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Tuesday, May 15, 2018

The Writer's Life 5/15 - What Comes Natural

It's no surprise the Supreme Court has all but legalized sports betting. Spendthrift pols nationwide are desperate for revenue. Slimeballs will now have plenty of cash to pass to those who will get them re-elected. Will there be a downside? I suppose there will be an uptick in gambling addicts, and states will employ cutthroat tactics competing with each other for the public's money. I believe the pluses will outweigh the minuses financially. As for the moral argument, it was defeated long ago - porn, pot, etc. - and there's no going back.

Here's a pic for the ages. While the gentleman is proposing to his lady love, her son decides to do what comes natural. It happened in Bay City, Michigan, while the guy's 11-year-old daughter was shooting video:


RIP wildly successful author Tom Wolfe, 88. Like so many writers, he began as a journalist. He earned a PhD at Yale, and is cited as a founder of the New Journalism, in which literary elements are employed in articles. He is credited with coining the term "radical chic," which skewers the left. He may also be the one who came up with "The Me Decade" and "Trophy Wife." His career took off with the publication of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, which profiles proponents of LSD. The Right Stuff honors America's astronauts, and was adapted to the screen memorably in 1983. I get chills when I conjure the film's final scene - Chuck Yeager, played by Sam Shepard, emerging from the smoke after a plane crash. The Bonfires of the Vanities, his first novel, takes on the culture of certain Wall Street traders, and was adapted to the big screen in 1990. In all, he published 13 works of non-fiction, four novels and countless articles, earning him many awards as well as legions of fans.. A cinematic opera of Bonfire... is in post-production. Well done, sir. Here he is in a white suit, his trademark:


My thanks to the woman who purchased CD compilations of Elton John and The Eagles, to the woman who bought a thriller in Russian, and to the Frenchman, who selected Eramus' In Praise of Folly; and to the gentleman who came along as I was closing shop and took home four DVD's. The beautiful sunshine has been chased by dark clouds. Severe thunderstorms are expected.

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