tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19747726852436938612012-01-31T03:40:57.383-06:00Blue Truck, Red StateA gay man's view of the world from small town TexasRuss Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.comBlogger18091100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-62172524347728447802012-01-30T12:07:00.001-06:002012-01-30T12:13:16.181-06:00Love Free or Die
Love Free or Die (a play on the state motto of New Hampshire) is a new documentary about Gene Robinson, Episcopal Bishop of New Hampshire, whose consecration in 2003 has effectively, if not formally, split the Anglican Communion into schism. Gene attended his consecration wearing a bullet-proof vest and has lived with death threats every day since. Even if you're not religious, you should Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-11795726672657568982012-01-29T07:48:00.000-06:002012-01-29T07:48:54.134-06:00Sunday Drive: You'll Never Walk AloneRuss Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-35855791981390431072012-01-28T19:35:00.004-06:002012-01-28T21:29:40.875-06:00RadarFrench public prankster Rémi Gaillard gets his comeuppance in this video he made while impersonating a speed-trap camera. It made me laugh out loud.
Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-22453904514607837202012-01-28T14:21:00.000-06:002012-01-28T14:21:49.022-06:00Tired Old Queen at the Movies: The Tall Men
Steve Hayes reviews the 1955 film:
Clark Gable, Jane Russell, Robert Ryan and Cameron Mitchell battle Indians, stampeding cattle, the elements, and each other in Raoul Walsh's tale of a cattle drive to Montana, THE TALL MEN. Shot on location in Technicolor and Cinemascope, the action never stops and neither does the chemistry of Gable and Russell in two of their best roles. It's a rowdy, Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-40236917197526866872012-01-27T13:00:00.003-06:002012-01-27T14:09:13.660-06:00Waitin' for the Weekend
Get a fuller perspective here.
Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-47033930632588980882012-01-27T01:11:00.004-06:002012-01-27T14:11:41.620-06:00Stating the Obvious
In an earlier time - before all the hippified 70's psychobabble people eliminated the word shame from the public vocabulary in this country - Americans would have felt embarrassed to have the world witness the insane clown car spectacle that is the Republican party - which is glaringly obvious even to outsiders, as witness Fidel Castro's observation this week:
The selection of a Republican Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-25845675298520793272012-01-26T10:01:00.001-06:002012-01-26T10:41:32.937-06:00The Past in Living Color
Sanna Dullaway, a Swedish artist, has made a speciality of very carefully colorizing old photographs of famous scenes and people. Here's a couple of breathtaking examples that bring famous faces to life again - click to enlarge.
More here.
Honk to David Mixner.Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-79739986060146514672012-01-25T12:01:00.002-06:002012-01-26T02:23:07.859-06:00That Bor-ing Gay Agenda
Unretouched photograph of actual homosexuals caught in the act of
promoting the gay agenda
Coming soon to your town, courtesy of Randy Roberts Potts, grandson of televangelist Oral Roberts, and his boyfriend, Keaton Johnson.
Randy's Gay Agenda page is on Facebook if you want to check it out.Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-74845608172333657002012-01-25T02:46:00.000-06:002012-01-25T02:46:18.793-06:00The State of the Union, 2012
Tax reform should follow the Buffett Rule. If you make more than $1 million a year, you should not pay less than 30 percent in taxes. And my Republican friend Tom Coburn is right: Washington should stop subsidizing millionaires. In fact, if you’re earning a million dollars a year, you shouldn’t get special tax subsidies or deductions. On the other hand, if you make under $250,000 a year, like 98Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-73858605661846658622012-01-24T09:33:00.001-06:002012-01-24T09:33:35.084-06:00SavedYou never can tell. Sometimes even when you're far out to sea and there's no help in sight, a miracle happens, beyond all odds.
Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-87832993983481613812012-01-22T19:00:00.001-06:002012-01-22T19:00:00.071-06:00A Knock at Midnight
Midnight is a confusing hour when it is difficult to be faithful. The most inspiring word that the church must speak is that no midnight long remains. The weary traveller by midnight who asks for bread is really seeking the dawn. Our eternal message of hope is that dawn will come. Our slave foreparents realized this. They were never unmindful of the fact of midnight, for always there was the Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-49965293414653871322012-01-22T08:21:00.001-06:002012-01-22T08:22:23.708-06:00Sunday Drive: Softly and TenderlyJosh Turner is a new young country artist who's made a name for himself in the last few years with his deep-velvet voice, and I do mean deep. Here he puts it to good use with an old, familiar hymn that everybody knows in these parts, I think you fellas will like it.
Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-18599111597383573662012-01-20T19:44:00.000-06:002012-01-20T19:44:24.831-06:00Waitin' for the WeekendRuss Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-34755810930973574902012-01-20T11:09:00.000-06:002012-01-20T11:09:40.812-06:00Standard Time: FrenesiNothing much worth writing about at the moment, so here's a favorite tune of your Head Trucker's. First, the definitive 1940 recording by the great Artie Shaw and his orchestra:
Which I dearly love. But oh look how a great singer can infuse it with Latin flame, as demonstrated by the beautiful Linda Ronstadt:
Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-38100986168921122952012-01-18T08:35:00.000-06:002012-01-18T08:35:53.826-06:00Second Class CitizensTrailer for a new documentary on the gay rights movement, still in development, on the gay rights movement, by Ryan James Yezak. Details here.
Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-12052954726394296082012-01-17T09:46:00.002-06:002012-01-22T10:50:18.287-06:00Tired Old Queen at the Movies: Key Largo
Steve Hayes reviews the 1948 classic:
In Maxwell Anderson's hit stage play, KEY LARGO, John Huston directs an all-star cast headed by Humphrey Bogart and Edward G. Robinson in a dark film noir set in the Florida Keys during a hurricane. Rounding out the cast are Lauren Bacall in her last film with Bogie, Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Gomez, and Claire Trevor in an Oscar-winning role as Robinson's Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-76674999894626486202012-01-15T11:35:00.000-06:002012-01-15T11:35:05.379-06:00Sunday Drive: Just a Closer Walk with Thee
This guy is a truly fabulous piano player, reminds me of some things my late husband used to play. Catch more of Allen's playing, including many secular old standards, at his YouTube channel.Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-37360333003962464162012-01-14T02:12:00.002-06:002012-01-14T02:44:30.681-06:00Shit Homophobes SayBrought to you by the good folks at Lambda Legal:
Just to balance things out, here's some comedy relief:
And this:
Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-48741889875268926222012-01-13T13:00:00.001-06:002012-01-13T13:00:02.814-06:00Waitin' for the WeekendRuss Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-11679805508786123562012-01-12T22:00:00.005-06:002012-01-14T01:51:04.806-06:00Bro Has My Back in NH, But Canada Stabs Gay Couples in the BackI guess you fellas know that New Hampshire Republicans are trying to repeal the state's equal-marriage law, which came into effect on January 1, 2010. But in one family, at least, family values are proving stronger than party loyalty. The story goes like this:
Craig Stowell fought with the U.S. Marines in Iraq in 2004 and now is fighting for the right of gays, like his brother, to marry in New Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-6811761583719188872012-01-12T03:55:00.001-06:002012-01-12T03:58:59.992-06:00Through Thick and Thin
Thanks to my truckbudy Frank for his blog post about the case of Mark and Frédéric, who are fathers of four and facing the destruction of their family by the inane immigration laws that make no provision for same-sex couples. The couple were among the subjects of the documentary film Through Thick and Thin, made a few years ago, which the clips above and below are from.
An excerpt from Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-84832725492718503072012-01-11T01:08:00.000-06:002012-01-11T01:08:50.272-06:00Until I DieA sweet little compilation of, um, highly suspicious photographs from the past. Enjoy.
Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-20010112157533035892012-01-10T16:50:00.002-06:002012-01-10T17:10:53.859-06:00The Judy Tapes
From Judy's legendary concert at Carnegie Hall in 1961
Just came across this poignant 20/20 report from a couple years back on the incomparable Judy Garland and thought I'd share it with you guys. It features selections from never-before-heard audio tapes Judy made when she was trying to write an autobiography; sadly, she never finished the book. But her glorious legacy goes on and on.
Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-60454138787595948162012-01-09T16:29:00.001-06:002012-01-10T14:28:41.156-06:00Banned from the SuperbowlToo funny:
See more gay-themed TV commercials from around the world here.Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-47929502471129339942012-01-09T15:22:00.002-06:002012-01-09T15:26:51.046-06:00The Comic Side of Marriage Equality
The Archie comic book series has had a gay character, Kevin Keller, for some time now. In the latest issue of Life with Archie, Kevin marries his fiance, Dr. Clay Walker.
Wow. Your Head Trucker is speechless at the thought of how far we have come from the days when I was a kid reading those comics - and the only choice a guy had was between Betty and Veronica, or Ginger and Mary Ann. Some Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-12697319242521881082012-01-09T00:01:00.003-06:002012-01-09T00:16:38.268-06:00The Pork Boys Do Christmas-New Year's-Kings Day-Whatever
An approximation of the ham we had last night
Last night the Pork Boys got together at my place for their long-planned holiday feed, and boy howdy, was it good. Unfortunately, due to ongoing technical difficulties at both ends of the line, I'm still not able to post any pictures for you guys to see, so I had to rely on a stock photo above to give you an idea of the main course.
But just for Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-58223601318451392422012-01-08T08:00:00.001-06:002012-01-08T08:00:04.361-06:00Sunday Drive: ReverieRuss Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-84990569589009648962012-01-07T13:45:00.000-06:002012-01-07T13:45:50.872-06:00With YouA feature-length documentary has been made about Mark Bingham, the gay businessman and rugby player who died on Flight 93, and his mom, Alice Hoagland, who has turned his legacy into her life's work. Here's the trailer:
Excerpt of an interview with Hoagland last summer:
When my son first told me, my subconscious mind just rejected it. I acknowledged and believed it on an intellectual level Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-47830174932077047342012-01-06T16:10:00.001-06:002012-01-06T16:11:21.131-06:00Waitin' for the WeekendRuss Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-61253300074223363002012-01-05T20:40:00.001-06:002012-01-05T23:30:22.757-06:00This November, Elect Canada!A timely message for all Americans in this election year:
Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-74816300081887823012012-01-05T15:35:00.002-06:002012-01-05T15:41:10.801-06:00TV Legends: Dick ClarkIt's just come to my attention that Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve is now forty years old. My God . . . where does the time go? When you are young, the future seems to stretch out ahead to an infinite distance; but when you are old, you realize the road was not a very long one at all: more like a few blocks down a wide, busy boulevard. Which is why you should certainly enjoy your youth Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-61293554383217417082012-01-04T17:10:00.007-06:002012-01-05T23:31:42.093-06:00Temps Perdu: 1948
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The New Yorker, October 9, 1948
Click to enlarge.
This might become a new feature here on the Blue Truck: a picture or two, perhaps with an audio/visual clip, from a bygone era.
The truth is, guys, your Head Trucker just doesn't want to write about the modern world much these days. I'm aware of the major news stories, and I more or less keep up with the coverage of politics and Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-65559565652417017902012-01-03T16:04:00.001-06:002012-01-03T16:04:01.310-06:00Tired Old Queen at the Movies: Mogambo
"This is a fun movie," Steve says of the film. Watch the review and find out why:
Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly, and a cast of thousands head for high African adventure in John Ford's MOGAMBO (1953). Shot on location in Technicolor, it's the next best thing to an African safari, with Ava and Grace, both in Oscar-nominated roles, vying for the attentions of a love-starved Gable. Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-38593154491012795252012-01-03T03:26:00.001-06:002012-01-03T03:41:32.798-06:00Can You Dig It?
I had no idea that there is a major, ongoing archaeological dig at "Historic Jamestowne," i.e., Jamestown, Virginia, site of the first English colony in North America. Archeologists have dug up more than 2 million artifacts there - most of them tiny fragments, bits of wood or metal or bone or pottery that you and I wouldn't look twice at, but the experts are able to use them to construct a Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-17509462480144719852012-01-02T11:32:00.015-06:002012-01-02T11:32:00.461-06:00Occupy Christianity?From the Baptismal Covenant in the Book of Common Prayer:
Celebrant: Will you proclaim by word and example the Good
News of God in Christ?
People: I will, with God’s help.
Celebrant: Will you seek and serve Christ in all persons, loving
your neighbor as yourself?
People: I will, with God’s help.
Celebrant: Will you strive for justice and peace among all
people, and respect the dignity ofRuss Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-78115738454689088842012-01-01T22:33:00.002-06:002012-01-01T22:53:50.074-06:00New Year Brings Progress towards Marriage Equality
A 2010 map of relationship recognition laws in the fifty states:
For an updated map, visit HRC's map page.
This year of grace 2012 began with a handful of couples in two states, Delaware and Hawaii, entering civil unions just after the stroke of midnight last night. So progress comes in with the New Year, little by little and step by step. It seems agonizingly slow to us old codgers - who Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-28028627192051298842011-12-31T14:55:00.001-06:002011-12-31T15:10:20.489-06:00Happy New Year: Enivrez-Vous
Tonight, as we step by forced march into the future, and the present inexorably glides away into the past, I am reminded of this poem by Charles Baudelaire, here recited so well in English by the young Dean Stockwell:
French original and English translation here, if you want to read it.
I think also of Keats's Ode to a Nightingale, which you can listen to here, read by the wonderful Robert Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-85245191003993810462011-12-30T16:42:00.002-06:002011-12-30T16:50:28.368-06:00Waitin' for the Weekend
Check out the rest of the package here.
Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-48681623433321712142011-12-30T00:49:00.003-06:002011-12-30T15:39:41.409-06:00Get Together
From the New YorkerRuss Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-86554535878553344062011-12-29T12:41:00.000-06:002011-12-29T12:41:00.651-06:00Clara's Last VideoYou kitchen queens out there, if you haven't yet seen any of Clara Cannucciari's videos on Great Depression cooking - how appropriate for our time - scoot on over to YouTube and check them out. Over the last few years, her filmmaker grandson has recorded a number of short, simple recipes from Clara, who at 96 has decided that this will be her last serving-up of TV cookery.
I can't blame her forRuss Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-19205683150143704442011-12-28T15:24:00.003-06:002011-12-28T20:25:17.466-06:00Browsing the Met
Elijah Boardman, 1789, by Ralph Earl.
Click to enlarge.
Last week I discovered that the Metropolitan Museum of Art has an online browsing feature where you can while away an afternoon or evening exploring their many and varied treasures from all over the world. I highly recommend it.
This portrait from the Met's American collection is one I have seen before, and I like it a lot. For one Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-37733724915435694902011-12-27T01:00:00.001-06:002011-12-27T01:00:01.806-06:00Lady Bird's White House TourA few weeks ago, I posted Jackie Kennedy's 1962 tour here; and so I thought you fellows might like to see this less famous version done by Lady Bird Johnson in December 1968, just before Lyndon left office.
Mrs. Johnson was always a favorite of mine: a great lady, and one of those steel magnolias that the South produces in such abundance. If you ever get to central Texas, do be sure to stop Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-14377368728454212492011-12-26T23:44:00.000-06:002011-12-26T23:44:10.184-06:00Sun and Sand in '65I'm posting this one just for fun, I got a kick out of the time-travel feeling back to the days of surfer bangs and early bell-bottoms - and also because I was delighted to be reminded of this happy little tune that ought to put a smile on anyone's face. It's covered by the T-Bones here, but it was already well-known as the theme of a famous advertisement.
Can you remember which TV commercial Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-5277741897819048062011-12-26T17:43:00.001-06:002011-12-26T17:57:28.803-06:00Thanking the TroopsIn a video posted last week on whitehouse.gov, the President and the First Lady (who are now enjoying a little R&R in Hawaii) offer their gratitude and holiday greetings to American forces around the world:
And another interesting video from the White House, on the remarkable menorah used there this year:
Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-63845057082586635252011-12-25T18:00:00.009-06:002011-12-25T18:00:02.447-06:00The Queen's Christmas Message, 2011Her Majesty's gracious speech touches upon a number of important thoughts for our times, including the danger of greed and recklessness. And mark what she says about forgiveness and the real Christian values.
The message was recorded at Buckingham Palace before the family traveled to Sandringham for their Christmas gathering. I suppose everyone has heard by now of Prince Philip's emergency Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-77274289532115275902011-12-24T16:30:00.003-06:002011-12-24T18:22:06.999-06:00Merry Christmas, Pardners
From Texas, sending out my best wishes for a very Merry Christmas to all my truckbuddies - I hope every one of you is with someone you love dearly tonight.
Thanks, friends, for riding along with me in the Blue Truck. Have a good one, y'all.
Holy and gracious Father: In your infinite love you made us
for yourself, and, when we had fallen into sin and become
subject to evil and death, you, in Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-19217170513325417232011-12-24T14:00:00.000-06:002011-12-24T14:00:38.376-06:00Tired Old Queen at the Movies: The Lion in Winter
If you're going to or from Christmas dinner thinking how dysfunctional your family is, you ain't seen nothing yet. Check out Steve Hayes's review of the 1968 classic:
In Anthony Harvey's THE LION IN WINTER, Katharine Hepburn won her third Oscar and Peter O'Toole his third nomination, for playing the same character he'd played in BECKETT. Set during a Christmas in the 1100's, King Henry (O'TooleRuss Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-14210377481270478552011-12-23T13:00:00.006-06:002011-12-26T07:17:56.128-06:00Waitin' for the Weekend
Nick Ayler in winter white
Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-62036199928389569642011-12-23T04:18:00.002-06:002011-12-23T10:46:08.798-06:00All I Want for Christmas Is You, SailorOkay, back to the question of the younger generation: how fucking gay is this? Performed by the crew of HMS Ocean, pride of the Royal Navy:
Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-17449038778322565602011-12-22T15:00:00.003-06:002011-12-22T17:07:26.421-06:00This Is Our YearYoung gay lovers in Britain. One made this video as a Christmas present for the other. So sweet.
this is our year. from Joe M on Vimeo.
This is what I wish for all the younger generation, and many more years like it.Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-35265851711452025032011-12-22T00:50:00.001-06:002011-12-22T09:59:58.474-06:00Gay Art Comes Out at the National Portrait GalleryHide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American Portraiture was on exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D. C., earlier this year. Here's an overview:
From the description at the Smithsonian website:
This is the first major museum exhibition to focus on sexual difference in the making of modern American portraiture. “Hide/Seek” considers such themes as the role ofRuss Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-25902362921438067152011-12-21T18:00:00.003-06:002011-12-21T21:52:36.608-06:00Lesian Couple Share Navy's First KissHistory was made today, wonderful news. Story here:
As the homecoming drew near, the crew and ship’s family readiness group sold $1 raffle tickets for the first kiss. Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta bought 50 - which is actually fewer than many people buy, she said, so she was surprised Monday to find out she'd won.
Her girlfriend of two years, Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell, was Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-57641581468283334872011-12-21T08:24:00.001-06:002011-12-21T13:43:59.483-06:00Baby, It's Cold OutsideGotta love it:
To download the song:
Itunes Link
Amazon Link
Note: For many long years, I've wished somebody or somebodies would do a gay update on all the old standards (and not just holiday tunes). Maybe it will happen someday.Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-14425873947799424172011-12-20T20:00:00.013-06:002011-12-21T13:18:18.250-06:00No Room at the Inn in Duarte Square
Bishop George Packer being arrested in Duarte Square on Sunday, December 18
Somehow in my daily, and rather cursory, scan of the news I failed to pick up on the failed attempt on Sunday by Occupy Wall Street to re-establish itself at Duarte Square, owned by the historic Trinity Church, in the Episcopal diocese of New York. Thanks to Grandmère Mimi at Wounded Bird for alerting me to this Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-25574559301084523992011-12-20T17:00:00.002-06:002011-12-20T18:29:49.087-06:00Happy HanukkahTo any Jewish readers of the Blue Truck out there, Chag Sameach from your Head Trucker.
In honor of the occasion, a couple of videos from the White House, where the Obamas hosted a Hanukkah dinner on December 9th:
Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-58468670407260752542011-12-19T17:56:00.002-06:002011-12-19T18:05:06.163-06:00WTF: Drop Dead BeautifulOkay guys, your Head Trucker has to admit to being an old fart who just doesn't understand the younger generation. I never thought I would say those words, but I guess it happens to all of us sooner or later.
What really confuses me is the way straight boys act so g-a-y in this day and time, always hugging one another and such. So would somebody please clue me in here: are these guys gay orRuss Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-20629757287944991992011-12-19T11:00:00.001-06:002011-12-19T11:00:00.115-06:00How Music Was MadeCirca 1940. OMG I had no idea - I mean, I knew records started with a master disc from which copies were pressed . . . but all those acids and chemicals and metals and intricate hand labor . . . wow. Could Americans make anything today that required this much work, I wonder?
Take a gander at this little film, boys, and you'll be amazed too, I think. For several reasons.
Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-17101846943480758622011-12-18T18:00:00.006-06:002011-12-18T18:00:00.093-06:00GratitudeA good message and some stunning photography here - it's worth your time:
Honk to Blue Truck reader Craig for passing this on.Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-40452966206657623672011-12-18T06:00:00.001-06:002011-12-18T06:00:00.316-06:00Sunday Drive: O Come, O Come, EmmanuelRuss Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-12473663610082536912011-12-17T21:31:00.001-06:002011-12-17T21:38:50.653-06:00Eustace Tilley Contest
"Madame X" by Claire B. Cotts
The New Yorker is advertising for submissions to its annual contest to re-interpret the magazine's famous dandified mascot, who appeared on the very first cover in 1925, a cover that has been reprinted every year since.
1925 cover by the magazine's art director, Rea Irvin, who based it
on an 1834 portrait of Alfred, Comte d'Orsay, show below
Details andRuss Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-40469740620829741062011-12-16T13:52:00.000-06:002011-12-16T13:52:30.960-06:00Waitin' for the WeekendRuss Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-87543113972215929082011-12-16T12:06:00.000-06:002011-12-16T12:06:38.780-06:00Are You a Man?From straightnotnarrow.ca:
Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-20547050562463528042011-12-15T09:03:00.002-06:002011-12-15T09:20:10.018-06:00Iraq War Finally Over
From the New York Times:
In a fortified concrete courtyard at the airport in Baghdad, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta thanked the more than one million American service members who have served in Iraq for “the remarkable progress” made over the past nine years but acknowledged the severe challenges that face the struggling democracy. . . .
The muted ceremony stood in contrast to the start of Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-11897643969367092982011-12-14T15:30:00.002-06:002011-12-14T18:16:24.414-06:00The Duke at 90
Prince Philip in his studly younger days;
you can see why Elizabeth fell for him, can't you, boys?
Surely you fellas know that the Queen will celebrate her Diamond Jubilee next year - 60 years on the throne. Your Head Trucker doesn't have too many heroes left to admire in this world, but my hat is off to Her Majesty for her quiet, gracious perseverance in what I think must be a thoroughly Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-21058667936790979852011-12-13T12:33:00.000-06:002011-12-13T12:33:38.692-06:00Tired Old Queen at the Movies: Random Harvest
Steve Hayes reviews the 1942 classic:
Greer Garson and Ronald Coleman tug at your heartstrings in Mervyn LeRoy's adaptation of James Hilton's classic wartime love story, RANDOM HARVEST. Colman plays Smithy, a war casualty suffering from amnesia, who is taken in and falls in love with a lovely actress (Garson). They marry, have a child, and then through an accident, he regains his former memory Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-65292480134105831212011-12-12T17:21:00.002-06:002011-12-12T17:29:27.910-06:00Classic Shacks: Jackie's White House Tour
The shining moment that was Camelot: the Kennedys at a state dinner in the
White House for French cultural minister André Malraux in 1962
In the United States, it doesn't get any better than the Executive Mansion. Your Head Trucker got to see the outside on his one trip to D.C., but alas, not the interior. I well recall Mrs. Kennedy's tour of the White House that was broadcast on Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-77073628133172324742011-12-11T07:00:00.003-06:002011-12-15T10:04:50.861-06:00Sunday Drive: The Holly and the IvyIt is a tradition in Anglican/Episcopal churches to have a Service of Lessons and Carols about this time of year, and the famous choir of King's College, Cambridge, is world-renowned for their beautiful sounds.
On a personal note, this song reminds me of my late husband, who was, albeit stuck in a tiny Texas town, a really world-class organist; he played every Sunday at the Methodist church Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-21564302787997262612011-12-10T20:06:00.001-06:002011-12-10T20:09:28.513-06:00Where Things Are Much WorseNo matter how bad things might feel to us here, it's important to think of our gay brothers and sisters in other parts of the world who are enduring terrible things. From the Christian Science Monitor's report on homophobia in Africa:
A thought just occured to me: the response from some African countries to Secretary Clinton's historic "gay rights are human rights speech" last week reminds me Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-84732920396719797382011-12-09T15:16:00.001-06:002011-12-09T15:24:25.356-06:00Waitin' for the WeekendRuss Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-59774560833574126522011-12-09T03:47:00.000-06:002011-12-09T03:47:11.123-06:00What a Hoot
Honk to republicandirtytricks.com.Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-88838719886933067462011-12-08T18:52:00.001-06:002011-12-08T18:59:48.370-06:00Design for Dreaming
Corvette Sting Ray circa 1965 from a Chevrolet photo gallery at the Daily Beast
Your Head Trucker notes that Chevrolet celebrated its 100th anniversary last month. To help them celebrate, here's a few films made by General Motors in years past, maybe you'll get a kick out of them like I did.
Chevrolet Leader News from 1938, one of a series of public-relations films featuring several short,Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-85796537451652211312011-12-07T12:23:00.007-06:002011-12-08T07:25:44.371-06:00You Go, Hillary
Your Head Trucker is feeling mighty proud of our Secretary of State today, after making the historic declaration that "gay rights are human rights" before the United Nations yesterday in Geneva. Rachel gives the scoop:
And here's the entire speech, if you want to see and hear it:
Or read the transcipt of this landmark speech here. As Rachel says, it's worth your time.
Also yesterday, Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-49744034371943170232011-12-06T11:04:00.000-06:002011-12-06T11:04:30.260-06:00Pop Tops: It's the Little ThingsWay back when your Head Trucker was young and still thinking he was supposed to grow up to be straight, he had a major crush on Cher. Here's a wonderful clip I found that I've never seen before, from 1967. Just look at how lovely Mrs. Bono is at 21 in that babydoll dress, so young and spirited and naturally beautiful - who wouldn't fall for a girl like that?
I made a little playlist of Cher's Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-28234682065067818922011-12-04T15:00:00.002-06:002011-12-05T20:38:53.443-06:00Biblical Marriage ChartThis has been floating around the blogosphere awhile, but I thought I'd repost it on the Blue Truck, in case any of my truckbuddies run into somebody who mouths about "marriage has always been the same" and "the Bible says . . . ." Well, here are the plain facts of what the Old Testament has to say on the subject, with chapter and verse cited. Throw this on your Christianist neighbor and watch Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-24034121065549940812011-12-04T06:34:00.002-06:002011-12-04T06:57:00.831-06:00Sunday Drive: Once in Royal David's CityRuss Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-13077437367435166082011-12-03T17:42:00.006-06:002011-12-07T11:06:46.412-06:00It Was ScrumptiousJust a note to say the Pork Boys' dinner Thursday night was too yumsome for words. Wish I had a pic to illustrate this with, but both the ex-roommate and I are having software problems (oh Mary, don't ask!) so you'll just have to take my word for it. M. P. had already cooked the big Thanksgiving spread for his four adult kids and their spouses/whatevers last Saturday, so he planned just a Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-89744623618835144382011-12-03T07:42:00.001-06:002011-12-03T10:46:02.291-06:00The Fire Island Ferry StoryHonk to Joe.My.God. for this reminiscence about funnyman Alan Sues, who died yesterday at age 85 - my God, has it really been that long since he was on Laugh-In? - and for the video of him telling this story, which made your Head Trucker spew his coffee all over the keyboard:
When I was a kid, three men on television hinted at the world I would one day enter. Dr. Smith (Lost In Space), Uncle Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-63026739042734782162011-12-02T13:00:00.018-06:002011-12-02T13:00:05.149-06:00Waitin' for the Weekend
See full terms and conditions of this offer here.
Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-36220892703495885552011-12-02T08:03:00.004-06:002011-12-02T11:39:06.499-06:00Classic Shacks: Les Rochers
Would a pink house be too gay, ya think?
I've always wanted a little seaside cottage in the south of France. This would do nicely. And it's a steal at only $100 million.
Though of course, it would have to be redecorated, totally. Who wants to help, in exchange for room and board next summer?
Be sure to use the full screen on this one, guys.
(Note: "Infamous" does not mean wonderful, Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-65386103692931928902011-12-01T13:00:00.001-06:002011-12-01T13:00:05.334-06:00World Aids Day: All of My MemoriesThirty years since we knew the plague was among us. Twenty years since I lost my best friend Tommy to it. This is for him and all the others I knew, or never knew . . .
Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-38015207902698999032011-12-01T01:32:00.002-06:002011-12-01T01:47:43.108-06:00Vivaldi: Largo from WinterIt's just how I feel right now: an old man alone at home on a cold winter's night.
But tomorrow night, the Pork Boys will have their delayed mini-Thanksgiving dinner, with a roasted hen and some luscious down-home trimmings, so that will be fun.Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-36573430233579799752011-11-30T04:06:00.001-06:002011-11-30T04:10:46.737-06:00Century 21 CallingOh me, oh my, fellas. Sometimes your Head Trucker gets totally tired of all the bad news coming over the intertubes, and all the wretched, nasty, bitchy people - famous or not - mouthing off about everything. There's an ugly, vicious spirit in the world today that grates on my nerves big time. Of course, I have my rant-and-rave moments too, but I'm not sure they contribute much to the world. Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-73907577349153966572011-11-29T11:40:00.000-06:002011-11-29T11:40:51.392-06:00Tired Old Queen at the Movies: Meet Me in St. Louis
Steve Hayes reviews the Judy Garland classic; watch this to get a good glimpse of American life in 1904, with some memorable songs:
Judy Garland and director Vincente Minnelli make movie magic in MGM's loving and nostalgic tribute to by gone days: MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS (1944). Shot on authentic-looking sets in spectacular Technicolor, it includes a memorable score by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane. Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-69919274378984175412011-11-27T15:49:00.003-06:002011-11-27T15:49:00.458-06:00Classic Shacks: Palazzo Reale di GenovaI seem to be in an Italian mood today. Surfing around, I just happened to come across this jewel of art and architecture, which you can read more about here if you have a mind to.
Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-76761288795124122452011-11-27T09:10:00.000-06:002011-11-27T09:10:21.736-06:00Sunday Drive: BerniniWith a Te Deum sung by the Trappist monks of Gethsemani Abbey, near Bardstown, Kentucky (Thomas Merton took up his monastic vocation there):
Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-4747455126207813072011-11-26T20:55:00.002-06:002011-11-26T21:12:06.396-06:00Future Schlock
Useless concept of dirigible-with-airport-on-top from about 1930
I thought the bright boys of society were supposed to be all concerned now about global warming, energy reduction, green spaces, and other worthy things. But take a look at this Next Big Thing coming down the track, if somebody gets his way:
What I Say: How.Fucking.Stupid.
Your Head Trucker is no engineer or scientist, but Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-58839319893327250542011-11-26T12:51:00.004-06:002011-11-26T21:43:25.681-06:00Turkey TipsThis comes too late for Thanksgiving, but in case any of you kitchen queens are planning on doing a big bird for Christmas . . .
For at least the past 15 years, your Head Trucker has been hearing about the delights of deep-fried turkey; alas, I've never been in the right place at the right time to get any, so I can't tell you if the reports are true or not.
However, this cautionary video from Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-24585774300543882922011-11-26T07:11:00.001-06:002011-11-26T07:11:00.743-06:00Family Values
Excerpt from a mother's account (by filmmaker Susanna Styron) of trying to find her daughter after she was arrested during the police round-up of Occupy Wall Street on November 15:
But I didn’t expect that she had thirty-two hours of jail time ahead of her, and I had thirty-two hours of trying, mostly in vain, to find out where she was and what was going to happen to her. . . .
[After her Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-61173789864072526802011-11-25T21:26:00.001-06:002011-11-25T23:00:51.545-06:00White Friday
Your Head Trucker utterly despises the whole Black Friday thing.
First of all, it's such a horrid name. If you were talking about a stock market crash, an atomic explosion, an invasion or other disaster, okay. But why associate a day of shopping for Christmas presents with such ghastly overtones? I have never participated, and never will, and even though I understand that the crowds are massiveRuss Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-65440433793290396002011-11-25T18:22:00.000-06:002011-11-25T18:22:21.444-06:00It's TimeOkay, your Head Trucker just lost it over this fantastic marriage-equality ad from Australia's GetUp! movement:
Why don't we have ads like this in the United States, I wonder? Pass it on to your still-questioning friends and relations.
Some marriage ads in Maine are now running, and they're well-intentioned but kind of dishwater dull - they don't touch the heart like this one does. Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-76920416201926198972011-11-25T13:03:00.000-06:002011-11-25T13:03:00.658-06:00Waitin' for the Weekend
Jean Franko
Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-50542059705199102872011-11-24T12:42:00.001-06:002011-11-24T12:42:00.545-06:00The First Thanksgiving
Promised Land by Christoph Niemann
for the cover of this week's New Yorker
Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-89933470975882349172011-11-24T00:40:00.001-06:002011-11-25T18:32:01.757-06:00Oh Noz: The Stealth Muslim Turkey Terrorist Threat!
When you're gathered around the Thanksgiving table today, don't tell Aunt Martha . . . but that nice juicy Butterball turkey that she spent hours roasting to a golden brown is a secret Muslim. Rightwing nutjob and asshole king Bryan Fischer shouts out the warning to all freedom-loving Americans about the weird top-secret Muslim recipe that has put a hoodoo on all our plump and tender American Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-34438013127571850102011-11-23T06:56:00.009-06:002011-11-23T23:39:34.407-06:00All About the Boys in the Band
Young'uns today have no idea how shocking this poster was in 1970.
The other day I stumbled upon this short feature on the making of The Boys in the Band, the play and the movie, which is a fascinating piece. I well recall hearing about the movie, somewhere around the summer of 1970, at the time when I had just realized a few months earlier, to my horror, that I was gay. Lots of sensational Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-29955084497492877032011-11-22T18:14:00.002-06:002011-11-22T18:52:45.506-06:00Classic Shacks: Town Head HouseYour Head Trucker's tastes in architecture tend heavily towards the classical and traditional; the Georgian period is my especial favorite, though as a Southerner I naturally have a weakness for Greek Revival; yet sometimes when I'm feeling my oats, throwing caution to the winds, I might even have a fling with Art Deco. I guess we all have a little tryst now and then, eh?
When I have nothing Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-91324258720015462952011-11-22T10:40:00.001-06:002011-11-22T10:40:00.260-06:00Tired Old Queen at the Movies: A Letter to Three Wives
Steve Hayes reviews the 1949 classic:
Linda Darnell, Jeanne Crain and Ann Sothern make a beautiful and sophisticated trio in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's Oscar-winning comedy A Letter to Three Wives (1949). Set in a small town on the Hudson, three friends receive a letter from the town flirt saying she's run off with one of their husbands. Trapped on a boat ride for the day and unable to contact theirRuss Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-17279546123848752662011-11-21T14:24:00.006-06:002011-11-21T20:09:55.415-06:00What the Hell Goes on Here?What kind of country has this become? What kind of country is it going to be? When, thanks to the Supreme Court, corporations can spend unlimited sums on campaigning and billionaires are already planning to spend a quarter of a billion dollars to defeat Obama next year and elect a far-right president? Check out what Rachel has dug up:
Meanwhile, bankers are already thinking about a Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-49812138887978244702011-11-20T15:37:00.009-06:002011-11-20T22:48:45.167-06:00Great Soul with Clay Feet
My favorite books tend to be histories and biographies. Since childhood I have always been more interested in the past, which is to some degree certain and knowable, than in the future, which is anybody's guess, and probably best filed under "You Don't Want to Know." I will admit to an adolescent fascination with science fiction - Heinlein was tops in my estimation, followed by Bradbury and Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-59581928918006117112011-11-20T07:00:00.001-06:002011-11-20T07:00:06.195-06:00Sunday Drive: Autumn LeavesUse the full screen on this one, guys.
Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1974772685243693861.post-8325704476301074752011-11-19T19:21:00.007-06:002011-11-19T23:34:39.207-06:00The Reluctant Superpower
Street scene in Ingolstadt, Bavaria
I never studied economics (though I wish I had), so the current state of the world's finances flickers across the screen of my mental vision like some increasingly uncomfortable phantasmagoria in a Fellini film, incomprehensible and ever more bizarre. Probably I could understand more if I buckled down to study the matter; but I just don't want to. Even if Russ Manleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05722260145543178087noreply@blogger.com3