Monthly Archives: August 2014

My Strange Moment with Mr. Reagan

Posted on August 26, 2014 by

You can visit Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln at Disneyland by dodging the trolley, forgoing Goofy’s autograph, and hanging a hard right. As the curtains draw back, Mr. Lincoln rises painfully, his mechanical legs being bolted to the floor, and … Continue reading →

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Posted on August 24, 2014 by

“If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”  ~Sometimes attributed to Albert Einstein (probably wrongly), but an important truth regardless of who said it.

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My First Feature Film

Posted on August 22, 2014 by

Under the Gipper.  I was doing an internship on one of the top floors of the building they blew up in Diehard (only Ronald Reagan’s office was above us).  Anxious to find a movie project, but with no money, I … Continue reading →

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Is Robin Williams in Hell?

Posted on August 19, 2014 by

Robin Williams’ death brought on the expected flood of tributes, but also a smaller wave of hellfire warnings by judgmentalists—because Robin lived a sometimes sinful life and died at his own hands. These warnings were countered by gentler folk who … Continue reading →

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The Difference Between Men And Women…Very, Very, True!

Posted on August 18, 2014 by

Originally posted on THE EDITOR'S JOURNAL:
Let’s say a guy named Fred is attracted to a woman named Martha. He asks her out to a movie; she accepts; they have a pretty good time. A few nights later he…

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“If Ya Wanna Send a Message…”

Posted on August 15, 2014 by

Picking a Blog Name, Part Five The old movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn is reputed to have snarled at a screenwriter, “If ya wanna to send a message, use Western Union!” And yet so many of the greatest storytellers (novelists, filmmakers, … Continue reading →

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The Power of Story

Posted on August 12, 2014 by

Picking a Blog Name, Part Four I admitted in Picking a Blog Name, Part Three that, while the name “Mitch Teemley” could be cunningly construed to say something about this blog site, it really is simply my name. Hence, the … Continue reading →

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