Monday, August 31, 2015
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Saturday, August 29, 2015
Friday, August 28, 2015
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
The Stock Crisis
PRAY HARD FOR OUR ECONOMY!...Let us get on our knees and pray our leaders can develop meaningful plans to ease the horror of the current stock insanity. All of us need a tremendous amount of help. Bring us Truly Great Leadership!...We need it RIGHT NOW!
Sunday, August 23, 2015
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Friday, August 21, 2015
Fantastic Birthday
WOW...Birthdays are incredibly great in our culture. Today, August 21 is my birthday and it's been marvelous. The kindness of others is a fabulous thing.
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Americanistic Oddities, In Other Words...CULTURE
GREETINGS: Ironic and rather insane, weird cultural tidbits are poppin' now in so-called American culture. It is tricky for humans who enjoy thinking. So many variables make little sense, in politics, the arts and business. The quality of life is berserk. One ingests all this and it is like reading too much Kafka. Perhaps the best modal concept is sly and quite modern hedonism. We need more Elmore Leonard and Charles Bukowski in our shook-up quite provincial lives.
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Monday, August 17, 2015
'Earth Stood Still'
WILY SLICK. That's the amusing film, 'The Day The Earth Stood Still.' I found this rather devilish film nice and bizarre when I watched it on TCM last night. M. Rennie did fine work in this crusty, old classic.
Sunday, August 16, 2015
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Friday, August 14, 2015
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
R. Chandler...clever man
RAYMOND CHANDLER is a sly, strong writer. His prose is sinewy tough guy. His novel, entitled 'Playback' is especially engaging.
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Sunday, August 9, 2015
Saturday, August 8, 2015
Friday, August 7, 2015
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Memories About My Close Friend, Frank Hyland of The Atlanta Journal
FRANK HYLAND was a fantastic man of The Atlanta Journal. I first got to know Frank when I started working with him in 1970. Also, he and I and several others worked what they called the Saturday Night College Football business from about 1973 to 1977. The totally amazing thing about the great Mr. Hyland was the fact that no matter how tough things got with newspaper pressures he was unflappable. He could just keep on going and going with his incredible editing and writing skills. Frank Hyland was a genius of a copy desk boss (we called these folks slot men). The fascinating thing about Mr. Hyland was the guy could get along so beautifully with all kinds of people. He had tremendous news understanding. And as a writer Hyland was sensational. When the grotesque day of 9-11 came along Frank Hyland was asked to write the main story for the front of The Atlanta Journal. He did a beautiful journalistic writing job on the 9-11 story. Another marvelous aspect of Mr. Hyland was his ability to talk on any subject. I especially loved his tales of enjoying the jazz music in the super clubs of merry old San Francisco. I will never forget the powerful Irish soul of the great Atlanta Journal Man, Mr. Frank Hyland.
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Monday, August 3, 2015
Sunday, August 2, 2015
Saturday, August 1, 2015
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COOLING OFF WITH WEST COAST JAZZ is loads of fun. The temp is wildly hot now and so I listened to Art Pepper jazz, grand West Coast stuff....
