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Monthly Archives: June 2003
Hepburn Miscellania
These quotes are scattered through the special edition of the New York Daily News. Hepburn seemed to have spoken in often-publishable words. I would love to rattle off one-liners in such a way.
More Kate Hepburn
Here’s another quote from Miss Hepburn, which has made me tear up all over again: “With all the opportunities I had, I could have done more. And if I’d done more, I could have been quite remarkable.” A class act, … Continue reading Continue reading
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The Divine Kate
They just don’t make movie stars and actresses like Katherine Hepburn anymore. She was a true original. More on Miss Hepburn: Roger Ebert has written a beautiful eulogy to this most treasured American icon. A couple of my favorite anecdotes, … Continue reading
Big news
My nephew Cashel, who will be 6 in October, lost his first tooth. He left me a message about it on my cell phone. Saying softly and seriously, informing me of the facts, “I lost a tooth.” Then there was … Continue reading
Diary Friday
This is something I began in my old blog: Diary Fridays. Because I am insane, I have about three boxes of old journals lying around, dating back to tortured adolescence. Every Friday, I post something randomly from one of these … Continue reading
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More from Robert Evans
Excerpt from The Kid Stays in the Picture: Here’s how his relationship began with Ali MacGraw, whom he ended up marrying (not to mention making her a star). But needless to say, from the following excerpt, things did not begin … Continue reading
Robert Evans
The Kid Stays in the Picture, written by maverick film-producer Robert Evans, the man responsible for Harold and Maude, Love Story, The Godfather, Rosemary’s Baby, is absolute sheer liquid pleasure. I am tearing through it. The writing style of the … Continue reading
Rain
Out of the last 40 days, it has rained on 32 of them. It poured yesterday and it is pouring today. There is flooding in Hoboken, which means that on every block there’s about 2 feet of street-space where you … Continue reading
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Rain
It is the 4th or 5th straight day of rain. I am in heaven. Everybody else appears to very annoyed. At midnight tonight, the next Harry Potter book is being released. I know a couple of people who are going … Continue reading
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Date Update
I had a second date with the man from Massachusetts who shall remain nameless. I respect at least that little bit of his privacy. He doesn’t even know what a “blog” is, though, so I could shout his social security … Continue reading
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