January 2007
8 posts
so long, sid!
Sidney Sheldon died yesterday afternoon. He was 89 years old! He was one of those timeless writers of our time that you never thought would die. I mean, the man was beyond prolific, not to mention versatile. I don’t think there are many writers who can create a show like “I Dream of Jeanie” , write on a Broadway show (Redhead) and then also be a top selling novelist! The man is...
“My face is like a whore-
Blissfully subservient
to what people expect of it....”
Remedy
When I was dying I could smell my own decay. Rotting like fruit in a sandpaper husk; musky old meat shoved into a slimy flower vase. I could smell my veins lying limply in my skin- unaware that they were meant for pumping blood- the indifferent circulation of poems; each cell, a poem trapped. I could smell my hair, unraveled and dry- an ocean of gray and unforgiving waves, my eyes- the riptide. I...
Saint Harm
They searched for five months- bright lights of city bars- blinding them into a kind of submission; begging them to give up- to put her out like a cinder, to forget that she was lost at all. They found her bones resting in a cradle that the woods had carved out- limestone and leaves, exposed to the teeth. Her skull, a shattered memory of her smile. Nobody could believe it; that the lights of the...
lily munster is dead
Yvonne de Carlo died of natural causes Monday in Hollywood. Yet another great legend for the history book that Los Angeles is becoming. Most everyone remembers her as the raven haired witchy mother from “The Munsters”, but she was so much more! She was a real talent; a buxom bombshell that fueled the soul of B Western movies, a fierce lover who conquered the likes of Howard Hughes,...
facts of life?
what the hell was that show REALLY about? I mean…what was Mrs. Garrett’s deal anyway? Why create TWO sitcoms that revolve around the same “housekeeper”? I mean, who was it that woke up one morning and said” I have a brilliant idea! Let’s follow the escapades of an aging housekeeper with a quasi British accent as she confronts african americans and teenage girls...
little known facts
1. Ancient Egyptians recommended mixing half an onion with beer foam as a way of warding off death. 2. Values on the Monopoly game board are the same today as they were in 1935. 3. The fortune cookie was invented in 1916 by George Jung, a Los Angeles noodlemaker. 4. Spam stands for Shoulder Pork and ham. 5. Most toilets flush in E flat. 6. The 1997 Jack Nicholson film - “As Good As It...
“What would Oscar Wilde Do?”