A good friend (and fellow Southerner) with a knack for picking books that you are sure to be seeing on all the best beaches, recently recommended Kathryn Stockett’s fiction debut, The Help. The “help” in the title refers to the household variety, and, because this book is set in 1963 Jackson, Mississippi, the help is black. My friend promised me that this book was not a white bashing, southerners-still-want-slavery book, and that in fact, it takes Read More…
As the end of the school year approaches we can expect our kids to come to us with ideas for graduation/end-of-the-year trips. If they suggest Mexico you should think long and hard before saying yes. Its warring drug cartels have made Mexico a very dangerous place–I’m sure you’ve read about the murders, kidnappings, and innocent people being in the wrong place at the wrong time. What you may not know is that Mexico now has Read More…
I think it was really big (no pun intended) for Britney Spears to release the unretouched photos from her recent Candies’ ad campaign. Ms. Spears is a young (28) and fit woman who is generally thought of as having a good figure–and she does. These photos show the reality of a good body vs. the ideal of a body that is the norm in magazines, but is rarely seen at the beach. If you have Read More…
Despite my disappointment in the iPad, I’m a huge Apple fan and I am anxiously awaiting the release of the new iPhone OS 4 this summer. (This will be Steve Jobs’ chance to get the g [for genuflect] behind his name again in this blog.) The new phone is promised to be more powerful and will be able to multitask. There is a current limit of 180 apps that you can have on your phone Read More…
If you think for one minute that the people representing us in Washington got there because they are smart, then you’d better think again. Click on this link to hear Georgia congressman Hank Johnson expressing concern to Admiral Robert Willard about the addition of 5,000 Marines and their families to the island of Guam. Representative Johnson is worried that the additional people may cause the small island to “tip over” and “capsize.” Notice the Admiral’s face Read More…
I loved watching Roman Polanski’s latest film, Ghost Writer. I was mesmerized by its look–moody, haunting, and great visual metaphors. Mr. Polanski was clearly channeling Alfred Hitchcock in visual style, but also gave a wink and a smirk to his own life by placing Pierce Brosnan’s character, former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, under virtual house arrest after he is accused of war crimes. Mr. Polanski finished Ghost Writer while under house arrest in Switzerland. A very Read More…
The Green Zone is a new movie that deals with the war in Iraq, specifically the first months of engagement. While it’s not nearly as good as last year’s The Hurt Locker, I did find parts of it interesting and most of it entertaining. Matt Damon has the lead role as an officer who takes his team out in search of the now infamous weapons of mass destruction. He soon learns that he is getting Read More…
OSCARS 2010 For the first time that I can remember, I missed the live telecast of the Academy Awards. I was in Denver for the weekend to see my son play lacrosse and was flying home during my favorite show of the year. I had asked my daughter, who was staying with a friend, to go by our house and record the show for me but she forgot. Seems she was too busy cleaning-up my Read More…
I arrived in NEW YORK around four in the afternoon last Wednesday, and as it turns out, just in the nick of time. During the middle of the night, a storm hit the area that would dump two feet of snow, turning the city into a winter wonderland and closing airports. When I got up Thursday morning big wet flakes were raining down. Undaunted, I made my way, leopard print umbrella in hand, down to Read More…
GOOD BAYH WASHINGTON….Evan Bayh, the bi-partisan senator from Indiana, announced this week that he would not seek re-election citing his disillusionment with Washington. Join the club. The Tea Party ranks are growing every day, I’ve been working on my “Modern Voter Manifesto” around the clock, and the temperate David Brooks said recently that for the first time, he could imagine a third party in America. I watched some of the coverage of the Conservative Political Read More…
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