eager to communicate

“I leap to the general. I want to include, include, include!I hardly know you and I’m talking about the cosmos. I knowI’m a fool, I should show restraint. But there’s so little time.” He was endearing.

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Scenes of Annoyance Part I – The Pizza Ghoul

Man munching pizza at Smiling about 1am. Stood there, jaws working in rhythm, getting through it.Pocked marked folds and waxy features. No sooner finished and licked fingers than superciliously pointed and nodded at the pepperoni slices. Guy behind the counter picked went for one. “No, the other one, yes, yes THAT one” Smile of smugness,…

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living will

to my descendants I bequeath these same damn dumb misunderstandings we live only long enough to get it, not to fix it and to view the spectacle of others used and squeezed in the glee ofambition we take the earth down with us on the other hand if we lived much longer who would need…

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extinction of the audience

Hand in hand with wholesale species extinction, in film over the last 25 years the audience for works that engage our intelligence and enlarge our souls has been deprived of its natural habitat: films made by filmmakers inspired by and extending that tradition. It can only be built up again by filmmakers who act as…

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Fwd: Schiavism Schism

0000,0000,0000Subject: Re:Schiavism Schism I didn’t know that about breastfeeding, but now as a parent am totallyalarmed by what I’m learning about ADD and autism, both of which areshowing like a 1000% increase over 30 yrs ago. And yep, the drugcompanies lap it up–the more things to treat the better… Bottomline is, and I want to…

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In the wine shop

A child resents being made to stand outside while his father shops. Comes in and starts smashing bottles.

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