The Power of Words
Have there been books, speeches, movies or television shows, or even poems that had a profound influence on your perception of something? Perhaps with the exception of a speech by a world leader, do you think the author of that work knew he or she would have such an influence? I’ve mentioned before a quotation […]
Just For Fun Friday 03/28/2014
I have a ‘day job’ in the transportation industry. Just For Fun, I started this list recently… Trucking is a lot like Writing….. …you hope you get to your destination without any trouble. Sometimes it’s a long and winding road! …diversion is just part of the job. …there are a lot of unscheduled stops. …just […]
Only Seven Plots?
Have you, like me, always heard there are only 7 stories in literature? Here’s the list I was given a long time ago – and I don’t know where it originated: Love Money Power Revenge Survival Glory Self-Awareness Christopher Booker’s The Seven Basic Plots gives us 700 pages of detailed explanation of a different set […]
Just For Fun Friday 03/21/2014
Sharing from a trip to North Carolina – driving the Blue Ridge Parkway. (Lots of waterfalls, but this was the only one you could see ON the road…)
Rooting for the Bad Guy
Remember the days of the movie serial? When the good guys all wore white hats and were clean-shaven? The bad guys wore black and had rough faces? Suddenly the lines blurred. Batman wore dark colors and hid his face. So did The Shadow. And they were heroes, but sometimes worked outside the law. What happened? […]
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