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...Now Peter Egan- THERE'S a guy I'd like to have a few beers with! :p

In agreement with bobbyburns on the Kurosawa flicks! Beautifully done! I read somewhere that that`s how real swordfighting was- just a stroke or two, and one guy was lying on the ground. The choreographed fights, as in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, are beautifully done too, in a far different...

Of COURSE he's a business genius. He's also widely regarded as greedy, pretentious, attention-seeking, petty, and generally irritating! Or maybe I`m just getting cranky in my old age! :) I just don't like having his likeness stuck in my face every time I log on....

Hi Muggle! Very cool list of books!

Hi, Maryburns! :)

I went to a bookfair in St. Louis, and ended up with about forty or fifty "Smithsonian" magazines for 25 cents each. One of the most INTERESTING magazines! :)

Why do the folks at Yahoo have this obsession with Trump? Ugh! Guess I'll have to change my homepage!

" After a while my meditations and studies began to bear fruit. It really started late in January, one frosty night in the woods in the dead silence it seemed I almost heard the words said: 'Everything is all right forever and forever and forever.'. I let out a big Hoo, one o' clock in the...

Belated!!!!!

Happy Birthdayday, Honey-Devilette! :)

John Hartford was cool too! He was playing here in St. Louis, and I went with a friend of mine, and my friend's nine year old daughter. We were in the front row, right up close, and while there was a sort of singalong, my friend`s little girl was giggling, because Hartford was giving her little...

Novella, you`re always showing great taste in one topic or other! I wish I`d gotten to see the Dead in concert. (Live Dead?) I also liked the older acoustic stuff. You guys remember their extended family-? The New Riders of the Purple Sage (Panama Red...), Quicksilver Messenger Service? My...

TOO many scenes to consider! Some of mine: CINEMA PARADISO- The last scene, when the main character plays the film reel that Alfredo left him. Especially effective with the Morricone soundtrack. ANNIE HALL- when she calls Woody Allen in the middle of the night to come over to kill a spider...

Being a vintage motorcycle nut, I thought the REAL star was the classic Norton 500 single! :)

One of the real classics was The Joy of Cooking, by Irma S. Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker. I had both volumes a long time ago, and it was fun just skimming around in them. I guess that they`re pretty old fashioned now, but I think there`s a new version...?

My favorite by Mr. Steinbeck was "Cannery Row". If you read it looking for a plot, you`ll be disappointed. The magic is in the writing, and the unique (and very realistic...) characters. The character of "Doc" was based on Steinbeck`s good friend, Ed Ricketts, who must be one of the coolest guys...

Without a doubt, the most thoroughly depressing book must have been "The Jungle", by Upton Sinclair. I was pretty young when I picked it up, and going through some hard times myself. I don`t recall that I was even able to finish it. I`ve since learned that it was a pitch by Mr. Sinclair as an...

Personally, I think that everyone on this forum deserves an "atta boy", or "atta girl", because internet forums are one of the few activities in which writing style still has a place. Consider that we're in the age of cell-phones, voice mail, instant messaging, and a generally speedy pace in a...

Sanyuja, hope it was a great birthday, smart-girl! :)

Hi, Sanyuja! I recommend your looking at the reader reviews on Amazon.com. I read a lot of them, but still haven`t come to a decision as to whether or not to buy it. One person says it`s an amazing work, the next says that it`s hogwash. Perhaps one person "gets it" and the other person doesn`t...