Shall we go over a couple of money language items, folks? “$2 million dollars” says, literally, “two million dollars dollars.” What you really want is “$2 million,” which says “two million dollars.” I suppose you could just write “two million dollars” as well, or “$2,000,000.” “.59¢” means I can buy 100 of them for 59 … Read more
Late lunch today. Wanted to get over the hump on what I was working on. Beautiful day, by the time I got out: sunny, 60º, some breeze. It was window down weather. Big bug came in the truck. Saw it and heard it, over my left shoulder. After confirming I hadn’t trapped something offensive like … Read more
Know what’s a terrible movie? Howard the Duck. We’re not talking run-of-the-mill terrible. We’re talking dogs and torches terrible. Still, it’s a memorable film for me. Why? Hair. Ooooooh, the hair. Never gave Lea Thompson a second look until she costarred with this colossally unfunny giant duck. I dug the hell out of this song … Read more