It’s Labor Day Weekend and I’m enjoying the last of my summer with my flashback faves (long before hip-hop was called hip-hop and when rap was fun and positive).  Who can forget Run DMC’s It’s like that?  Classic.  Party.  Fire. Lyrics after the video.  “It’s like that. What?!!  And that’s the way it is, HUH!!”... Read More →

I love this photo of Clint Eastwood because (1) I stumbled upon it looking for another photo of him from his film “Dirty Harry” and was pleasantly surprised (a reminder of how great the online discovery process is); (2) it makes me say “wtf”? (definitely an odd moment to capture if it wasn’t staged) and... Read More →

I have no intention of getting married.  Having said that (and hearing the collective sarcastic gasps of my friends who are well aware that I’m retiring on an iceberg in Antarctica with a colony of penguins), if I ever DO get married (insert snarky comments by religious folks who know there’s no holy covenant in... Read More →

In school, I always thought poetry sucked (at least the kind of poetry that was crammed down our throats and used as a means of torturing children into submission).  And then I grew up and lived the words that I’d read as a kid and, suddenly, those same words that tortured me in school now... Read More →

The world mourns the loss of another legend today.  Elizabeth Taylor passed away after suffering congestive heart failure. I wanted to share this interview with Elizabeth Taylor and her then husband Mike Todd.  She’s poised, witty, maddeningly beautiful and genuine.  At one point during the interview, Edward Murrow asks Taylor the following question: “Are you going to... Read More →

An excerpt from one of my favorite films (Waking Life directed by Richard Linklater, 2001)… (The above photo of a baby and a chimp is from a 1932 silent film titled Comparative Tests On A Human And A Chimpanzee Infant Of Approximately The Same Age, Part 2 (1932) [archive.org via avgeeks] which I’ve also embedded... Read More →

The Last Tango in Paris starring Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider is a film classic that has reached cult status.  The beautiful Maria Schneider passed away today at the age of 58 after battling an undisclosed illness. RIP Related articles Maria Schneider of ‘Last Tango in Paris’ dies at 58 (chron.com) Maria Schneider dies –... Read More →

It says so much more than its five letters would lead you to believe… According to Merriam-Webster “zesty” made it’s debut in 1868 and means “appealingly piquant” (“Appealingly piquant” is the new “fierce”).  Zesty is vibrant, expressive and it’s back bitches!  The word has made a resurgence as a popular slang term.  Thus, UrbanDictionary.com describes... Read More →

I didn’t think my lifelong love for Bill Murray could grow any more but love is a complicated and wonderful thing.  Below is the full transcript of Murray’s award presentation speech to Sofia Coppola at the The National Board of Review Motion Picture Awards in all its transcendent, hilarious glory (thanks to Vulture.com for providing... Read More →

It’s how all children should learn the alphabet.  In the video clip below, the late, great Richard Pryor recites the alphabet on Sesame Street decades ago (when it was okay to be high as a kite on tv) for all the little boys and girls.  Let’s not forget that this ultra clean version of Pryor... Read More →