Born Yesterday is a gem of an old movie
From 1950, starring William Holden and Judy Holliday, this movie is surprisingly funny. It’s a twist on the Pygmalion story. If Henry Higgins were too busy to actually educate Eliza and instead hired Freddie to do it, you might get something like this movie. But it’s not as simple as that. Judy Holliday’s character changes, but it’s not that William Holden swooped in and saved her. Rather, her change comes from the books she’s read. It’s hard to think of a movie that can convincingly portray a character’s life being affected by a quote from Thomas Jefferson, but this one Read more…
Four days since a post here!
That almost never happens. And I have so much I wanted to post on too. But work–all work, from City Club to Mary Holste Design to Metro Parks, has been extremely busy recently. And when I'm not doing that, I'm out enjoying the sun. I'll try to fill in some blanks soon.
The author who can write, but can’t read. Fascinating short video.
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He really likes rainbows.
I’m about 100 million years late posting this one (in Internet years, at least). But if you haven’t seen it … Double Rainbow Guy will make your day. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQSNhk5ICTI?wmode=transparent] What does this mean?
E.B. White on Writing
I love E.B. White. His essays, his fiction, and his update to Strunk’s Style Guide. He has a way with words that puts me to shame. Take this short paragraph on writing from the Elements of Style: Writing is, for most, laborious and slow. The mind travels faster than the pen; consequently, writing becomes a question of learning to make occasional wing shots, bringing down the bird of thought as it flashes by. A writer is a gunner, sometimes waiting in the blind for something to come in, sometimes roaming the countryside hoping to scare something up. Like other gunners, Read more…
I had a lot of meetings today …
… but the best conversation I heard was this: Boss: "Who's involved on the committee?" Answer: "Representatives from every department." Boss: "I'm wary of Noah's Ark style committees." Beat, as everyone thinks about it and laughs. Engineer at the table, quietly: "But Noah's Ark worked." Well played.
Just in case anyone’s wondering, here are the addresses to the four spraygrounds in Tacoma …
Jefferson Park — 801 N Mason Ave. McKinley Playfield — 4321 McKinley Ave South Park — 4851 S Tacoma Way Wapato Hills Park — 6231 S Wapato St.
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