Tuesday, January 31, 2012
First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .
Fisticuffs at Cowboy BBQ: Deputy Jeff Stoltz said that the argument began over whether food was done cooking, with the cook Harvey Smith, 34, of Helena, saying it wasn’t done and that he would cook it until it was. As the discussion escalated, the restaurant owner, Jimmy Russell, 67, of Wolf Creek, fired Smith.
Overlooked Movies -- Stealing Home
You regular readers know that I'm a sucker for coming-of-age stories, and this movie is a good one. I saw it more than 20 years ago and still remember how it made me feel. Mark Harmon is a talented baseball player who's never lived up to expectations, his own or those of others. The movie opens when he's called to come back to his home after the death of his childhood friend, played by Jodie Foster, who was the "older woman" when he was a teen. She was a free spirit who lived life her own way, and she was someone he could always talk to when he needed a sympathetic ear. The rest of the story is told mostly in flashbacks to that earlier time in Harmon's life, and it's all about friendship and love and loyalty and such. Great stuff.
The ending is a little sentimental, or maybe a lot, but I wouldn't have it any other way. There's another of those great soundtracks with several songs that you'll recognize instantly if you grew up in the late '50s and early '60s. If you're a sucker for this kind of thing, as I am, and if you haven't see this movie, check it out.
Monday, January 30, 2012
The Dead Man Has a Theme Song
Go to the Amazon page and look to the right. You'll find the link to the song there. Give it a listen.
John Rich, R. I. P.
John Rich obituary: Emmy-winning director of landmark sitcoms dies at 86 - latimes.com: John Rich followed his acclaimed work on 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' with 'All in the Family.' His credits over an almost 50-year career also included 'Gunsmoke,' 'The Twilight Zone' and 'MacGyver.'
Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.
Your Tax Dollars at Work . . . or Play . . . or Something
CNBC: The Pentagon doesn’t know what happened to more than $100 million in cash held at Saddam Hussein’s palace in Baghdad during the Iraq war, according to a new report by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction.
What’s more, the Pentagon can’t find documents to explain what it spent as much as $1.7 billion on from funds held on behalf of the Iraqi government by the New York Federal Reserve, the report says.
What’s more, the Pentagon can’t find documents to explain what it spent as much as $1.7 billion on from funds held on behalf of the Iraqi government by the New York Federal Reserve, the report says.
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