Grab a bag of Oreos and ponder the meaning of it all This movie spoke to me loud and clear, and it said, “You’re just too stupid to write a review of me.” First, there’s a lot of lecturing about the unifying structures of the micro- and macrouniverse, and that makes my head hurt. Quantum […]
Randy Erwin Skalicky
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Confessions of a supernumerary— EXTRA!
Supernumerary (-noo’me rer’e, -nyoo’-) [adjective, noun, pl. -aries] adj.1. beyond the usual or necessary number; additional; extra. 2. beyond the number needed or desired; superfluous. noun 1. an extra person or thing; one beyond the usual, regular, or prescribed number. 2. a person who appears on the stage but usually has no lines to speak, […]
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Everybody’s a star . . . not really
The quality of the voice has little to do with singing. Placido Domingo can sing, but so can Willie Nelson. Singing depends on weight and balance and knowing when to shut up. It’s not a matter of normal intelligence, because most singers can’t do simple math or parallel park: They sing the way Hank Aaron […]
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Ode to the drive-in
The persistence of vision is a wonderful thing. I can still see my father handing over a few dollars to a man bathed in a single white light, his head swarming with moths and June bugs swirling up to the light and the neon sign above. We move into the darkness, slowly rolling into the […]
