The folk wisdom in Hollywood is: "I don't care what people say about me as long as they spell my name correctly." Should we, perhaps, hope that Rush does mention our columns in a negative context? What if Limbaugh resorts to ridicule and speculates about the incongruity of someone who works very hard to promote the image of being an example of Lazy Journalism?
While this columnist roamed about Australia in a "sundowner" style, we often left our suitcase under a bunk in a hostel. We were oblivious to the homeless' concern about "stowing the gear for a day," until Armstrong elaborated it. This proved to me his contention that people who live in glass houses (or even sleep on a hostel's bunk) should not assume that they fully understand what it means to be homeless.
What would life be without handy, comfortable illusionary images?
The closing quote has to be a line from "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance": "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."
[Correction: the Howard Hawks series has not concluded but continues at the Pacific Film Archive until mid April. Rio Bravo will screen Saturday, April 14, 2012, at 8 p.m.]
Now the disk jockey will play "the man who shot Liberty Valence," "Do not forsake me oh my darlin'" (the Oscar winning theme song from "High Noon") and the theme song from "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly." We have to go get us a cup of celestial tea. Have a "smile when you say that" type week.
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BP graduated from college in the mid sixties (at the bottom of the class?) He told his draft board that Vietnam could be won without his participation. He is still appologizing for that mistake. He received his fist photo lesson from a future (more...)
