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PITHY PIFFLE 2023: (227) (St. Basil)
* “A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.” (St. Basil) * * *
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PITHY PIFFLE 2023: (118) (Martin Luther King)
* “If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values- that all reality hinges on moral foundations, and that all reality has spiritual control.” (Martin Luther King, Jr.) * * *
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FLIX PIX (236): “A Harrowing Trip to SELMA”
SELMA (directed by Ava DuVernay, 2014) **** (out of 5) . > Producers Oprah Winfrey and Brad Pitt, along with director Ava DuVernay have done this country a great service: . To tell this important story at this exact moment … Continue reading
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PITHY PIFFLE: “Compendium from August DAILY BLURB”
* THE DAILY BLURB: 8- 1- 11 “Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes, the ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. You can quote them, … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Einstein, Bryant McGill, Buckminister Fuller, Charles Bukowski, David Hume, E. J. Grossman, Friedrich Nietzsche, George Bernard Shaw, George Washington, humor, ideas, insight, John Wooden, knowledge, KPK, KPKeelan, KPKworld, Linda Hogan, Malcolm Gladwell, Martin Luther King, Nathaniel Hawthorne, philosophy, quotes, René Descartes, Robert Fulghum, Scoop Nisker, Sonya Rudikoff, Steve Jobs, Ted, Thomas Edward Bodett, Warren Buffett, William Goldman, wit, Yoda
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KPK on the CINEMA (63): The Films of MAY 2017
. In May, I made a point of seeing a film from every decade between the 1920’s and now. Consequently, this month, I arranged them by date… (Ratings are on a 5 star scale. Note that a classic only becomes a … Continue reading
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KPK on the CINEMA (46): The Films of NOVEMBER 2015
. Hello fellow cinephiles! Happy to report, November was a great movie-watching month for me. 14 films, from insipid comedies to marathon classics- lots and lots of stars being bandied about this month, despite outliers like THE INTERVIEW and ESCAPE … Continue reading
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KPK on the CINEMA (37): The Films of JANUARY 2015
. I saw 29 films the first month of 2015, including several forays into actual theaters to see celebrated Oscar contenders. January saw some classics lots of near-classics, a corny- yet illuminating musical, a few disappointing misses including the best … Continue reading
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PITHY PIFFLE: “Compendium from February DAILY BLURB”
* 2- 1- 11: “Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.” (Mark Twain) 2- 2- 11: “The Supreme court (as a subsidiary of … Continue reading
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