Late last night, I came across a post in Salon’s advice column Since You Asked: I’m a successful book editor but I hate my job. The subhead: My wife is leaving me but I can’t feel anything. I’m depressed. My life is falling apart. How do I reinvent myself? As a writer myself, I was [...]
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He Hates His Job
Posted in Cancer, Journalism, Pop Culture, Writing, tagged advice, cary tennis, salon, since you asked on November 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Jimmy Stewart on Jean Harlow
Posted in Film, Pop Culture, tagged james stewart, jean harlow, wife vs secretary on September 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Jimmy Stewart recalled Jean Harlow as being “all woman.” When she kissed, she really kissed. Some actresses fake it. Not Jean. I did quite a love scene with her — long before it became the thing to do on screen. I remember it to this day — we did it six times. And that dress. [...]
It Was a Hot and Steamy Day
Posted in Pop Culture, tagged 1950s, baby, childbirth, dallas, growing up, mom, mother on August 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
[ed. note: from my mother, about the day I was born] It was hot, like August is in Texas. Some of the neighbors had these big water-trickle things that filled up a whole window, darkening the room and making a cool oasis. But we didn’t have air conditioning. In our house, the metal headboard felt [...]
The Accidental Cartoonists
Posted in Journalism, Politics, Pop Culture, tagged cartoons, office art, trussell & trussell on August 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From “The Accidental Cartoonists” by Robert and Donna Trussell published in the Sunday magazine of The Kansas City Star: The cartoons began as a subversive attempt to amuse and distract my colleagues at The Kansas City Star during long office meetings. Often the characters were circus clowns or men screaming because their hair was on [...]
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