Still more lazy thoughts from this one…
About
le0pard13
Los Angeles, California
United States
A would be middle-child who ended up first born. I somehow arrived in a place I never thought I’d be — happily married, family man, working at a prestigious medical center well past a third decade now, and in technology. Just don’t ask me to explain it… I once described myself this way:
“Born in the 50s, grew up in the 60s, but I survived the 70s.”
Truth be told, what I really get out of doing this blog (hopefully) is a chance to put some of me out there in the ether for the benefit of my children.
My role as father in the family makes it difficult for them to gather much beyond that. Naturally, after they discover that their old man really didn’t have anything deep to say about life and the popular arts, they can move on to puzzle out why mom married this guy. Remember kids: if you’ve grown up, got educated, have a successful enough career to afford the psychoanalysis, you can always blame all of your craziness on your father… ;-).
For those interested:
- reading this book
- listening to this audiobook
- watching this movie
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I was given a Stylish Blogger Award and the conditions are that it should be passed on to seven other worthy blogs. You’re one of them!
See the last comment at http://filmjournal.net/livius/about/ for details.
Best,
Colin
I’m very honored, my friend. Especially since you’ve included me with such a fine group of creative bloggers with this award. I’ll begin to work on this one shortly. Many thanks.
Yay Michael! Sorry I haven’t been around, I have been having some ups and downs lately.
I do have to be more diligent with my blogs~~I loved reading yours and catching up.
Hope all is well with you and yours.
As always, good to hear from you, Bev. So far, so good. I hope all is well with you and yours, too. Thanks.
I headed over here going on Ruth recommendation Michael. You have a good thing going here. I’ll be back again later to browse further. Good stuff my man.
Welcome, Mark! Any friend of Ruth’s I’d be proud to have come by here. Many thanks for the kind words. I’ll making your blog a regular stop, too.
Merry Christmas! I’ve nominated you for The Versatile Blogger Award, just follow the link – http://mikesfilmtalk.com/2012/12/22/the-vesatile-blogger-and-blog-of-the-year-2012-merry-christmas-to-me/
Thank you very kindly, Mike. Cheers.
No problemo! Happy Christmas!!
Mr. Michael – I’m posting on Sunday (I think I’d said Saturday) my blogs dedicated to It Rains… You Get Wet – about being in my twenties and working on indie films in the mid-eighties. Thanks for prodding my memory, such as it is ;)
Ooooh, I’m looking forward to it, Vickie. Can’t wait. Thanks :-).
Just nominated you for the versatile blogger award :) http://natashaharmeryear1.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/versatile-blogger-me/
Thank you very much, Natasha! Much appreciated :-).
I’ve nominated you for an award :D check it out here http://natashaharmeryear1.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/epically-awesome-award-of-epic-awesomeness/
You are awesome, Natasha ;-). Many thanks :-).
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Hi, there! Thanks for following my little blog, and thanks for writing – I got the comment below through WordPress but saw no way to respond, so I am writing to you here (feel free to delete after reading):
“They thought Red State: Another Kevin Smith Commentary on Life and Other Craziness was pretty awesome.
You should go see what they’re up to. Maybe you’ll like their blog as much as they liked yours!”
Pray tell, who are “they”? :)
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Z
Yes, I read the bio of your blog via The Lamb and enjoyed a sampling of your coverage of movies and books (something I’m passionate about). Looking forward to whatever you have in store. Thanks, Z.
Thank you! And I look forward to reading your posts as well! So, are you the “they” you referred to in your message, or is it someone else?
Yes, WordPress seems to use ‘they’ in their standard notification to refer to the blogger who ‘Liked’ your article.
Aha! You are a wellspring of useful information! :D
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Thank you very much :-)