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"...IF THE GRAVY'S GOOD ENOUGH."

Hopefully you have not heard this 'saying' :*"One can even eat s--t if the gravy's good enough"*I've recently heard that saying bastardized : *" You can eat anything when there's enough catsup on it"*Yeah, well not anything and certainly not  Mr. Catsup or should I CORRECTLY say : "KETCHUP" ?Sadly, ...

ON THE RIVERFRONT

 Just watched "On The Waterfront" (1954, Directed by Elia Kazan. With Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb,Herman Munster, Eva Marie Saint, etc). I had forgotten how  sad some parts of this movie are to me---and the messages, ah the messages, intended, imagined, etc.When I first titled this blog, my ...

DNC CONVENTION MUSIC SUGGESTIONS-PT ONE

__BARACK'S:__PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC , WHITEBOYPAINT IT BLACKWHITER SHADE OF PALESAY IT LOUD: I'M BLACK AND I'M PROUDTHE GREAT PRETENDERTINY BUBBLES I THINK IT'S SO GROOVY NOW, THAT PEOPLE ARE FINALLY GETTING TOGETHER(REACH OUT OF THE DARKNESS)FEELS LIKE THE FIRST TIMETHE KID IS HOT TONIGHTBORN IN THE USA(?)WHAT'S YOUR NAMELITTLE ...

IN HIS SIGHTS by Kate Brennan

IN HIS SIGHTS by Kate Brennan“Was it cathartic?” That’s the most frequent question I hear now that I’ve finished writing In His Sights, the memoir which chronicles my experience as a stalking victim. The eyes behind the query generally share a common reflection: They’re looking for a yes.I always disappoint. ...

SO-CALLED 24 HR TV NEWS

The other eve I was trying to get some current information on Russia's unprovoked invasion of Georgia,a sovereign nation-all I could get  on CNN and elsewhere, was  nonsense about John Edwards'  f****** some trollop while John's wife was getting f***** by breast cancer. Tonight, Sunday night, I saw George Bush ...

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PREEMPTED

 TONIGHT'S  BLOG  WAS  PREEMPTED BY :__Dinner At Eight (1933)__  A masterfully-directed, poignant melodramatic comedy by director George Cukor and producer David O. Selznick, Dinner at Eight (1933) was filled with a tremendous cast of stars (inspired by the previous year's Grand Hotel (1932)) - who are all invited to a ...