David and Me

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My brother Joel died 3 months before the birth of his only grandchild. Today is David's 1st birthday. He's a whopper, 30 lbs. 4 teeth, crawling and pulling up but not walking yet. Learning new words every day. Blows kisses to say goodbye. This is me and my grand nephew, David. 

Pretty Men And Pretty Women In Myth and Legend

“"There is very little difference between men and women. But Vive la differance!!" Maurice Chevalier”

Pretty men and women in myth and legend.  (link opens in a separate window) Recently saw an article here about AI. I use AI to help me clarify and define story ideas. Usually I start with some random thing I think of and see where it goes. This is a discussion I had with Meta. This starts with...

About Me

“Wheel's on a roll”

Let's see, I do not, and have never, owned a cell phone or tablet. I feel that they are a huge invasion of privacy. Not just the endless sales/scam calls, although those too. But I watch too much court tv and the main evidence in trial after trial is from the cellphone. I mean,yeah, you can leave...

Dirty Words

“Fuck The World”

It's been a long time. I see you lot are as hopelessly mired as ever. None of you have moved, none have budged. Still not having any fun. Thank goodness for A. Mac. Let's see some songs with bad words. I'll start as always. Thomas Benjamin, a man with 2 first names and a lot to say, most if it...

The Media Is The Message

“"Gaze upon my works ye mighty, and despair." Ozymandias (Shelley)”

Media is a funny word, funny concept too. The type of media does influence the message. Not going to get into newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, etc.  This isn't about that kind of media.  I thought we might try something different.  We've done videos with smoking, animation, men's names, cover...

Smokin'!

“"There is nothing new under the sun except novels and cigarettes." attributed to Balzac”

A couple weeks ago I watched an old movie, The War Between Men and Women. The male lead, played by Jack Lemmon, was loosely based on the artist, James Thurber. It was a good movie, bit dated, but one thing really struck me about it.  All the smoking!!  People were smoking everywhere, trains,...

Warm Beer And Cigarettes

“ Perhaps it's true you can't go back in time, but you can return to the scene of a love, of a crime, of happiness, and of a fateful decision; the...”

A long time ago, in another century and in a very different time, and the '60's were a very different time, I was a teenager. Seems incredible sometimes to think about that as I close in on my 7th decade. But it's true never the less. I did a lot of the usual teenage things. I was on the...

You Can't Say That Anymore

“"“The vilest deeds like poison-weeds- Bloom well in prison-air: It is only what is good in Man - That wastes and withers there: Pale Anguish keeps...”

I'm going to talk about something that I literally never talk about to strangers. I'm going to talk about my son. His name is J.T. He will be 40 years old in July. He's in prison in Va. right now. He got arrested and sent to Youth Detention for the first time when he was 12 years old. 6...

Animated Song Videos (NO DISNEY)

“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. (Scott Adams)”

Song Covers, For Better Or Worse

““The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils; The motions of...”

Buzz and I have decided to co-host an article about cover songs, meaning songs being played by people other than the original artists. We thought it could be a really fun thing to do because there is a LOT of ground to cover out there.  Some covers have become more popular than the original...