Every Wednesday Rodin Wisoff-Fields posts a picture prompt challenging writers to create a 100-word story, poem, or whatever works for you. After posting your work on your blog, go back to her site and add your link on her Friday Fictioneers post. Place. Page. I’m going to try to keep up with this, as should you. Give it a…
Zero Dark Thirty opens with actual audio of people trapped in the World Trade Center after the planes struck on September 11, 2001. Then we see words that have caused some controversy: Based on first-hand accounts of actual events. To some people, this is a proclamation that Zero Dark Thirty is virtually a documentary or…
Aries That cigarette you’re holding will finally be your last one, but it’s not because you’re quitting. ______________________________________ Taurus At least you’ll still have the other two children. ______________________________________ Gemini Sorry, but statistically, someone has to drown. ______________________________________ Cancer For your whole life you’ve called her “Mom.” That’s about to change. ______________________________________ Leo “What goes up must…
Every Wednesday Roughskin Wisoff-Fields posts a picture prompt to challenge writers to create a 100-word story or poem or anything that works for you. After you post your work on your blog, go back to her site and add a link to your post on her Friday Fictioneers post. Place. Page. I’m going to try to keep up with…
So, like last time, you can put your caption here as a comment. But better yet is to click on the picture, go to the New Yorker magazine website, and enter your caption in their contest. “I dunno, Phil. I think your tip expectations are a little too high.” ______________________________
In a continuing series in which I examine items from a list considered the mostest greatestest films of all time – The Third Man (1949) written by Graham Greene, directed by Carol Reed, and produced by David O. Selznick, this film floats in the middle of the AFI top 100 films. Anything that is anywhere on…
Too many films are set in Philadelphia and Boston, usually for the wrong reason. Both cities have passion and character, but they also have fairly noticeable speech patterns. I suspect some actors want to play characters from those cities only to make the audience say, “Wow, what a great (Boston or Philadelphia) accent!” After about…
“Everything will be all right in the end. So if it is not all right, it is not yet the end.” – Sonny. The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (TBEMH) is one of those occasional films that remind us that you can have a very enjoyable movie without CGI, guns, explosions, and gratuitous (but fun) sex. It’s about…
“Thanks for noticing.” – Eeyore
Aries Good news: Your loneliness is about to end. Bad news: They’ll have badges. ______________________________________ Taurus Don’t buy those new socks just yet. Something important is approaching, and you might only need half as many. ______________________________________ Gemini Like swimming? So do sharks. Just saying. ______________________________________ Cancer Don’t even bother. You’re so fucked. ______________________________________ Leo You’re…
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