tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post4130719811468480635..comments2024-03-28T11:30:46.101-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: As A Wise Bird Once Said...Ovidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-60854034975817512872013-06-29T14:00:39.983-04:002013-06-29T14:00:39.983-04:00I, too, agree with you and Everett, Lil, on enjoyi...I, too, agree with you and Everett, Lil, on enjoying the moment...as long we don't let the bastards steal away the future.Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-72633472584566386262013-06-29T13:57:41.482-04:002013-06-29T13:57:41.482-04:00I have to agree with you, Everett (my God did I ac...I have to agree with you, Everett (my God did I actually write those words?), that such horrors seems the inevitable fate of those who do not heed philosopher George Santayana's most famous quote: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." <br /><br />Or even some of Carlos Santana's.Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-75130477488908033372013-06-29T13:48:53.147-04:002013-06-29T13:48:53.147-04:00Never has "enjoy the moment" seemed so n...Never has "enjoy the moment" seemed so necessary.<br />I fear that I have had some of those "sky is falling" moments this week. This Supreme Court is not able to do anything to move us along as a country. Boehner and his are pretty fascistic if you think about it. Gay marriage is the one exception; they are celebrating in San Francisco.lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-48061695782489584042013-06-29T12:00:08.761-04:002013-06-29T12:00:08.761-04:00We live in divisive times, where everyone wants th...We live in divisive times, where everyone wants things THEIR way or NO way, and in those kinds of times, not much good will happen. Unfortunately, history seems to indicate that the only way OUT of divisive times is to go THROUGH truly horrible times, which acts as a "washing machine" to clean out the old hatreds and re-unite (sort of) the divided masses. (The last instance of this cycle was, of course, the Great Depression and World War II.)<br /><br />I fear we have much worse times still coming in the next 10-15 years, before we'll once again catch a glimpse of the Yellow Brick Road. I'm not forecasting WW III, as each cycle is different in the details, but looking back through history, the same cycle repeats itself (at least for the past 300-400 years) every 80-120 years. It seems to be driven by the life-span of humans, and shows that we, no matter the usual advice, never really learn from history.<br /><br />On the other hand, it's a beautiful day, and I plan to enjoy the hell out of it!<br />Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-91770998470883016082013-06-29T10:50:17.619-04:002013-06-29T10:50:17.619-04:00Aha, Shrew, now we're getting somewhere!Aha, Shrew, now we're getting somewhere!Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-41868963158582697042013-06-29T10:43:17.510-04:002013-06-29T10:43:17.510-04:00I want Peter sellers back to play all except big B...I want Peter sellers back to play all except big Ben who should be digitally embodied as a muppet version of a star wars villain (but not cuddly )shrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16221927965379506792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-73675152241684119802013-06-29T09:57:07.192-04:002013-06-29T09:57:07.192-04:00Your casting is right on the money in more ways th...Your casting is right on the money in more ways than you can imagine, Annamaria. The Contender's handlers have already equated him to Clooney, the fat guy heads up the likely soon to be extinct PASOK party, and the one left stranded on the couch without anyone to play his role is the current prime minister. As for the reporter...hmmm, perhaps Edward Snowdon is available?Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-54500706854181529922013-06-29T08:01:21.907-04:002013-06-29T08:01:21.907-04:00I propose a movie: The guy at the top, who looks a...I propose a movie: The guy at the top, who looks as if he buys his suits from Omar the tent maker, will be played by New Jersey's governor Governor Christie, an actor if I ever saw one. The contender will be portrayed by Xavier Bardem. The reporter, of course, will be George Clooney. The reporter will win and be on the verge of leading Greece in the end of the film. The movie will not tell us what happens after that.<br />This is why a prefer to write historical mysteries. Awful, bad things happen in my fictional past, justice (sort of) triumphs, and no matter what goes on in my story, we all know the world survived. Greece forever! Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.com