Memory, Making, Meaning

Happy birthday cousin Melissa !

Marlene played a gypsy in one of my favorite anti-fascist movies made close to the WWII era: Golden Earrings (1947) (included in the set from Amazon featured here on the right).
I don’t recall any singing in that movie, nor did I find a clip from it. However, the song above still seems very relevant. [...]

Happy Birthday, Miranda Otto, yet another Aussie blonde, who I find appealing.

My mother’s sister’s daughter Rachel was born a few years ago on this day in November. She and I got along well, but haven’t seen each other very often in the last couple decades. The last time we danced at my daughter’s wedding. I always thought Rachel resembled Debbie Harry, especially as she looks in [...]

I like the Mad Max films. Tina played a role in the last one made.

Find another birthday tribute from me to Tina at The Sudden Curve.

With a little luck I might have Ender’s Review done and out before midnight CST; but, if not, then I should have it out sometime tomorrow. I hope it will be good enough to have justified the wait.

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“Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.” — Hedy Lamarr
Star of film and co-inventor of spread spectrum wireless technology, Hedy lived a relatively long and interesting life. She has even recently been fictionalized by Brad Linaweaver and J., Kent Hastings [...]