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Last image before being shot down: [img]https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PEwrkncjxJ0/maxresdefault.jpg width=400[/img]...

I've written or co-written more than a half dozen screenplays. I absolutely hate the process, but I can't stop. It's an obsession and a necessary evil. The best expression I've seen used was "I hate writing, but I love having written."...

I've tried doing the audiobook thing. I just can't. It doesn't provide the same pleasure/experience for me as reading a physical book....

[quote]Bulgakov is such a good writer.[/quote] Thanks for the suggestions. Similarly, my current anthology has Bulgakov's "The Embroidered Tower." I'll let you know my thoughts. ...

[quote]I'm partial to Dostoevsky[/quote] Cool. This anthology I'm reading has Dostoyevsky's short story "Bobok" in it. I'll share my thoughts after reading....

The season look-ahead tonight supported everything I thought would happen: the womanizing basketball player, the red-haired girl going full Glenn Close, the virgin with the destructive sexual hang ups, and the 10-year-dateless girl with crippling insecurities. This has all the makings of a major...

Never too late if you're miserable enough....

They gone. They all gone....

Read Pushkin's "The Queen of Spades" and "The Fatalist" from Lermontov's [i]A Hero of Our Time[/i] for the first time. So good. Planning to re-read Gogol's "The Overcoat" tonight. Any favorite Russian authors or works?...

Day 1 is the hardest. It gets easier as you go. 5 days has been my personal threshold. ...

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[quote]Jamie and Doug (season 1) The most stable and successful of the couples waited until after decision day to do it. [/quote] I don't know that I'd define Jamie and Doug as "stable and successful." :lol:...

I forgave a wayward fart after misplacing my trust in it....

I was made to say "Ma'am and George."...

In other news, people who can't operate a telegram machine suck....

The kind who tries to chat you up and show how personable he/she is, or the kind who steathly ensures you're taken care of without a peep? Can't stand the kind who think there's a correlation between the number of times they interrupt your dining and an increase in tip amount. To me, a waiter ...

You think you got it tough, I'm having trouble finding a university to accept [i]any[/i] of my University of Phoenix hours....

Sit down with her, agree on a 5-year-plan, then take her in....

Coast life for me now. :cheers:...

The grass just seemed greener while in Laurel, baw. ...