I’ve always been a little strangely fascinated with my birthyear. I know that sounds narcissistic, but you’ll have to take my word on this. I don’t collect historical tidbits of the year 1973 for any egotistical reason. It’s just plain old vanilla obsessive compulsive disorder. The following are facts I’ve collected about this year, organized …
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Gross Pointe Blank quotes
These are some amusing, but somewhat prescient quotes from the great John Cusack’s character Martin Blank.
Floyd McClung on spiritual valleys
One view of faith
“Faith is not so much a binary pole as a quantum state, which tends to indeterminacy when closely examined.”–John Updike
White Stripes album poetry
This is from the liner notes from the Elephant album.
House of Sand and Fog
What does it mean in the end to own the world but lose your soul? What good do possessions serve us if we lose our minds in the process of possessing them?
JC: elephant or donkey?
Tonight I had a fantastic conversation with a good friend! In fact, it was so good that we concluded it outside the restaurant where it began in 27°F weather!
The giving of thanks
How great this feast! This passage of cheer! The dusk’s crisp dew outside is near, While fire within hedges from fear. These walls of love, of shelter endear.
In America
“In America” is the best film I’ve seen this year. And to be fair, I’ve seen some truly great films so that comment is no small task.
Since you asked…
Cary Tennis is columnist for Salon. His regular piece is called “Since you asked…”