6 days ago
Plus, additional friends!
Like Bernadette Peters. Steve Lawrence. Michael J. Fox. Yakoff Smirnoff. Jay Thomas. Martin Van Buren. Shoeless Joe Jackson. Tom Waits. Jaromir Jagr. Erin Moran. Nelson Mandela. Orson Welles. Jerry Lewis. Avery Schreiber. Boog Powell. Madonna. Bernie Goetz & the Bernie Goetz Dancers. Vic Tayback. And Tony Shaloub.
James Caan. Telly Savalas. Burl Ives. Franklin Delano Roosevelt Before the Wheelchair. L.C. Greenwood. Rip Taylor. Anson Williams. Kool & The Gang. Albert Camus. Father Guido Sarducci. Ed Marinaro. Funk from Funk & Wagnall. Wagnall. Larry Bird. Ruth Bader Ginsburg. C3PO. Ghandi. And Mel Tillis.
Dylan McDermott. Harry Reasoner. The Beatles. Mary Lou Retton. Michael York. H.G. Wells. Festus. Edgar Bergen. Arnold Palmer. Twiki. Joyce DeWitt. Eric Bogosian. Charro. George McGovern. Danny Wuerffel. Jeff Conaway. Sir Edmund Hillary. Gays. The Louisiana Purchase. And Tonto.
Alan King. Tina Yothers…
The Captain and Tennille. Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. Foster Brooks. Jefferson Davis. Ken Burns and the Ken Burns Effect. The Waitresses. Eli Whitney and His Miraculous Cotton Gin. The Unknown Comic. Dorian Gray. Rich Little. May West. Lunchables. Colonel Mustard. And Elmo.
Ted Danson. Rodan. Bruce Wayne. The Unbearable Lightness of Being. John Larroquette. Melba Toast. Rickey Henderson. The Baja Boys. Ted Turner. Fred Flintstone. Alan Funt. Satan. Elizabeth Montgomery. Long Duc Dong. Kelsey Grammar. And Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
Phil Collins. Elliot Ness. Dora the Explorer…
Kai Ryssdal, Sammy Davis, Jr., Jon Cryer, Mark Hamill, Paul Lynde, Lonnie Anderson, Scott Baio, Shields and Yarnell, Eric Estrada, Julius “Dr. J.” Erving, Charro again, Modesky, Martin and Wood, David Copperfield, Solomon Grundy, Kansas, Ronald Reagan, Bill Brasky, Harry Belefonte, A brand new COLOR TV, Soupy Sales, Nipsey Russell. And Liu Kang.
Glenn Campbell, Evel Knievel, Cal Worthington and his dog Spot, Ivar, Tex Winter, Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Nellie Bly, O.J. Simpson, Bo Derek, Mario Lopez, Crystal Carrington, That cute black kid, Florence Henderson, Willie Tyler and Lester, Elmore Leonard or is it Leonard Elmore, Lynn Swan, Pete Cashmore, a young Susan Sarandon, a hot Kathleen Turner, a burnt out Shelly Winters, Burt Reynolds, Annie Oakley. And Gil Gerrard.
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1 week ago
GPOWY - Javier portrait by Crystal Ayala
Everybody, take a second to check out Crystal’s Etsy shop for more beautiful art. Sorry, but the Javier portrait is all mine.
My e-mail to Crystal:
I am practically crying. That’s incredible. Are you going to post it somewhere? What happens now? Do you move in with Doreen and I? I don’t know how to behave.
Thank you! Holy shit, thank you. I still can’t believe you did it. I mean, I can— you’re quite talented— it’s just that I’ve never had a portrait. I feel immortal. Thank you for that! SO MUCH!
It’s perfect, Crystal. Thank you so much and I can’t wait until it arrives.
1 week ago
Sunday morning conversation
Sweets: How’d you sleep?
Me: Fine. I was out.
S: Yeah, you rolled on top of me a couple times.
M: You should’ve taken advantage of it.
S: I did… That’s why your butt hurts.
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What’s this? My girl talking all nerdy (like way nerdier than you) about Journalism with Mr. 3rdmartini himself.
tCN: Skype Edition - Doreen Marchionni
Many of you might know that when I was at Oklahoma State University, I had a wide variety of majors. One of the earliest in the list was Journalism/Broadcasting.
I absolutely loved my radio production class. In fact, it may very well have been may favorite class in all of college. But, the reporting classes left me feeling like I was having my toenails pulled out. There’s something about journalistic writing that just wasn’t for me. I’m more of a storyteller than a fact verifier. So, after a year in that major, I moved on to other things.
Doreen Marchionni of Sasquatch Media Consulting is championing a new aspect of journalism that I would have been all over if I were a student now.
Journalism As Conversation is a fascinating blend of traditional journalism with the collaborative voice of citizen journalism. Doreen and I spend a few minutes talking about the journalistic world as she sees it and where that is going to fit in with the collaborative nature of today’s online society.
Heady stuff. But, as you’ll see, fascinating stuff as well.
Many thanks and a shout-out to Jeremy for caring about this topic enough to pick it apart. He’s a gifted interviewer and, yes, he broke my heart when he mentioned he considered a career in journalism, then bailed (watch the video to see why).
He’s also better known for interviewing heavy hitters in the creative arts, including Adam Lisagor and Merlin Mann. See their respective interviews here and here.
Finally, for information on Jeremy’s SXSW panel, which gets a big thumbs-up from me, click here (bonus: Jeremy’s video wrap-up of SXSW 2010). More info here on my panel proposal, which addresses some of what Jeremy and I discussed in the video.
Onward ho.
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Life is frigging good.
2 weeks ago
Tru dat.
You don’t know enough about Dennis Johnson.
It’s not your fault, hell, many in the media & those who vote for the basketball Hall of Fame must not have known just how good he was. There’s no other explanation as to why it took so long for him to get inducted. Maybe he was overshadowed by the Big 3. Ask Rondo what that feels like. Then remember that he has a looong way to go before he’s the player DJ was.
Anyway, rather than have me attempt to describe just how great he was, let’s have Larry Bird do the honors:
“I played with a lot of great players, but if I had to play with only one of them it would have been DJ. I just had a connection with him. The backdoor cuts and many other things. We never needed any conversation on the court. No need for talking. He just always knew what we needed.’’
“He was a big-game player. He always shot better in the playoffs and he always took it hard to the hole in big games. People forget he won before he came to Boston, and once he came, we got to the Finals four years in a row.’’
“I played with some great players, but DJ was the easiest to play with.’’
Great compliments from a pretty good ball player & former teammate. Now they are fellow members of the Hall of Fame.
(w.w.)
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2 weeks ago
I love you, Mint Julep.
