mr. DiCaprio suffers from artistic idiocy, a malady inflicting most of his ilk. "GoodFellas" is excellent. "Raging Bull," is less entertaining but damn impressive. I liked, "Gangs of New York," too. Scorcese thinks that "The Searchers" is the greatest movie ever done. Me, too. Come to think of it, Scorcese is a Mozart. Sorry, Leonard, carry on. Let's do lunch.
9. Read where Dennis Hopper is in the final stages of terminal cancer (prostate, I think). Too bad--I liked him. If you haven't seen it, take in "Red Rock West" sometime. A very good little movie that has excellent pacing. Hopper turns in his usual stellar work.
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