tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.comments2023-10-08T10:04:20.359-04:00A Father Talks with his Daughter about GodMontaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00017648070522030951noreply@blogger.comBlogger2528125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post-76331585074775938722017-04-12T22:34:28.628-04:002017-04-12T22:34:28.628-04:00Back in 1972, when I worked for KRTH, the first &q...Back in 1972, when I worked for KRTH, the first "oldies but goldies" revival station, I interviewed both Little Richard (memorable) and Freddy"Boom Boom" Cannon (forgettable). I tried to get Fats Domino, but he couldn't step foot in California due to unpaid alimony. But I did interview his erstwhile namesake, Chubby Checker (close, but no cigar).gilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post-28942502430160308332017-03-12T13:26:45.984-04:002017-03-12T13:26:45.984-04:00I read your second comment first.
I see how I mis...I read your second comment first. <br />I see how I mislead you.<br /><br />Sad.Montaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017648070522030951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post-73574284577551227382017-03-12T13:25:31.516-04:002017-03-12T13:25:31.516-04:00Maybe.
Let's leave it up to someone who has se...Maybe.<br />Let's leave it up to someone who has seen the film.<br />And that someone is yours truly.<br /><br />I think Sugar Ray. Definitely not FP.Montaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017648070522030951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post-61088773610922084182017-03-12T13:23:06.345-04:002017-03-12T13:23:06.345-04:00Henry Fonda working on the engine?Henry Fonda working on the engine?Montaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017648070522030951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post-71118226370785048252017-02-08T12:57:14.038-05:002017-02-08T12:57:14.038-05:00Grapes of Wrath?Grapes of Wrath?Gilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post-70887612303087224812017-01-27T23:33:21.550-05:002017-01-27T23:33:21.550-05:00I cry foul! "It is in black-and-white, so th...I cry foul! "It is in black-and-white, so that narrows the search". Well, the photo is, but the film isn't. The answer is esoteric enough without a misleading clue. harumphhh...<br />That is Sugar Ray non? Might be Floyd Patterson Hilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post-32059128515594313482017-01-26T23:08:56.271-05:002017-01-26T23:08:56.271-05:00Looks like Sugar Ray Robinson, who had a long care...Looks like Sugar Ray Robinson, who had a long career. Could be from Requiem for a Heavyweight or Raging Bull? <br />Great photoGilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post-55221501344059848672016-06-20T13:37:28.102-04:002016-06-20T13:37:28.102-04:00I totally agree! Especially after hearing the pil...I totally agree! Especially after hearing the pilot's account of them being shot at... and maybe even winged? That would have been enough to make Mr. Williams believe it was worse than it was. People today seem to take pleasure in trying to bring their "stars" down and shaming them. The press needs to become more discerning and stop aiming for the big bucks to the detriment of what really should matter. Greed for attention and money is ruining any notion of objective dissemination of news. For instance, if they had any sense, when Trump, that crude, mannerless braggart of a buffoon was so insulting to the Press in general, and to certain well-respected reporters in particular, a few weeks back, they all should have collectively boycotted covering his events. Who would have been groveling for their attention then? I, for one, turn the channel when he comes on. Who needs a daily dose of that kind of poison?Deenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post-66438553289061331122016-05-29T06:57:51.194-04:002016-05-29T06:57:51.194-04:00Hi,Viv.
I think it is illegal here, too, but we a...Hi,Viv.<br /><br />I think it is illegal here, too, but we are too obtuse in our mania for "objective" standards and test scores to understand that the individual is more important than the system, at least as education is concerned.Montaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017648070522030951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post-89453523301256623432016-05-27T02:04:12.755-04:002016-05-27T02:04:12.755-04:00I'm so glad we don't do this here. In fact...I'm so glad we don't do this here. In fact it would be illegal because sharing private information with anybody not involved in the process (teaching in this case)is prohibited without the consent of those whose information it is. There are only a few exceptions to this and they merely list those who achieved good results at the end of whatever course they took and no individual marks are shown either. Oh and this only happens at the end of high school. Of course the students themselves can share if they want to but they mostly just talk about the work as far as I can tell.<br /><br />vivknutty knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325560883289908412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post-51629729686219684512016-03-19T12:02:29.889-04:002016-03-19T12:02:29.889-04:00Thanks for the comments.
I posted all three, beca...Thanks for the comments.<br /><br />I posted all three, because I understand how difficult it can be to try and comment these days and never be sure that things are going through. I have often given up commenting because I just don't have the time to try and check and see what's going on. It used to be simple.<br />I mean, some places insist I look at photos which are rather small and check off those which have rhododendron blooms in them, and I can barely make out whether the spot of red is a flower or a glass of chardonnay!<br /><br />Anyway, you bring up an interesting point that I have to think about.<br /><br />In Apocalypto I do not think we see a society in which right and wrong have become a matter of personal interpretation, rather, I think we are looking at a society which has chosen an evil morality and enslaves and kills its neighbors.<br /><br />Allowing for an absolute or extra-personal norm on which to base morality in no way guarantees that there will not be rampant violence and suffering in some quarter of the inhabited world.<br /><br />Look at the world today with people everywhere invoking absolutes, and blood runs in the streets.<br /><br />I think we need a better way to live with uncertain moral outcomes.<br />We have ways to deal with uncertain economic outcomes, but we keep thinking morality is an absolute certainty, so we have no remedy to apply when things fall apart.<br /><br />It is an interesting point.Montaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017648070522030951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post-39768316886617671112016-03-18T18:43:09.979-04:002016-03-18T18:43:09.979-04:00Well, I thing Durant's quote has moral sense a...Well, I thing Durant's quote has moral sense as well. A society that loses its moral bearings loses its direction. If right and wrong become relative to personal interpretation, then there can be no unifying principle to hold the civilization together. It is a "house divided against itself." There is no truth or fairness in trade, respecting the elders, or loving ones neighbor. Every man is a law unto himself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post-3838102632891599132016-03-18T18:42:16.252-04:002016-03-18T18:42:16.252-04:00Well, I thing Durant's quote has moral sense a...Well, I thing Durant's quote has moral sense as well. A society that loses its moral bearings loses its direction. If right and wrong become relative to personal interpretation, then there can be no unifying principle to hold the civilization together. It is a "house divided against itself." There is no truth or fairness in trade, respecting the elders, or loving ones neighbor. Every man is a law unto himself.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530219212212469008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post-13852369369700370322016-03-18T18:41:34.265-04:002016-03-18T18:41:34.265-04:00Well, I thing Durant's quote has moral sense a...Well, I thing Durant's quote has moral sense as well. A society that loses its moral bearings loses its direction. If right and wrong become relative to personal interpretation, then there can be no unifying principle to hold the civilization together. It is a "house divided against itself." There is no truth or fairness in trade, respecting the elders, or loving ones neighbor. Every man is a law unto himself.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530219212212469008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post-32172714050233694662016-02-21T12:57:08.631-05:002016-02-21T12:57:08.631-05:00I understand the problem with the sport's repu...I understand the problem with the sport's reputation. That is enormous for a mother. I mean, one can hardly object to a child's sketchy friends, yet encourage participation in a sport with a sleazy image.Montaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017648070522030951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post-56599618668341246502016-02-17T17:33:55.590-05:002016-02-17T17:33:55.590-05:00Wasn't so much the die hard fans but that the ...Wasn't so much the die hard fans but that the parents (read mothers :) of children wanting to do sport were choosing other sports with better reputations and there are only so many talented children to foster into the game at grass roots. They were losing some serious numbers to soccer at the time.<br /><br />vivknutty knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325560883289908412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post-10530964264745255322016-02-17T07:57:03.694-05:002016-02-17T07:57:03.694-05:00Thanks for the mazel tov!
You gave me two or three...Thanks for the mazel tov!<br />You gave me two or three; how happy can we be!<br />luckily her father's hair, her mother's eyes, and not at all like me!<br />How lovely she is!<br /><br />Sung to the tune of Bob Hope's theme, Thanks For The Memories.Montaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017648070522030951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post-91225876482754560832016-02-17T07:47:11.728-05:002016-02-17T07:47:11.728-05:00The situation has to be pretty rank that fans aban...The situation has to be pretty rank that fans abandon their teams and squads.<br />I suppose I was lucky in that all the teams connected to me in whatever manner have been pretty mediocre to poor over the past 20 years, and I sort of lost touch, and I do not really have the time, anyway.Montaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017648070522030951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post-44866013905807451422016-02-16T17:06:43.128-05:002016-02-16T17:06:43.128-05:00Same thing happened to our rugby for a while but t...Same thing happened to our rugby for a while but then they got such a bad rep that they started seriously losing fans so they actually got in there and cleaned up their act. I suppose, in a small nation, it's hard to hide that sort of stuff. (not saying they're perfect by any means but now, if its chargeable, they will be charged).<br /><br />vivknutty knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00325560883289908412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post-48146449621631450652016-02-16T11:04:41.570-05:002016-02-16T11:04:41.570-05:00Mazel tov, mazel tov, dear Montag!
And yes, whe...Mazel tov, mazel tov, dear Montag! <br /><br />And yes, when a child is born, all the world's children (it seems) are our children. Reading the Signshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06338983880105866139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post-49719500089033679112016-01-22T06:06:59.783-05:002016-01-22T06:06:59.783-05:00Great.
Today is the 22nd at 6:06 AM... I am usuall...Great.<br />Today is the 22nd at 6:06 AM... I am usually 48 hours behind.<br />I shall go and check.Montaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017648070522030951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post-67709417010908441652016-01-20T07:38:08.830-05:002016-01-20T07:38:08.830-05:00It's quite a process going through one's b...It's quite a process going through one's blog, isn't it. Like meeting oneself as anOther. <br />Have emailed - finally - phew! <br />Happy new year.Reading the Signshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06338983880105866139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post-27110691524967014792015-11-23T10:09:54.786-05:002015-11-23T10:09:54.786-05:00I am glad to hear from you.
I still think this fi...I am glad to hear from you.<br /><br />I still think this film is magnificent and well worth seeing again and again over time.Montaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017648070522030951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post-42264140167808111772015-11-23T09:47:05.618-05:002015-11-23T09:47:05.618-05:00I have no idea what the problem may have been. I h...I have no idea what the problem may have been. I hate being confused at teh critical moment for commentary, so I always copy the comment, which sometimes is quite long and garrulous.<br /><br />I haven't changed anything, but it seems as if everything gets strange after a while. I think the programmers get bored and try out new stuff and we are the guinea pigs, even though they call it a "beta" test in public.Montaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017648070522030951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24659266.post-28893337338749832492015-11-21T21:56:05.520-05:002015-11-21T21:56:05.520-05:00My distant friend, I share the same view. I think ...My distant friend, I share the same view. I think far too often critics rely on a narrow sentiment, one that truncates the whole quality of such a fresh and heavy film. It is not for the appeal of every individual, however that does not negate its rawness as a finely descriptive film. Those that recoil from the graphic themes displayed should not disregard the underlying points that are the major themes which carry the viewer into a humanistic reality. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com