Some things that have been occurring to me lately:
- I would probably fail most history and sociology classes these days, because I wouldn't agree with the instructor that everything my grandparents believed was stupid.
- If anybody else in my 'village' had ever tried to raise one of my children, I probably would have wanted to punch his lights out.
- Look for the word 'detroit' to come into the language as a passive verb denoting civic chaos and impotence, such as 'Hey Bob, you still waiting for the cops to come out on that break-in? Looks like you've been detroited.'
- How much fun could a movie that's part mystery be, if everybody in the audience knows that the first wealthy male character to come on screen will eventually turn out the villain? I've had this experience literally dozens of times the last few years, most recently with 'The Lone Ranger'. Honestly, I don't think I need to say 'SPOILER ALERT', when every person in the theater knew Tom Wilkinson was the bad guy in the first five minutes. Hollywood is killing itself by constantly writing to formula.
- Hate to see summer pass and autumn looming. Maybe if I lived someplace other than the upper Midwest...
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