Sometimes, when life is dealing you a bunch of bum cards, you need to retreat and watch an uproariously funny movie. So, my faithful readership, I am in need of your very best recommendations for really funny movies. Bonus points for films easy to get at an average video store (it’s a small island, and they do their best). Also you will get points if no one dies in the movie. We’re not into dying at the moment. So let’s have at it. Anything has to be more amusing than Zoolander.
For my friends in the gifting movement, some insight from the Buddha’s Sappurisadana Sutta: ‘These five are a person of integrity’s gifts. Which five? A person of integrity gives a gift with a sense of conviction. A person of integrity gives a gift attentively. A person of integrity gives a gift in season. A person of integrity gives a gift with an empathetic heart. A person of integrity gives a gift without adversely affecting himself or others. ‘Having given a gift with a sense of conviction, he — wherever the result of that gift ripens — is rich, with much …
The Smithsonian launched it’s prize jewel, the National Museum of the American Indian last month in Washington. Joy Harjo was there: Sitting outside the National Museum of the American Indian after a reception and viewing of the museum, the day before the opening, I run into Carlos Nakai, one of Indian country�s finest musicians. We admire the lily-filled pond, the grounds rich with native plants. It�s idyllic. We both agree that what�s missing are the junked cars, chickens, skinny rez dogs, kids running around, dried meat racks�.and so on. Yeah! But I will say one thing for that museum. They …
I back from a week in Orange County, California. The hotel I stayed at, the Ayres Country Inn and Suites featured a room that opened on to a French country-style courtyard on one side and a California suburban parking lot on the other. Every ten minutes a plane streaked 100 feet overhead on it’s approach to John Wayne Airport, which lay across the street. Within the hotel itself, were photos of Newport beach and environs in the 1920s. One telling shot showed the Pacific Coast Highway in 1920. It was four lanes even then packed bumper to bumper with Model …