Today would have been John Lennon’s 70th Birthday. What a travesty he is not around to celebrate it and the world will never experience the music he would have created in the last thirty years. Like with President Kennedy (Elvis and Princes Diana, too), I remember exactly where I was and what I was doing … Read more
[This is Part 1 of a 2-part series.] The FW movie grade: A+. Temple Grandin is the best movie I’ve seen on TV in years. The reason it’s such an excellent movie (besides the acting, writing, directing, and cinematography) is the subject matter: Temple Grandin herself. What an extraordinary life. What a unique … Read more
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When I was in elementary school, my Mom married a chap I called Fred Fred—because his name was alFRED FREDrick. (He never asked me to call him “Dad” or any other such nonsense.) But to his face I called him Mr. Davis—the entire time he lived in our house. Fred Fred was an OK sort. … Read more
Baseball is the best sport in America. For me no other sport exemplifies Heart and Hustle as much as Baseball. I like that it’s inclusive in nature. It’s the most “average” of the sports. Regular people can play baseball—and excel at it. You never hear, “He’s not big enough to play baseball.” OR “She’s not … Read more
Baseball is NOT about A Player. It’s NOT about THE PLAYERS. It’s NOT about ONE TEAM or the Owners or Managers (or the leagues, or commissioner, or umps, or agents, or endorsements, or even the hot dogs. OK, maybe a little about the hotdogs). Baseball is about life in America. It’s about hot summer days … Read more
Next month in Long Beach, CA I’m quite excited to be attending The Women’s Conference, “The Nation’s Premier Women’s Conference,” founded in 1985 and organized by the First Lady of California each year since then. I really wanted to go last year. Maria Shriver puts on one heckuva shindig! But I wasn’t on top of … Read more
[Part 1 of a 2-part series.] The ability to smell is our most important sense. This is proven by what happens to our senses in the starving to death process. Taste goes first. Then sight. Then sound. And lastly smell. It has to do with self-preservation, the location in the brain of the olfactory bulb … Read more
There can’t possibly be a more emotionally compelling film produced this year than The Tillman Story—because not only is it inspirational, gut wrenching, humorous, tragic, suspenseful, lovely, and infuriating, IT’S TRUE. The film by director Amir Bar-Lev covers the amazing life of Pat Tillman: from the hometown boy growing up in New Almaden, California—to his college football … Read more