ROLLING STONE AND PLAYBOY BOTH DIED IN 1980. WHO NOTICED?
Growing up in the shadow of the sixties, I turned sixteen in 1970, two magazines ruled the media rack: Rolling Stone and Playboy. Ten years later in 1980 two icons from each were murdered. John...
View ArticleAFFLECK UPDATE: A MAN FOR ALL AGES, OR ALL DONE
Get to a certain age and the realization, if it hadn’t hit yet, of a finite time to make a difference sets in. This Affleck Update serves as a reminder of who to make a difference to. In the...
View ArticleYEARLY AFFLECK APPEAL: WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT NOW
The Hollywood press has ignored the Affleck Appeal, but still proven itself a good movie star pusher. Not all of the stories about movie stars are true, but with a push from the Hollywood press, what...
View ArticleESSENTIAL READING TO IGNORE . . . AT YOUR OWN RISK
One blogger’s essential reading is another’s fire-starter; that’s just how it is. Except the book in Ken Kesey’s hand won’t start any fires today, not the way it started fires in his younger days. What...
View ArticleANNUAL BEN AFFLECK APPEAL FOR 2020
This year the Affleck Appeal gets right to the point: time is not on anyone’s side, except Keith Richards. Now that Keith has given up hard drinking, and standing back from the cigarettes, he would be...
View ArticleUPDATED LIFE: STARTING SOMETHING NEW TO FINISH
An updated life, from new paint, new flowers, to new shoes, asks a question: What was wrong with the old life? Like there had to be something wrong to change things? Yes, that’s usually a good reason,...
View ArticleLEADERSHIP TRAINING WITH HOSPITALITY KING TRUMP
Leadership training comes in two flavors: you’re born with it, or you learn it. Those choices exclude too many, though. Some rise to leadership based on circumstances. Where someone would ordinarily...
View ArticleTAKE MY WIFE, PLEASE. OR ELSE
When Henny Youngman said, “Take my wife. Please,” did he jump up and slap himself? Did his wife take a swing at him? When a joke goes bad, bad enough to get clocked, it’s hard for us to understand....
View ArticleSCRIPT WRITING: KNOW WHEN TO END, Part 3
A script writing master class produced an original piece of work that’s still in progress. I took the class after buying and reading books about script writing and beating the odds in Hollywood. Part 3...
View ArticleMARRIAGE TRAP, STARRING BEN AFFLECK
Does a ‘marriage trap’ sound different than a marriage between two movie stars? Edward Hopper painted what looks like a marriage trap. A couple in a room ignoring each other, trying to find anything to...
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