Last night, we watched Casablanca. Again. We’ve seen it on TV. We even watched it on the big screen in the movies. Last night, we watched it once more — and it still has the best dialogue of any movie… Read More ›
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BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA VERSUS RAPIER WIT – Marilyn Armstrong
The English language has more than 200,000 “official” words in its dictionary and probably another twenty thousand or so unofficial, idiomatic, or regional words used by specific groups which have meanings yet to reach a dictionary. There is nothing you… Read More ›
BARKING QUESTIONS – Marilyn Armstrong
Barking Questions – If only we could bark a few answers! Our dogs bark at us. They look us in the eyes, then they bark. So we have conversations with them. Duke: “Bark, bark.” Short whimper. Marilyn: “What?” Duke: “BARK… Read More ›
WHAT WORLD IS THIS? – Marilyn Armstrong
When I was first married we lived in an apartment on the second floor of a building that was one of two identical brick buildings. We lived in apartment 2Q, at the far end of the hallway … a corner apartment… Read More ›
RACHEL MADDOW AND CABLE NEWS – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I never used to watch 24 hour cable news. But after Trump’s election, I started watching The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC at 9 PM weeknights. I love this show because it has a different format and purpose than most… Read More ›
USING THE RAPIER
The English language has well over a million “official” words in its dictionary and probably another twenty thousand or more unofficial, idiomatic, and/or regional words that are used by specific groups and have meanings yet to reach any dictionary. There… Read More ›
FEELING A BIT VISCERAL?
There are several meanings to the word “visceral,” but only one seems something that has anything to do with me. That would be when the word is relating to deep inward feelings rather than to the intellect. Like when Gibbs… Read More ›
SAILING – THE DAY OF THE MONARCHS – A STORY RETELLING
We named our little craft “Gwaihir,” after the Eagle Wind Lord from Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings.” Really, she was a wind lady and a rather dainty girl at that. The name was perhaps a trifle pretentious for such a small craft,… Read More ›
WINDOWS, CHAIRS, BULLETS AND BODIES
So there we were, watching an old western movie. A major shootout was underway and Garry looked annoyed. “Why,” he asked me, “Do they always break the glass? Why don’t they simply open the windows? And why are the guys… Read More ›
CASABLANCA!
Last night, we watched Casablanca. Again. We’ve seen it on TV. We even seen it on the big screen in the movies. Last night, we watched it again and it still has the best dialogue of any movie of its kind…. Read More ›
THE BLUDGEON VERSUS THE RAPIER
The English language has well over a million “official” words in its dictionary and probably another twenty thousand or more unofficial, idiomatic, and/or regional words that are used by specific groups and have meanings yet to reach any dictionary. There… Read More ›
3 QUOTES, 3 DAYS: THEY DON’T WRITE DIALOGUE LIKE THIS NO MORE – V. 3.0 – GARRY ARMSTRONG
Here is a great piece of dialogue from The Glass Key, 1942. Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake, Brian Donlevy. It’s based on the Dashiell Hammett novel of the same name. This was the remake of the original movie, The Glass Key, released in 1935…. Read More ›
