Taxi Driver (1976) Starring Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Cybill Shepherd Directed by Martin Scorcese Written by Paul Schrader Taxi Driver is a movie that's more fun to think about than to watch. It moves with a rather ponderous pace, with long shots of characters staring or significant gaps in conversation that seem to encourage … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Movies: Taxi Driver (#47)
Sleepwalkers Fiction: The Gateway
(Here is a short bit of Sleepwalkers fiction that I've written. I wanted to establish the voices of some members of The Trio (the more problematic ones), and get a bit of a feel for the magical aspects of the setting.) "This is my grandmother's house," the rabbit with the trenchcoat said. He placed one … Continue reading Sleepwalkers Fiction: The Gateway
The Joys of Getting Older
I meant to have another bit of flash fiction up today, but my body hasn't been cooperating the way I'd like. So instead I'm in the cafe of the local medical megaplex, awaiting my early-morning doctor's appointment so we can figure out what's going on and (hopefully) fix things rather quickly. The details are a … Continue reading The Joys of Getting Older
Short Fiction: My Father’s Last Best Memory
We had been in the bunker for two weeks, well past the time we should have all been dead. We had no idea why the world hadn't ended by now, or if it actually had and the screams we were hearing through the windows were just extremely long death throes. We knew that nothing worked, … Continue reading Short Fiction: My Father’s Last Best Memory
The State of the Rabbit
It's been a little while since I've done these, so I thought I would write a quick entry for today about where I am on various projects. I didn't sign up for National Novel Writing Month this year (and I haven't any other year, either), but there's got to be something that occupies my time, … Continue reading The State of the Rabbit
The AFI Top 100 Films: Jaws (#48)
(Ed. Note -- You might have noticed that we've skipped a few movies on this list. We saw The Philadelphia Story (#51) fairly recently, so it wasn't included in our watch list. And we're saving Snow White and the Seven Dwarves for our run of Disney animated movies, coming up right after we finish the AFI … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: Jaws (#48)
My Story, My Government
I didn't fully understand the power of marriage until I married Ryan. I was there, in a rented tuxedo with him, declaring a lifelong commitment to this one amazing man in front of the people I have come to consider my family over the last several years. After spending most of my life thinking of … Continue reading My Story, My Government
My Love Affair with Parks and Recreation
I gave Parks and Recreation a miss when it premiered on April 9th, 2009, because I made the mistake of thinking that it was just trying to capture lightning in a bottle twice. The mockumentary-style comedy was becoming a thing after the success of The Office, and it just felt like NBC wanted something that … Continue reading My Love Affair with Parks and Recreation
Fiction: Robert’s Harness
I wouldn't have tied up Robert if he hadn't been so insistent. He had been acting really strangely since Jocelyn disappeared, and I figured it was just the stress of losing his wife or something without knowing what happened to her. Over the past few weeks, though, he had confided in me more and more, … Continue reading Fiction: Robert’s Harness
The AFI Top 100 Movies: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (#50)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Katherine Ross Directed by George Roy Hill Written by William Goldman I'm not really sure what I was expecting when I sat down to watch this movie, but I have to say it was a delightful surprise. Most westerns from this era … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Movies: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (#50)
From the Desk of Jakebe T. Rabbit 