Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

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Linky Links

 Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Warner Brothers tells teams its leaving the regional sports network business. Fans in Denver, Houston, and Pittsburgh must feel like they're in limbo.

- The Russian economic sanctions have been an epic failure.

- Good for Penguin!

- Heh Heh

Gene Wilder

The passing of Gene Wilder was announced via a very touching letter from his nephew.

My introduction to Wilder was as a kid seeing Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Later in life I learned that the name of the movie was changed from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (the name of the book by Roald Dahl) to Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory because the producers were afraid that movie goers would think the movie had something to do with the Vietnam War (seriously - the movie was released in 1971). Every time I think of why they changed the name I chuckle. "Charlie loves the smell of chocolate in the morning!"

You've probably read about how Wilder created Wonka's entrance in that movie by now.

Ken Levine has a nice remembrance of Wilder from a friend and collaborator of Gene's.

Drew McWeeny at HitFlix also has a very nice appreciation of Wilder.

Wilder was an American genius whose film credits match up against any 20th century actor - any actor! I hope people appreciate just how great Gene Wilder was and how big a gift his performances were to the world.

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Jason Varitek hit a home run last night and now has 192 on his career. That lets him pass (for the time being) teammate Adrian Gonzalez. I wonder if Varitek has let Gonzalez know about this... Awesome collection of pre-1925 sports photos. The auto polo one may be my favorite... In the years to come Francisco Cervelli will have the same impact on the Red Sox / Yankees rivalry that Bob Montgomery had... More awesomesauce - Benedict Cumberbatch (the new Sherlock Holmes on BBC) does an impression of Alan Rickman singing Candle in the Wind... Metallic Snow would be a good name for an all-girl Metallica cover band... Not sure if Roald Dahl was funny or just plain strange... Not a fan of the phrase "unnecessary death and destruction". The phrase infers there is such a thing as "necessary death and destruction"... Speaking of awesome awesomesauce - this NFL special on Bill Belichick looks to be beyond awesome... I'm surprised you never see the show Northern Exposure on re-runs. No TV Land, no A&E, no nothing. It's disappointing... Any truth to the rumor that Derek Jeter dumped Minka Kelley because she shouted "Nomar" at an inopportune moment?...

Holy Crap!

I saw this picture of Nancy Pelosi.

All I could think of was this character from the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Nancy Pelosi as a Roald Dahl character? Now it all makes sense!