I believe my thoughts on Fred Phelps and his hateful clan are on record. So, you can probably understand why I’m going to sit on my normal rant about ridiculous jury awards in America, and just enjoy this bit of news: Jury awards father $11M in funeral case By ALEX DOMINGUEZ, Associated Press Writer Wed Oct 31, 6:23 PM ET… Read more →
Day: October 31, 2007
Achilles’ Heel
Apparently my wife is well aware of exactly what my emotional Achilles’ Heel is, since she sent me this story: 3-year-old found alive after plane crash kills two For five hours in the freezing mountains, a little girl hung from a car seat in the twisted wreckage of a crashed Cessna. When rescue workers finally reached her, her first request… Read more →
The foetid taint of Hollywood
Why does Hollywood have to taint everything good? I mean, if they’re going to screw up Radio Free Albemuth, and apparently VALIS as well, (both of which I am fairly sure are unfilmable without dramatically transforming the work, and not for the better), what is safe? (Maybe I’m being cynical, although Dick’s history in Hollywood supports me. And “very close… Read more →
