Dr. ESP Being a counter-intuitive thinker is fun. When you reject conventional wisdom and look for alternative explanations in every aspect of life, you begin seeing the world as it might be, not just how others want you to see it. People who take themselves too seriously often fail the counter-intuitive thinking test. One such person is … Read more
Welcome back. The second installment is based on quotes ranked 51 through 100 by the American Film Institute. #52 You had me at “hello.” (Jerry Maguire, 1996) The alt-right movement explains when they knew they had a champion in Donald Trump. #53 One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got … Read more
Welcome to a brief recap of the 2016 election based on many of the America Film Institute’s “100 Greatest Movie Quotes of All Time.” I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. The format for each quote includes AFI ranking, the quote, movie and year and the situation in … Read more
It should come as no surprise Donald Trump’s favorite movie is the 1941 Orson Wells classic Citizen Kane. In a 1998 review, critic Roger Ebert opens with the following. “I don’t think any word can explain a man’s life,” says one of the searchers through the warehouse of treasures left behind by Charles Foster Kane. … Read more
“HOLY COW!” One can only imagine how excited legendary Chicago Cubs announcer Harry Caray would have been after those perennial losers clinched the World Series title on the evening of November 2nd. After all, it had been ONE HUNDRED EIGHT years. Quite a streak. Yet there was a longer streak which was broken in … Read more