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Real-Life [Movie] Dialogue
[Above still depicts the Martian "war machines" devastating the California countryside. In the foreground lies a small propeller-driven spotter plane of terrestrial origin, which has crash-landed -- as they are wont to do at the peak of military operations against aliens.] So last night we’re watching the 1953 Hollywood version of The War of the [...]
Thinking Good
[Caption: "I want you to start thinking good thoughts about someone new at our house. I want you to start thinking good thoughts about a pussy cat." Cartoon by George Booth, from his 1975 collection, Think Good Thoughts About a Pussy Cat.] From whiskey river’s commonplace book: Sojourns in the Parallel World We live our [...]
“It’s True: It Does Make You Crazy”
The Missus and I watched a PBS American Masters show last night on Dalton Trumbo, the novelist and Hollywood screenwriter who (with several others) was jailed and blacklisted from working on films for refusing to answer questions about the alleged Communist affiliations of himself and his friends. The show — 90 minutes — was terrific. [...]
The House in Your Head
Like many people, for a couple of years I met regularly with a therapist to help me work through some confusing, troubling issues. Not all of that work was especially “heavy,” though, and some of my favorite memories of my sessions with Steve center around accounts of dreams I’d had — and figuring out what [...]
