Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Should I join the movie bloggers?

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I have been "discovered" in the blogosphere. That is to say, some program that sweeps around looking for movie bloggers has conta...
Monday, January 29, 2007

Come Down with Clown Syndrome

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My insanely funny and successful friend Russ Haan is at it again. This time, he's trying to spread Clown Syndrome across the land. Don...
Saturday, January 27, 2007

Four Snouts up for When the Stars Fall

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(:)(:)(:)(:) out of a possible five snouts up for the travelling production of Lacandona or When the Stars Fall which I saw at Cal State Sa...
Friday, January 26, 2007

Get real about the real estate market

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Is it just me, or is ridiculous for people to talk about not selling because of the downturn in the real estate market? I'm talking abou...
Wednesday, January 24, 2007

3 Snouts up for Curse of the Golden Flower

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(:)(:)(:) out of a possible 5 snouts for Curse of the Golden Flower now playing in art houses everywhere. This film like many directed by...
Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Three Snouts Up for Syriana on DVD

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(:)(:)(:) out of a possible five snouts up for Syriana , executive produced by George Clooney. I was disappointed in this movie. I expected...
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Sunday, January 21, 2007

3 Snouts Up for "Freedom Writers"

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(:)(:)(:) out of a possible 5 snouts up for Freedom Writers starring Hilary Swank and directed by Richard LaGravanese playing in movie thea...
Saturday, January 20, 2007

Mundane prediction

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Someday when newspapers and newsprint are obsolete, someone will manufacture wrapping paper made to look like retro newspaper wrapping paper...
Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Unclear on the Concept

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Well, my "raw" posting the other day occasioned a lot of concern. And while I am grateful for everyone's thoughts. I feel t...
Saturday, January 13, 2007

A Reckoning Deferred?

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Thanks to the many friends who called and emailed me love and concern after my raw posting yesterday--truly lovely to know that people out t...
Friday, January 12, 2007

No pain, no gain?

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Today I am struggling, walking around without skin, raw nerve-endings exposed to the world. The good news is that this is what I signed up ...
Thursday, January 11, 2007

Dina's Diary--a breast cancer survivor

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My friend Dina Howard survived a harrowing year of breast cancer last year. She documented much of it on sophisticated audio equipment borr...
Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Unconventional Mango

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Today, at Whole Foods, I noticed a sign outside advertising "conventional mangos." I toyed with asking where they keep the uncon...
Monday, January 08, 2007

The Governor's got Weintraub all to himself

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In yesterday's Sacramento Bee , Dan Weintraub got it right when he wrote "the Governor's got the political center all to himsel...
Sunday, January 07, 2007

One Snout Up for Troy on DVD

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(:) out of a possible five snouts for Troy on DVD. For some reason something I read or heard made me think that this might actually be a ...
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Saturday, January 06, 2007

Four Snouts up for The History Boys

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I proudly join the North American Man Boy Love Association in giving (:)(:)(:)(:) out of a possible five snouts up for The History Boys , a ...
Thursday, January 04, 2007

Three Snouts Up for Outsourced

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(:)(:)(:) out of a possible five for the new movie Outsourced starring a promising Josh Hamilton (and delightful co-star Ayesha Dharker) an...
Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Oh to be easy in the harness

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Driving with a decaf soy latte through the fuchsia orange sunrise of Palm Springs brought me this gem at my morning meeting: "You have ...
Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Did we really need an additional federal holiday today?

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Don't get me wrong, I revere Gerald Ford as much as the next person (I'm in Palm Springs now for crying out loud, what more can I do...
Monday, January 01, 2007

No resolutions for me

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I realized the other day: another new year is upon me, and I don't have a big long list of improvements to resolve to implement. Why? ...