When I think of rich people I’ve known, I always forget about Howard Hughes. Well, I didn’t know him, personally, but an ex-GF’s mom had been a very good friend of Hughes’ second wife, the actress, Jean Peters. Peters threw … Continue reading
Loyalty… I wanted to write about the wary, sadder-but-wiser loyalty of a prisoner for his favorite guard… or a guy for his ex-girlfriend. You know, the one he thinks wrecked his life. I wanted to suggest the weary resignation as … Continue reading
Ah… memory. Frail sibling of the dream, grandchild of illusion. Don’t ask me how I ended up doing this twice in three weeks… I had my mind on other, thoroughly mundane things like trying to make a living, mastering evolving … Continue reading
[New, improved recording version links below, 2006-07-21] He watched himself… just to see how far he’d go. And, when it was all over, he looked back and realized he’d watched himself, wide-eyed, as he threw away every single thing he … Continue reading
I must have prodigal angels on my mind. Last night I saw For Heaven’s Sake, one of those 40′s movies (actually 1950) featuring exceedingly human angels. Like Jack Benny in The Horn Blows at Midnight, Clifton Webb’s angel is a … Continue reading
