A few weeks ago NPR did a segment on the weekend morning edition called American Jouster. Strangely, I did not catch it myself, but my wonderful housemate shared the information with me. I think the piece was nicely done, but a I wish that NPR had pursued a few more people to speak to about various aspects of things.
First is the complaint about the lack of history on the history channel these days. Granted Modern Marvels is indeed sometimes historical, but generally not so much, as most often it focuses on the today of the situation. But the show where they moving big things, most often buildings really just does not belong at all in a historical context.
Back sometime in December, probably early December, I caught the movie Role Models with a friend. It thought I had blogged about it back then, but apparently I only made a note (via a draft entry to myself) that I needed to blog about it and what aspects I wanted to hit with. I admit I was a little leery about seeing it as it could be funny but it could just be dumb. I admit that a friend wanting to see it and having gotten a recommendation from another friend pushed me over the edge and I said what the heck. Read the rest of this entry »
A friend sent this to me and it is just to funny not to share with everyone else. Enjoy the humor of it…
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So I am mulling over this blog in my head for the last couple of days and I finally have decided to put proverbial pen to ink. I kept trying to think about just exactly how to start this blog and finally it dawned on me, as it is definitely hitting the way I am feeling right about now. “Busted flat in Baton Rouge, headed for the trains, feeling nearly faded as my jeans…“ – which we all recognize as the famous opening to Me and Bobby McGee, much more famous because of the version that Janis Joplin did, but in fact it was written by Kris Kristofferson. Oddly enough, while Kris himself did have some short lived fame, his own musical career was probably eclipsed by his songs being performed by others. Read the rest of this entry »
