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HISTORICAL CORRECTION AFTER TIME OFF

After nine days away I need to post a historical correction. It seems like the right time since I can look at visitors and break down traffic without posts. Turns out I get hits on boomerpdx whether I post something new, or not. Call me disappointed. My audience is automatic, which means bots, robots, and […]

MARATHON MINDSET OFF THE TRACK

I hear marathon mindset and the number 332 pops up. Three hours and thirty-two minutes, the longest 3:32 I can remember. Soooo long it felt never ending, but it all worked out after twenty-six miles. If things don’t work out, then it’s not the end, which is often a problem.

MARRIAGE TRAP, STARRING BEN AFFLECK

Does a ‘marriage trap’ sound different than a marriage between two movie stars? Edward Hopper painted what looks like a marriage trap. A couple in a room ignoring each other, trying to find anything to do besides talk. He reads bad news, she taps a sad note. Looks like a trap to me. But, what’s […]

SCRIPT WRITING: KNOW WHEN TO END, Part 3

A script writing master class produced an original piece of work that’s still in progress. I took the class after buying and reading books about script writing and beating the odds in Hollywood. Part 3 follows Part 2.

TAKE MY WIFE, PLEASE. OR ELSE

When Henny Youngman said, “Take my wife. Please,” did he jump up and slap himself? Did his wife take a swing at him? When a joke goes bad, bad enough to get clocked, it’s hard for us to understand. Especially when the joker takes a smack from another funny guy who didn’t like the joke. […]

UPDATED LIFE: STARTING SOMETHING NEW TO FINISH

An updated life, from new paint, new flowers, to new shoes, asks a question: What was wrong with the old life? Like there had to be something wrong to change things? Yes, that’s usually a good reason, but so is getting a different angle. Update, refresh, begin again. Call it one of those, add a […]

ANNUAL BEN AFFLECK APPEAL FOR 2020

This year the Affleck Appeal gets right to the point: time is not on anyone’s side, except Keith Richards. Now that Keith has given up hard drinking, and standing back from the cigarettes, he would be a good role model for Ben on his way back to the top of Hollywood. But first a few […]

ESSENTIAL READING TO IGNORE . . . AT YOUR OWN RISK

One blogger’s essential reading is another’s fire-starter; that’s just how it is. Except the book in Ken Kesey’s hand won’t start any fires today, not the way it started fires in his younger days.

YEARLY AFFLECK APPEAL: WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT NOW

The Hollywood press has ignored the Affleck Appeal, but still proven itself a good movie star pusher. Not all of the stories about movie stars are true, but with a push from the Hollywood press, what would you expect? Fortunately, gossipcop.com has cleared things up. Ben Affleck has been in the Hollywood news recently, based […]

AFFLECK UPDATE: A MAN FOR ALL AGES, OR ALL DONE

Get to a certain age and the realization, if it hadn’t hit yet, of a finite time to make a difference sets in. This Affleck Update serves as a reminder of who to make a difference to. In the confusion that is Hollywood it’s not enough to win the favor of the crowd […]

MARATHON MINDSET OFF THE TRACK

MARRIAGE TRAP, STARRING BEN AFFLECK

SCRIPT WRITING: KNOW WHEN TO END, Part 3

TAKE MY WIFE, PLEASE. OR ELSE

UPDATED LIFE: STARTING SOMETHING NEW TO FINISH

ANNUAL BEN AFFLECK APPEAL FOR 2020

ESSENTIAL READING TO IGNORE . . . AT YOUR OWN RISK

YEARLY AFFLECK APPEAL: WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT NOW

AFFLECK UPDATE: A MAN FOR ALL AGES, OR ALL DONE

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