Today's Tids Issue
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Opening Stuff:
“There’s
a bright golden haze on the meadow. All the sounds of
the earth are like music. The breeze is so busy it don’t miss a tree, and ol’
weepin’ willow is laughing at me.” Why make something up when Oscar Hammerstein
has said it so well – “O what a beautiful morning, O what a beautiful day, I’ve
got a beautiful feeling, everything’s going my way.” Humming yet?
The
Trumpster is making progress despite the constant drone of
anti-Trump in the media. He is quietly -- yes I’m using the word quiet in the
same sentence as Trump – making deals, forging alliances and gaining endorsements.
Even some “never-Trumper’s are crossing the line. But, his biggest area of
opportunity for vote accumulation remains in convincing a lot of normal, sensitive
people that he is not an A-hole.
Do
you think they will ever get back to bands with no
guitars?
Maybe
it’s time to stop changing the country to accommodate loud
vocal minorities and their sanctimonious henchmen in the media. In case you
missed it, the new Washington Post poll says that 75% of Native Americans have
no problem what-so-ever with “Redskins”. The US is continually held hostage by
people with no lives creating emotional agendas, while the vast majority of
Americans with real lives do what it takes every day to contribute what is
positive for society. It happens everywhere, in small villages and bigger
cities where activists groups with time organize bids to change normality while
those working or caring for family or helping others come home to say, “What
the hell just happened to us?”
You
probably have heard the old Washington Redskin’s
joke where unctuous owner Dan Snyder says, “We are changing our name. We are
dropping ‘Washington’ because it is so offensive to so many. Offensive is in
the eyes of the beholders.
My
new favorite country song is “Outskirts of Heaven” by
Craig Campbell.
The
Question:
Name 5 movies of director Shane Black. Bonus: For what career launching TV
show was actress Barbara Parkins best known?
The Headlines:
--Stock Futures Lower; Citi Warns That Gold Could
Tumble Below $1000.
--Man Who Should Have Been In Jail Kills
Massachusetts Police Officer During Traffic Stop; Man Justifiably Killed In Shootout.
--“O” Lifts 5 Decade Ban On Selling Arms To Viet
Nam; Some Say Move Rebuke To Beijing; VietJet To But $11.3 Billion In Planes From
Boeing.
--GE Invests $1.4 Billion In Saudi Arabia; Saudi’s
Looking To Reduce Reliance In Oil And Begin New Business Opportunities.
--ISIS Blasts In Syria Heartland Kill 180.
--Pakistan Says US Drone Strike Violated Its Sovereignty.
--Experts Say Apple Needs Somebody Like,
Preferably Him, Elon Musk At Helm; Product Vision Has Lost Its Way.
--Hillary’s Anti Gun Rhetoric On Track To Push
Guns Sales Higher Than Obama Records.
--Flash: Tom Brady To File Appeal In Deflategate Case.
I
rarely read any if the stories about guns, the opinions
of bitter foes. Frankly, spokespeople on either side are generally unlikeable,
especially Wayne LaPierre. I believe firmly in the 2nd Amendment and
don’t want it encroached upon. I don’t care much about guns, but I care a lot
about the foundations of the USA.
You
got to “Snope” everything, especially if you are a
conservative who wants to preserve credibility.
I
really like what my big local newspaper, the Providence
Journal, is doing with its apparent new bold and tough stance against business
as usual in State Government. This morning a front page headline said “Farce”
in respect to a legislative leadership dog and pony show designed to once again
pull the proverbial blanket of the public’s eyes. If you want to save the
newspaper industry, the papers have to stand for something; contribute more than
Publicist’s pap. And, have good comics too!
I
found a lot of new words and phrases associated with the
weekend’s spate of graduation stories. For one, a local Ivy school replaces “Majors”
with “Concentrators”. This attempt to expand the eliteness gap sounds
cumbersome to me. And then there is the woman with a new decree in “Communicative
disorders” Does that have something to do with social networking? I also saw a degree
called Kinesiology. I thought it had something to do with film making until I looked
it up and saw it was about physical therapy. Silly me. I’ll walk into one of those
Kinesiology offices some day and say, “Is this a film studio?,” And I know they
make it hurt really bad.
I’ll
tell you about Alan Young. The media lazily and in typical
fashion boxes him in as a one shot pony having made it big because of Mr. Ed.
Certainly he was good and loved in that one. But before Ed he was for me must
see viewing in the Alan Young Comedy Show - at times it was a series of funny
skits and at other iterations as a sitcom. Alan had some of those Bob Newhart
qualities that were endearing and lent to lots of smiles and laughs. Young was
one of my favorites in many movies Like Margie with Jeanne Crain, or the kind
of silly but heartwarming Androcles and the Lion. He was also in comedies
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes, Chicken Every Sunday and Mr. Belvedere Goes To
College. I know my pals and I laughed all the way home, walking of course. Most
of you have heard for years his voice
over’s in Disney animated features. Oh yea, and Alan won a couple of Emmy’s,
not for Mr. Ed. I just like to set the record straight.
Teens
want to be unique, but they strive to be the same. And
they continually give away their unique inner personality of social media.
After
my Saltimbocca bastardization rant Friday, I googled
the subject and found, just for starters, about 40 different recipes. Only one
met my standards, and that was believe it or not Marta Stewart. I forgot to
mention that one of the reasons you want your veal or chicken thin is to
balance out all the flavors. Even Mario Batelli contaminates his chicken
version using a giant chicken breast which basically becomes a chicken with
tasty gravy and little else. Well, enough! God dammit. I mean enough of me
talking about a recipe.
A
new Samsung fridge comes with 4 cameras. Each time the door
opens it takes pic of what is there, and deletes the previous photo keeping it
continually up to date. So if you are at a grocery store, you can go to the
fridge app and see, “Aha, no milk.” And the beat goes on.
In
my Saltimbocca sauce described Friday you can easily
substitute a red wine, like a Madeira, or even a soft cab.
Reading
Between the Lines Movies Reviews:
--Now there’s something intriguing about Nice Guys
starring Russell Crowe as a guy and Ryan Gosling. This funny film takes us back
to 1977 where we find two seedy detectives hired to find out why a porn star
committed suicide. Or did she. Crowe’s specialty is breaking bones and
intimidation and while he is very professional at this his new sidekick Gosling
is completely reprehensible drinking almost all of the time. Gosling has just
lost his wife, and his responsible 13 year odd daughter holds him together…at
times. Through the dread=r, tis unlikely buddy duo will keep you laughing.
--In Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising there’s crude
continuous language which at times makes a bare minimum plot disappear. Enough!
Talk like humans. Actually there are a couple of funny bits, in this comedy I
have no intention of seeing. For those of you who saw the first ne, you’ll see
that there was probably not a need for a second.
--They say Angry Birds is the best movie developed
form an App, and that is saying basically nothing as all other App movies have
been disasters. Kids will like, perhaps.
--Weiner is not about hot dogs or other thus
described objects, or is it? It is about the sleazy politician who was married
to Hillary’s top confidant and who was caught, then lied about it, then so to
say exposed in visual sexting. In reality, is a compelling political film, but
lets hope it isn’t an attempt to cleanse Weiner, who before the incident was an
evil little politician who seemed to enjoy tearing out the hearts of people
with conservative and moral views, and who lied to America. That said, it is a
well done movie.
So
the RBTLMR’s are 3 days late. Shoot me.
The
Answer:
I probably never knew it at the time, but one of
my favorite films “A long Kiss Good Night” was a Shane Black effort. Others are
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Lethal Weapon 2, Iron Man 3 and The Last Boy Scout. Bonus: Barbara Perkins was the lead in
the rascally (for the times) Peyton Place for 514 episodes. Who could ever
forget her.
Does
the term “Black Comedy” come from Shane’s movies?
O
what a beautiful day…
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