Spitball Army

Pina (2011): Who knew modern dance could be so funny, moving, provocative, & energizing to watch? Not me, apparently. Fantastic even in 2D. In Time (2011): Borrowed premise (Logan’s Run; Gattaca); clunky dialogue; wonderfully creative use of downtown Los Angeles locations. I kept thinking, while watching, how it might work as stage play…characters ruminating on […]

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I guess if the South can have cheesy grits, then Boston can have bakedy beans and Olive Garden can have a bottomless salady bowl.

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Azalea bed beside the mailbox: a layer of rubber bands, no new ones. In the days before social media, my mail needed unbridling.

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If I was producing the Academy Awards show, there would be Carl Stalling Looney Tunes music playing in the theater before the show.

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A verbal exchange over a Scrabble game on The Big C: “Apse. What the hell is that?” “It’s like the front of a church.” “Couldn’t you just have spelled Apes?”

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If you mix milk with orange juice, you do not get a drink that tastes like a Creamsicle. Just FYI. It’s not like I tried it or anything.

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My Gramma used to bathe her poodle in Listerine. #mygrandmaiscool #andeccentric

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Pick one: stifling pachouli or body odor. #hippiechoices

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The LOUD Catholics don’t speak for all Catholics, they’re just the ones we keep hearing.

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On break from the bedside watch, he took a weed-eater to the back where the tall weeds were, and the hiding bunny, now cut in two.

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