It’s a memorable line from the classic western, “Ride The High Country”. The 1962 MGM film was released with little fanfare. Hard to figure because it starred two long-time movie cowboy heroes, Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea and was directed… Read More ›
Day: 2019-11-07
THE ARRIVAL AND IMMINENT DEPARTURE OF A SINGULARITY – Marilyn Armstrong
Fandango’s Provocative Question #47 A provocative question today that I think currently means very little. It probably meant something 200-years ago, but now? I doubt it. Here’s the question: Personally? I think we reached it years ago — probably at least… Read More ›
WOODCLEFT CANAL, FREEPORT, LONG ISLAND – Marilyn Armstrong
Freeport, Long Island. It’s in Nassau Country, the closest county on Long Island to New York. I grew up in the city. In Queens, which is a borough of New York. Each of New York’s boroughs has its own character… Read More ›
DO WE WANT TO ELECT ANYONE? – Marilyn Armstrong
I was just glancing through another post on The New Yorker asking whether Joe Biden is electable. I have read similar stories in the Washington Post and other newspaper, online and offline about every potential candidate. It’s almost as if… Read More ›
GET YOUR FLU SHOT! Marilyn Armstrong
Don’t take this the wrong way because I am very much in favor of flu shots, but this sounds like a public service announcement rather than a blog. All in a good cause. Since we started getting flu shots every… Read More ›
NCIS AND MY PACEMAKER – Marilyn Armstrong
EPISODE: Need to Know (2012) Alan Katzenbach, a lawyer, waits for Gibbs with his client, a chief petty officer named Leland Wiley. Wiley was busted for drugs and wants to trade his info — which he says is about national security…. Read More ›