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A friend asked: “If you had the chance to ask three different people
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Teach the Young: A Frank-ly Kind Act
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This story was brought to my attention by our esteemed alumnus, Roger
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Q: Can someone at New York state tell me why the DOT doesn’t use a better
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Double and last
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Hi all members of our ABC-Wednesday-family.
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Alan Moore's Twilight Proposal
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Introduction by Alan David Doane:
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In memoriam: Jan Galligan
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To the Editor,
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US-to-UK Word of the Year 2024: landslide
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I've been struck by the lack of election-related 2024 Words of the Year
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Sunday Round-up
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Wash your mouth out
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Where We Remain Undeveloped
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One implication of the Son of God being born as one of us is that the
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Tough Day
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Change
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Retro Y'all
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Been doing a lot of jumping lately, but feel I don't have much to show for
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U is for UNDER and UP
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Song of the Week: "Whispering Your Name"
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I just got this into my head a while back. This is Alison Moyet, from her
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No parallel
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ABC Wednesday: The Importance of Being Bored
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When I was growing up, you being bored was your problem that you were
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Save Up to Half!
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Berowne's 294
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(Also for Three Word Wednesday and ABC Wednesday: "S" is for "shrewish")
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Quackle!
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Bob & Dick
I've noticed quite often that when someone, say, at church dies, who I might have known for a couple decades, they always have a back story revealed at the funeral I would not have imagined. Whereas the stories of public figures - actors, singers, and the like - are usually well-known to me.
So I was surprised that I was surprised to learn much more about Robert Culp, the actor who died last week at the age of 79. Not only was he a performer but also a writer and sometime director, often of the series on which he was performing at the time.
I knew Culp him best as Kelly Robinson on I Spy, partnering up with Bill Cosby's Alexander Scott. Cosby was a well-regarded young comedian, but known for his stand-up routines, not dramatic performances. Yet Sheldon Leonard gave him the job, Cosby got three Emmys in three years, and Cosby and Culp became good friends.
But what struck me when I get to Gordon's very nice obit of Robert Culp was this book cover of the Whitman novelization Message from Moscow by Brandon Keith (1966). I read this story at least a few times in my early teen years, but oddly I don't remember that much about it, except for one thing: the villain was quite literally "hoist by his own petard."
I Spy: I watched that show religiously for the three years it was on. I venture to say 90% of black Americans watched it, just like most black folk watched Nat King Cole's short-lived variety show a decade earlier. There just weren't that many opportunities to see people of color on the screen - and when you did, they were often in minor, often demeaning roles. I appreciated how both Culp and Cosby demanded that Cosby's race not be a centerpiece of the show. I may have to go to HULU and catch an episode or two to see if it is as good as I remember it. *** I should mention the passing of Dick Giordano, whose ascension to the position of DC Comics' editor-in-chief corresponded to me starting at the comic book store FantaCo, in 1980. I wasn't a big DC fan, but I did find myself picking up more of their books in the decade or so he was in charge far more than in the period before. I have a vague recollection meeting him once very briefly at the San Diego Comic Con, and he didn't SEEM like a corporate stuffed shirt. I suspect that was because, most of all, he was an artist, specifically a quality inker, so he was inclined to try to undersand and appreciate the artist POV. A much better remembrance here. *** Oh, and this is coincidentally related. My buddy Steve Bissette has been musing at length about Forgotten Comics Wars of the mid to late 1980s. Subtitled How Angry Freelancers Made It Possible for A New Mainstream Comics Era (Including Vertigo) to Exist, it is a very interesting take on an era when I was actively involved in the retail comics biz. I was going to compile the 12 parts once they were all released, but Mark Evanier, bless him, beat me to it. And ME notes: "That last installment has bittersweet meaning because of the recent passing of Dick Giordano, who was in the midst of the controversy." ROG
Hi Roger, Thank you for visiting my J-word post last week. Today, Wednesday, my little guessing contest is coming to a close. But there is still time to leave a guess. I am offering runners-up-prizes. Please take a look at hint#4, the last clue. It may help. Best wishes, Anna Please go to : http://annasadornments.blogspot.com/2010/03/guess-name-of-jeweller-contest-hint-4.html
2 comments:
Hi Roger,
Thank you for visiting my J-word post last week. Today, Wednesday, my little guessing contest is coming to a close. But there is still time to leave a guess.
I am offering runners-up-prizes.
Please take a look at hint#4, the last clue. It may help.
Best wishes,
Anna
Please go to :
http://annasadornments.blogspot.com/2010/03/guess-name-of-jeweller-contest-hint-4.html
Brilliant blog, I had not noticed rogerowengreen.blogspot.com earlier in my searches!
Keep up the good work!
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