Saturday, April 30, 2022

Quips and Quotations (Compositional Consumption Edition)

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  In all the good Greek of Plato I lack my roastbeef and potato. A better man was Aristotle, Pulling steady on the bottle. I dip my hat to C...
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Saturday, April 23, 2022

Vital Viewing (Through the Glasses Darkly Edition)

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Pop singer Roy Orbison was born on this day in 1936. For someone whose public persona was that of a man of mystery, he was very open to givi...
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Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Quips and Quotations (Contradictory Countenances Edition)

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    I have always felt comedy and tragedy are roommates. If you look up comedy and tragedy, you will find a very old picture of two masks. O...
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Monday, April 11, 2022

Vital Viewing (Domestic Chores Edition)

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 Actress Louise Lasser was born on this day in 1939. She's best known for playing the pigtailed, Mary Quantesque-attired, neurotic-but-c...
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Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Bye Bye Bobby

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  I read this article on an eBay page, where I was able to "zoom" in. Unfortunately, I can't replicate that zoom, but basicall...
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Sunday, April 3, 2022

Quips and Quotations (Behind Every Great Fortune Edition)

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  Because he had so much power and unquestioned authority, I thought it would be an interesting contrast to play him as a gentle man... --Ma...
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Sunday, March 27, 2022

Vital Viewing (Sidesplitting Siblings Edition)

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  Harold Nicholas was born on this day in 1921 (he died in 2000.) Harold's older brother Fayard (1914-2006)   Here's the two of them...
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