Month: February 2025
Patience… And KINDNESS
https://youtu.be/I9OpSqE3-lU?feature=shared On the GLORY of Paratroopers FIGHT FOR IT. NOW.
The G. O. A. T.
This is why. Bill Russell did it against Wilt Chamberlain. And he did it without Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Toni Kukoc, Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Kevin Durant, or Klay Thompson backing him up. And he did it 11 times.
What Do White Supremacists, African Americans, Jews, Me, and You Have in Common?
Best Three Movie Scenes of All Time…* (A Series) (3 of 3)
https://youtu.be/WoB8f4KLMrg?feature=shared * While this claim is, of course, "subjective," that is, also, PRECISELY why it is true.
Pixar
I have not, yet, read this book, but with how successful AND influential Pixar has been you would think that John Lasseter, a founder and primary creative force, would, AT LEAST, get the Steve Jobs treatment. As it is, this biography, one of only two or three I could find on him, and the most … Continue reading Pixar
Best Three Movie Scenes of All Time…* (A Series) (2 of 3)
Well, we'll call these one... "The amputation..." https://youtu.be/UOs476-ULr4?feature=shared "The long walk..." https://youtu.be/nw_mrWs2hME?feature=shared * While this claim is, of course, "subjective," that is, also, PRECISELY why it is true.
“Fight for It”
Black Statue of Liberty. Something I wrote a LOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG......... time ago, but never posted. But AM now. “Fight For It.” My favorite song on the Hamilton soundtrack is “Wait For It.” Every time I listen to the soundtrack I can’t get the song out of my head, except that when I hear it in my head … Continue reading “Fight for It”
Observations from the Brink 