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Regarding The Donald

Posted on February 25, 2016 by mitchteemley

“Where there is shouting, there is no true knowledge.”  ~Leonardo da Vinci “Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.”  ~Horace Greeley Hair today, gone tomorrow? One can hope.

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My Super Bowl Ad!

Posted on February 5, 2016 by mitchteemley

(Note: You can skip to the video below, if you want to, but I’m guessing you’ll enjoy it even more if you read this first) Super Bowl has been the most watched event on American television for fifty years. (For my … Continue reading →

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Yoda is Rolling Over in His Grave!

Posted on January 14, 2016 by mitchteemley

Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the biggest box office hit of all time, was not nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture!  Seriously? Well, sure, it got a few “technical” nominations (Best Special Effects–duh!) and Best Score, of course (John Williams sneezes … Continue reading →

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Caption This Photo

Posted on January 12, 2016 by mitchteemley

Sort of a questionable photo to post the next day after writing a sincere article entitled My Leap of Life, I suppose.  But here it is, so… Let your captions roll!

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Decisions, Decisons

Posted on December 18, 2015 by mitchteemley

Whether to see the new Star Wars movie… …or the new Chipmunks movie! Just kidding.  Both are bound to be classics, right? Crickets. Right? Seriously, though, I mean the real question is whether it can live up to such impossible expectations! (The … Continue reading →

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Me and Princess Leia’s Mom

Posted on December 17, 2015 by mitchteemley

I’ve always been in love with movies. As a kid I wanted with every fiber of my being to be Gene Kelly. To sing like him. To dance like him. But most of all, to kiss girls like him. Especially … Continue reading →

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A Halloween Blessing

Posted on October 27, 2015 by mitchteemley

Hey, don’t laugh. It happens:

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Hillary Quits!

Posted on October 22, 2015 by mitchteemley

WASHINGTON, April 1, 2016 (United Press Irrational) –  “Apparently it takes a village to read my damn emails!” shouted former Secretary of State and current Secretary of Defensiveness Hillary Clinton, at a press conference this morning, where she announced her … Continue reading →

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No Tears in the Writer…

Posted on September 3, 2015 by mitchteemley

I sobbed when I wrote the climactic scene of my new screenplay* this morning, and was completely caught off guard by how it ended, so… Don’t let me down, Robert!  ⇔ ⇔ ⇔ *Over-the-Rhine, a story of revenge and redemption, inspired … Continue reading →

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Goodbye, Marilyn

Posted on August 4, 2015 by mitchteemley

Marilyn Monroe died while I was at camp in the Southern California mountains. I stared at the cabin rafters. Skipped the afternoon swim. Picked at my mess hall chow. I mourned. How can I explain, even to myself, why her … Continue reading →

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