Clueless has always been one of my favorite movies. I remember vividly seeing it for the first time at a slumber party when I was 10 or 11 — knowing for certain that my mother would NOT want me watching it, but loving it anyway (although about half of the jokes/references went over my head for years — I didn’t figure out that Christian was gay until I was in high school). I even read the books, and loved the TV series that starred Rachel […]
Maybe We’ll Have You Back — But Probably Not
I bet if I say the name Fred Stoller, you won’t know who I’m talking about. But if you see his picture, you can probably bring to mind a guest role of his. In fact, you can probably even hear his whiny, nasally voice — pretty much his trademark. Fred Stoller is pretty much the ultimate “Hey, It’s That Guy!” He’s had guest roles on Seinfeld, Friends, Everybody Loves Raymond, Scrubs, and many other series. But he’s never really broken out of that guest role — hoping each time […]
Remembering the Forgotten 500
SOS… SOS… One hundred fifty members of American crew have been waiting for rescue… There are many sick and wounded… Call back… SOS… SOS While I’ve read numerous fiction and non-fiction book set in the traditional European landscape of World War II (England, Germany, France) I have only recently begun broadening my horizons to the other parts of the world affected by the second World War. The Forgotten 500 focuses on Yugoslavia, specifically the town of Pranjane where hundreds of downed airmen congregated under the […]
I would not have you descend into your own dream. I would have you be a conscious citizen of this terrible and beautiful world.
Between the World and Me has quickly become required reading for many people and I can see why, particularly in today’s troubling world. Under the advice of my sister I got a copy of the audiobook so I could fully live Coates’ words. Written as a letter to his fifteen year son, following the Michael Brown verdict, Between the World and Me is pure poetry. Short, passionate and beautiful. “My work is to give you what I know of my own particular path while allowing you […]
Watch out, Temple Grandin. Here comes Robbie!
Robbie Clark, all around awesome guy and a talented author and artist, is a young cousin of mine. Four years ago, I attended his graduation from Gus Grissom High School in Huntsville, Ala. Not too long afterwards, he announced his intention to write his life story. Knowing that there are amazing things going on in that mind, but that communication is often an issue, I was really excited about this prospect. By turns heartbreaking and bursting with positive energy, In My Words: Stories of an […]
Goes way beyond “typical stage mother”
This probably should have been titled, “Diary of the surviving daughter of an un-medicated, hyper-controlling manic-depressive”, but that may have a bit much for the cover. “My childish blackmail started with toys and ended with a pony. Naturally. Though by the end, I couldn’t help feeling bought and sold myself.” Melissa Francis started acting at six months old, when she was added into a bathtub during a commercial to cheer up her older sister (a veteran at six years old). She reached national fame a few years later […]
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