I believe every citizen in this nation should be against the Muslim ban based on basic American values, our belief in religious freedom and our tradition of taking the huddled masses. It appears a national sense of humanity is no longer an American tradition. Xenophobia, racism, fear. suspicion and anger rule the day. It breaks my heart to see our ( Read more... )

Years ago I wrote something somewhere about a family walking through the desert into Arizona looking for a better life, opportunity and an escape from assured poverty, maybe violence. Have you ever been to the Sonoran Desert? It's fucking inhospitable in every sense. The distance, topography, heat and exposure to direct sun are a deadly combination ( Read more... )

Do you remember when I said mj might result in more blog posts? This post is brought to you by marijuana, the brain tickler. That's what weed does for me, it stimulates my brain, it's an upper. If I want to get some work done around the house on a Saturday, puff puff zoom zoom. I will get a shit ton of chores done. MJ is an undoubtably a mood ( Read more... )

I may someday thank President Donald J. Trump for resurrecting my long dormant blog. I hope that's true, that personally something good comes from his being elected, a train wreck in office and what I expected he would be.

Cast away your fear and loathing for these times, for they are remarkable and will only be what we make of them. I see the ( Read more... )

I opened my LiveJournal account for the first time in months, since last summer. The post before that was last spring and the one before that was February 2015 ... more than a year ago. I wrote 2 blog posts in the last year. 2015 was not a year for self expression, WTF happened to me? I was once trying to be a writer of my thoughts and ideas ... ( Read more... )

One the things I love about watching old films again and again is noticing the little things I may have missed the first few times, small details, maybe a set decoration or wardrobe choice, that make a film richer if you notice such things. When you're focusing on the story and characters the sets and props can go unnoticed.

Have you ever noticed ( Read more... )

Daniel Pearl, James Foley and Steven Sotloff have a few things in common. They're all men, Americans, journalists, and were all murdered by beheading at the hands of Islamic nutjobs. Their murders were videotaped and distributed as evidence of their murderers meaning business. The west should take them seriously.

These men were bold journalists, ( Read more... )

I started this a couple of weeks ago but have been so busy at work hadn't had the time to wrap it up. My job has been a daily grind since January, minimum ten hour days, often 11 or 12, half day Saturdays and never a slow workday for two months. I'm not complaining, it's nice on payday, sucks the other six.

I'm so happy baseball is back. I miss the ( Read more... )

I have been a geography buff my entire life, a collector and reader of maps, a student of cartography. My sons have the gene, there are Rand McNally road atlas' and large hard cover World Atlas' in our second bathroom. That's our reading. So it should be no surprise our favorite classic board game is Risk, the geography and war game.

I played day ( Read more... )

I appears my last three blog posts of 2012 will be film related but this one is actually about a personal trait I have. A dear friend of mine back home often teased me about my propensity for making lists. She thought it was nerdy but also remarked that I was an organized and dependable man, which is true if I'm allowed to say so myself. I have an ( Read more... )