I originally posted this for Mother's Day 2011, but it warrants reposting. It's just as true today. See the original. A dear, wonderful mother who’s taught me that there’s only one person responsible for your destiny, and that it’s best to do the right thing, even when no one’s looking. A cadre of ...
Well done, Old Sport. Well done.
I'm afraid I haven't been a very good host, old sport. You see, I'm Gatsby. Let's get this out of the way right away: Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby is not as good as Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Like any product of an average public high school in America, Fitzgerald's novel was standard fare ...
The Wickedest Woman in the World
Since January (well, February really. January was a blur.), I've been making a concerted effort to read more. On the beach in Goa, I devoured Shantaram, a 900-page novel about one man's adventures in India. On the drive back to the midwest, I listened to Steve Martin's An Object of Beauty. I didn't ...
In my ears
I have often said that because so much of my brain is taken up with movies, I am not a music person. I mean, I am totally a music person. I love music. But where most of my friends are discovering a new album, a new band practically every week, all the new tunes are lost on me until someone puts a ...
The challenge ahead
As I've shared news about my new job, a common question after the congratulations is "So what do you do exactly?" It's understandable that if your exposure to films is buying your ticket and the popcorn, you might not know the behind-the-scenes workings, everything that goes into getting a film from ...
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