Stories

Where did Sherlock Holmes come from?

07.29.2010

An interview with author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

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‘Orange is the New Black’ by Piper Kerman

07.07.2010

My buddy Piper and her hub Larry Smith contacted me this week to let me know she was out west from NYC to do a reading from her new book ‘Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison’ at Book Soup in West Hollywood. In her memoir, Piper tells us the story [...]

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The Making of ‘Day & Night’

06.30.2010

Loved this. A behind-the-scenes look at the short film featured at the top of Pixar’s ‘Toy Story 3′. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

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The Brightest Star

06.29.2010

The Brightest Star by Jace D. Albao (b. 1969) Long ago in heavens highest, there was a star, it was not biased, Shined above, the states to Europe, China, Turkey, Australia dry, Pilots, night, flying craft, aviating fore and aft, Sailors too, on boat and raft, o’er darkest waters guided by, The star above, it [...]

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The Two Wolves

06.02.2010

Saw my friend Ivan last night. He shared with me a story that he heard a long time ago, and has never forgotten it. I don’t know the exact source, but a quick search indicates it’s a Native American tale. I’ve tightened up a bit, and it goes something like this: There was once a [...]

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The Twilight Zone: The Long Morrow

04.09.2010

Part 1 of 3: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video It may be said with a degree of assurance that not everything that meets the eye is as it appears… This is the crux of our story, a flight into space… It is also the story of the things [...]

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The Twilight Zone: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

03.11.2010

Part 1 of 3: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video The Twilight Zone: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, Part 1 of 3, Air date February 28, 1964, Season 5, Episode 142. Based on the short story by Ambrose Bierce, La rivière du hibou won the award for best [...]

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Unbarred Under Angels

03.08.2010

Under Battery Osgood-Farley, Fort MacArthur, San Pedro CA USA, 03.07.2010. Photo by M.

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Greamer sighting, January 2010

02.26.2010

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Roger Ebert’s review of The Shining (1980)

02.25.2010

Here’s Roger Ebert’s review of Kubrick’s “The Shining” from 1980. Exactly: But there is a deleted scene from “The Shining” (1980) that casts Wendy’s reliability in a curious light. Near the end of the film, on a frigid night, Jack chases Danny into the labyrinth on the hotel grounds. His son escapes, and Jack, already [...]

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Rod Serling’s final interview, March 4, 1975

02.24.2010

Found on the Web. It was originally published in:

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Steve Jobs: How to live before you die

02.18.2010

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, urged Stanford graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life’s setbacks — including death [...]

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The Twilight Zone: A World of Difference

02.11.2010

A gem by Richard Matheson. One of my favorites. Part 1 of 3: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video The Twilight Zone – Original Series, Season 1, Episode 23: A World of Difference; Original Air Date—11 March 1960; A businessman sitting in his office struggles to wrap his brain [...]

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Best commercial of Super Bowl Sunday 2010

02.08.2010

You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Parisian Love Google commercial.

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His Favorite Boots

02.05.2010

His Favorite Boots by Jace D. Albao (b. 1969) There once was a young man browsing through items at a garage sale. This garage was packed with used things from the past, from old clothing and dusty books to corroded fishing poles and greasy tools to broken luggage and obsolete electronics. All spilling out onto [...]

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Proofreading X

01.19.2010

My favorite proofreader looking over Under Angels Chapter X while waiting for grub at Diana’s, Carson CA, November 2009.

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