Sunday, February 28, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Friday, February 26, 2010
Film Festival
"For any documentarian, True/False is nirvana. You walk down the street of Columbia, Mo., and you are stopped by students and secretaries, college professors and construction workers, and they all want to talk to you about your film — the intricacies of its subject and the aesthetic choices made. This is the way it's supposed to be and never is: the town lives and breathes docs." -Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney.
Three movies down, ten more to go... :)
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Thursday, February 25, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Show Me the $
"What's the easiest way to become a millionaire? To be left a million ... and to be the only son." -my new 92-year-old friend jokingly dishes financial advice over lunch yesterday. I'd have better luck winning the lottery.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Monday, February 22, 2010
Baby Bishop
"Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body." -Elizabeth Stone.
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Raise the Roof
“People are coming out for an evening, and they’re investing their money into a show,” says lead singer Barry Privett. “There’s things to do to protect that, to make sure it’s a good performance. It’s generally not a social time for us.” -part of my preview of Carbon Leaf's show at Mojo's. Going to see them tonight!
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Friday, February 19, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Love Letters
"Words can never tell you, however, — form them, transform them anyway, — how perfectly dear you are to me – perfectly dear to my heart and soul. I look back, and in every one point, every word and gesture, every letter, every silence — you have been entirely perfect to me — I would not change one word, one look. I am all gratitude — and all pride (under the proper feeling which ascribes pride to the right source) all pride that my life has been so crowned by you." -a letter from Elizabeth Barrett to her husband Robert Browning. She's the author of the poem that begins: "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways..."
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Birthday Girl
"The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about your age." -Lucille Ball.
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Sunday, February 14, 2010
Love
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Saturday, February 13, 2010
Friday, February 12, 2010
Bit by the Love Bug
"I wake filled with thoughts of you. Your portrait and the intoxicating evening which we spent yesterday have left my senses in turmoil. Sweet, incomparable Josephine, what a strange effect you have on my heart! ... You are leaving at noon; I shall see you in three hours. Until then, mio dolce amor, a thousand kisses; but give me none in return, for they set my blood on fire." -Napoleon Bonaparte to his lover and future wife, Josephine, in 1795. Looks like his love life was as fervent as his military career ;)
And, hooray for a Valentine's-themed week of Writer's Almanac podcasts!
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
J-School Snow Day
"Now is the winter of our discontent." -Shakespeare. Enough with the snow!
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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
Stopped Up in 1917
from the Texas Posten. One of the more amusing ads I've run across in my research.
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Sunday, February 7, 2010
Journalism Jobs
"Becoming a writer is not a 'career decision' like becoming a doctor or a policeman. You don't choose it so much as get chosen, and once you accept the fact that you're not fit for anything else, you have to be prepared to walk a long, hard road for the rest of your days." -author Paul Auster, who also said: "Surely it is an odd way to spend your life — sitting alone in a room with a pen in your hand, hour after hour, day after day, year after year, struggling to put words on pieces of paper in order to give birth to what does not exist — except in your head."
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Saturday, February 6, 2010
February 5k
"A fanatic is a nut who has something to believe in." -Dean Koontz. Certainly fits the description of all those out at the Nut Race this morning. Stay warm in the snow!
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Friday, February 5, 2010
On a Roll ... or Not
"There are only two difficult things about writing: starting and not stopping." -Stewart O'Nan paraphrasing Joseph Conrad in his article "Finding Time to Write." Can definitely relate to the first challenge at the moment...
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Thursday, February 4, 2010
And Justice for All
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Silly Groundhog
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Long Love Columbia
"She decided that as a concession to honor the military, she would have a date with me," -Charlie Koelling, 83, remembers the early days of his relationship with Bettie, his wife of 63 years. They were one of three couples I interviewed for my first freelance piece for Inside Columbia magazine. Check it out here!
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Monday, February 1, 2010
Street Wise
"Only Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington compares with this street in its generous expanse." –William Jennings Bryan praises Broadway, Columbia's main street, during an October 1906 visit to mid-Missouri.
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