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 10, 2013 | Confidence, Creativity, Entertainment, Fear, Humor, Life, Love, Marriage, Movies
Last night I looked up from writing my novel synopsis and eating peanut butter cookies, and I realized that this blog has achieved a phenomenal milestone. It has existed for 660 days. The significance may not punch you in the face right away, so I’ll explain. The...
by Bill McCurry | Jan 15, 2013 | Entertainment, Humor, Life, Movies
The problem with real life is that there are no close-ups. We don’t have camera angles that show us which job we should take, nor key lights that shine on the eyes of the woman we’re supposed to marry. We may lie in bed at night thinking we’ve done pretty well anyway,...
by Bill McCurry | Oct 5, 2012 | Acting, Creativity, Humor, Life, Movies, Writing
I love the fact that stories make my real life look like the dim cousin with snot on his cheek. Things that happen in stories don’t happen in the real lives of real people, and that’s kind of the point. Stories are so unreal we can sink into them without squirming....
by Bill McCurry | Sep 29, 2012 | Acting, Entertainment, Humor, Movies
One disadvantage of being a soulless, horrific fiend, who with a mere glance can boil the marrow in the bones of the innocent, is that people think you don’t like cartoons. Peasants, tradesmen, and scruffy German professors who should know better all clasp this flabby...
by Bill McCurry | Aug 10, 2012 | Acting, Entertainment, Humor, Movies
I’m watching this movie called Red Beard, and it’s a cool Japanese movie, even though it doesn’t have any sword fights. It does have Toshiro Mifune in it, who was a Japanese movie god in his day. For Japan, he was like Clint Eastwood and Robert DeNiro put together,...
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