by Bill McCurry | Jul 18, 2019 | Entertainment, Family, Writing
When I was small, my parents would sing a certain lullaby to me. I don’t think I’ve heard it since. Like any writer, I took that tender memory and perverted for the sake of a story. I made a rough, funny character write and sing “The Whore...
by Bill McCurry | Feb 18, 2019 | Creativity, Entertainment, Writing
I published a novel, Death’s Collector, on Sunday, and cheering bounced around inside my brain. Outside my brain, less cheering was done, and by less I mean none, which is fine. If some people said, “Hey, cool,” when their pre-release copy showed up, I consider that a...
by Bill McCurry | Dec 31, 2013 | Cats, Entertainment, Marriage, Television
A few weeks ago my wife informed me that a new word has been added to our language, the same language spoken by Winston Churchill and Walter Cronkite. Our society has created the verb “netflix.” One may be said to netflix when one chooses a television program on...
by Bill McCurry | Jun 21, 2013 | Communication, Entertainment, Humor, Life, Writing
This blog turned two years old yesterday. No party, no cake, no balloon animals. I had in fact forgotten the event until WordPress sent me a cheery note of congratulations. Once I was reminded, the milestone did make me think. I thought hard about this blog, enabling...
by Bill McCurry | Jun 18, 2013 | Confidence, Entertainment, Humor, Movies
Because I am the best husband in the world, I recorded a Disney film on our DVR and left it there for my wife to find when she went to watch “True Blood.” I admit it wasn’t a premeditated act, but that doesn’t invalidate my best-husband status. You see, Friday night...
by Bill McCurry | Apr 15, 2013 | Acting, Creativity, Entertainment, Humor, Improv
I joined two teenagers in holy wedlock yesterday. I consider it an accomplishment since I’m not a minister, they hadn’t thought about marriage when they got up that morning, and I was wearing a pair of boots on my head. In fact, they had never seen me and didn’t know...
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