Monday, November 26, 2012

"I'll hum it for you: Da-die da-die da dum"

Casablanca turns 70 this year, and TCM celebrated by bringing it back into commercial theaters across the country for one night in March that sold out so quickly that they brought it back for one more night in April, which I got tickets to. I am a life-long fan who never saw it on the big screen....
              

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Skyfall: Giving Thanks for Bond, from Thy Bounty and IMAX

"Jesus said, “I have observed Satan fall like lightning from the sky" Luke 10:18 Since it's nearly Thanksgiving, I frame my experience of this new Bond as I was very grateful to see Skyfall yesterday in an IMAX theater.  The cinematography at that scale is truly breathtaking, delivering a...
              

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Armistice Day in New York City

Ninety-four years ago today at 11:00 a.m., in a railroad car in the forest of Compiegne, France and Germany signed the armistice ending World War 1. That was to be the war to end all wars. Sadly, not. The Commonwealth celebrates Remembrance Sunday today, which will find me at that little faux acre...
              

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Election Day 2012

Good luck and best wishes to all our neighbors who in the midst of the suffering of the loss of homes and lives, and the continued struggle with no power, heat, or running water, make the effort to stand on lines for the shuttle buses to where they can vote, stand on line to vote, and get back on the shuttle bus to go home. No one said democracy was easy, but many bear the burden to a much greater...
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Saturday, November 3, 2012

Drowned Dreams

The Tristate area joins New Orleans and Florida in the deep knowledge of how nature can tear apart everything that man can build.  American Red Cross www.redcross.org/hurricane-sandy Brooklyn Recovery Fund www.brooklynrecoveryfund.org Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York Citywww.nyc.gov/html/fund/html/home/home.shtml Salvation...
              
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