Sliding Down The Razor's Edge

oldloves: Bill Murray on Gilda Radner: “Gilda got married and...

Wed, 15 May 2013 15:48:31 -0400

Bill Murray on Gilda Radner:

“Gilda got married and went away. None of us saw her anymore. There was one good thing: Laraine had a party one night, a great party at her house. And I ended up being the disk jockey. She just had forty-fives, and not that many, so you really had to work the music end of it. There was a collection of like the funniest people in the world at this party. Somehow Sam Kinison sticks in my brain. The whole Monty Python group was there, most of us from the show, a lot of other funny people, and Gilda. Gilda showed up and she’d already had cancer and gone into remission and then had it again, I guess. Anyway she was slim. We hadn’t seen her in a long time. And she started doing, “I’ve got to go,” and she was just going to leave, and I was like, “Going to leave?” It felt like she was going to really leave forever.

So we started carrying her around, in a way that we could only do with her. We carried her up and down the stairs, around the house, repeatedly, for a long time, until I was exhausted. Then Danny did it for a while. Then I did it again. We just kept carrying her; we did it in teams. We kept carrying her around, but like upside down, every which way—over your shoulder and under your arm, carrying her like luggage. And that went on for more than an hour—maybe an hour and a half—just carrying her around and saying, “She’s leaving! This could be it! Now come on, this could be the last time we see her. Gilda’s leaving, and remember that she was very sick—hello?”

We worked all aspects of it, but it started with just, “She’s leaving, I don’t know if you’ve said good-bye to her.” And we said good-bye to the same people ten, twenty times, you know.

And because these people were really funny, every person we’d drag her up to would just do like five minutes on her, with Gilda upside down in this sort of tortured position, which she absolutely loved. She was laughing so hard we could have lost her right then and there.

It was just one of the best parties I’ve ever been to in my life. I’ll always remember it. It was the last time I saw her.”

- from Live from New York: an Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live

STORY TELLERS sessions

Thu, 02 May 2013 14:35:48 -0400

STORY TELLERS sessions

STORY TELLERS IN ASBURY PARK

Thu, 02 May 2013 12:25:11 -0400

STORY TELLERS IN ASBURY PARK:

http://www.app.com/article/20130501/NJNEWS15/305010155/Free-expression?nclick_check=1

Check out the article and cool video from the Asbury Park Press on the writing program we created with Big Brothers Big Sisters.

My heart aches for all those hurt in Boston - and swells with...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:06:08 -0400

My heart aches for all those hurt in Boston - and swells with thanks for the first responders who rushed in to help.

30 points For Prose

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:44:00 -0400

30 points For Prose:

An excellent(and updated) POV on the 30 points/tips for writing fiction from Owen Egerton. You might find others that are relevant, but these work now….. especially #1 and #4. #7 ain’t so bad either.

Check them out

And if you don’t know who Owen Egerton is, then check him out at:

http://www.owenegerton.com

ASBURY PARK BOOKFEST: The Authors

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:13:29 -0400

ASBURY PARK BOOKFEST: The Authors:

For anyone in the Asbury Park area on April 20th (and for those who aren’t in the area but are willing to get here), check out the AP Bookfest - a killer lineup of authors Including Kevin Michaels).

Lost Exit Book Trailer

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:51:44 -0400

Lost Exit Book Trailer

fuckyeahfeminists: Costco CEO Craig Jelinek supports raising...

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:17:42 -0400

fuckyeahfeminists:

Costco CEO Craig Jelinek supports raising the minimum wage.

Costco announced record profits today, averaging $10,000 in profit per employee compared to $7,400 at Walmart.
The secret to Costco’s success is paying employees well, providing benefits, and giving them an opportunity to unionize.

So large corporations’ excuses that treating & paying workers well would damage profits are all a crock of shit.

Is Masculine Writing Dead?

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:15:42 -0400

Is Masculine Writing Dead?:

Great POV from Frank Bill

James Ellroy: ‘It took me 6 published novels to earn a...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:30:48 -0400

James Ellroy: ‘It took me 6 published novels to earn a living as a writer’ (Media Beat 3 of 3) (by mediabistro)

Unicorns are badass……must be from New Jersey too.

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:12:00 -0500

Unicorns are badass……must be from New Jersey too.

cherylstrayed: twistedtwinsproductions: Some amazing...

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:26:52 -0500

cherylstrayed:

twistedtwinsproductions:

Some amazing advice.

I fucking love this.

“You do not write your life with words…You write it with actions. What you think is not important....

Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:03:00 -0500

“You do not write your life with words…You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.”

—

Patrick Ness

"Your past is just a story. And once you realize this it has no power over you."

Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:58:38 -0500

“Your past is just a story. And once you realize this it has no power over you.”

- Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters (via pavorst)

Governor Christie: This Is Why People Hate Washington DC (by...

Wed, 02 Jan 2013 17:23:41 -0500

Governor Christie: This Is Why People Hate Washington DC (by GovChristie)

Add some punch to your Kindle! Pick up the Fight Card books for...

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 15:39:00 -0500

Add some punch to your Kindle! Pick up the Fight Card books for only .99 each!

inothernews: NRA, GTFO A demonstrator held up a banner as...

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:15:02 -0500

inothernews:

NRA, GTFO A demonstrator held up a banner as Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association, delivered a statement in Washington on Friday. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images via The New York Times)

I’m sincerely asking my followers to reblog the shit out of this photo.

Here’s what I don’t understand: Every time there’s a horrific shooting (Aurora – Newtown – Oregon),...

Wed, 19 Dec 2012 20:53:35 -0500

Here’s what I don’t understand:

Every time there’s a horrific shooting (Aurora – Newtown – Oregon), there are ludicrous posts that claim movie goers, teachers, or some other concerned citizen with a gun might have prevented that shooting. How come the Secret Service (probably the best-trained marksmen outside SEALS and Special Forces) couldn’t prevent Ronald Reagan and James Brady from being shot at close range? Or earlier this year, outside the Empire State Building, 8 innocent bystanders were wounded by police trying to take down a killer with a gun? Do we really think somebody who periodically shoots a gun at a firing range is going to turn into Wyatt Earp inside a dark theater, crowded mall, or grade school hallway?

And is some weekend Quick Draw McGraw with a hand gun really an equal match against a lunatic with an assault weapon? That’s supposed to be a reasonable solution?

I’m okay with 2^nd Amendment rights, but assault weapons are another story.

Dear Mr. President: You don’t have to worry about re-election any more….tell the NRA to...

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:54:00 -0500

Dear Mr. President:

You don’t have to worry about re-election any more….tell the NRA to go to hell and make it priority #1 to ban assault weapons.

We can love our guns, but we should love our kids more.

It’s been a long couple of weeks working in the streets and on the debris piles in Seaside Heights. ...

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:31:00 -0500

It’s been a long couple of weeks working in the streets and on the debris piles in Seaside Heights. Sadness, pain, and loss cut through every minute of the day, no matter what you do or where you go. The level and depth of destruction is staggering. You can be moved to tears throughout the day by the tattered remains of peoples’ lives and memories in piles along the curb or loaded into the backs of trucks on their way to dump sites. People put down roots here and raised families and built lives that had value and meaning, and now it’s all gone. That sadness hangs on everything.

You see and hear about tragedies and natural disasters on the news, and for many people it hurts about as long as it takes to change the channel to “Dancing With The Stars”, “Storage Wars”, or some other idiotic reality show. Life takes over for most of us and returns to normal, even with the best of intentions. But for the people up and down the Jersey coast (as well as in Long island and Staten Island), life can’t just “go on”. Not when everything you spent a lifetime building is gone like it never happened or was never there.

But what comes back at me day after day, no matter who you meet, is the unwavering belief and conviction that we will rebuild. Through the pain comes hope, strength, and courage. That nothing will stand in our way – tough odds and hard work are no match for the kind of strength, resiliency, and toughness we own. Like a boxer in the late rounds of a fight, we took everything Hurricane Sandy had to give and we’re still on our feet, throwing jabs and punching our way out of trouble. We may be down, but it’s only a temporary thing.

That’s the real lesson from the debris piles.