Renaissance 2.0
There have been countless films based on Shakespeare’s plays but the ultimate adaptation has to be Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 version of “Romeo & Juliet”. The two leads were actually teenagers themselves just like the star-crossed lovers in the play. Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey were wonderful in this classic tale of love. Here’s a video…
Here’s a new Twitter short movie that shows the impact each and every person you follow has on your social network! Have you ever had someone “hog the line” and cause a stir like this? The Betty Boop song might explain why some do what they do online.
We had a big snow storm here in Atlanta yesterday (ok it’s all relative what constitutes a snow storm) and so what am I thinking about? No, not Christmas even though it’s my favorite time of the year. I’m thinking of Summertime and The Sundays! I just love them! This song just makes you feel…
Neil Simon’s “The Goodbye Girl” (1977) was a classic comedy that earned Richard Dreyfuss a much-deserved Oscar for Best Actor. It came against a tremendous challenger in Woody Allen in the lead role in his own “Annie Hall” which won the Best Picture Oscar over The Goodbye Girl. It also earned Diane Keaton the Best…
Here’s a hilarious and poignant song called “I’m Still a Man”. It’s Brad Paisley’s anthem for men today caught in the crossfire of the sensitive male movement vs the traditional meat-eating, hunter-gatherers group. We men continue to try to understand what women want and sometimes we go too far trying to change who we are…
I was blown away by this song called “Brothers” that I just heard for the first time ever today. It’s by a canadian cowboy named Dean Brody that wrote it soon after watching Spielberg’s Band of Brothers mini-series. Being one of four brothers and watching my two boys growing up, this song really hit home….
Evan Williams spoke at TED and shared the history of Twitter and some of his experiences as the leader there and elsewhere. The most impressive thing about his talk was when he explained how the biggest business decisions he ever made were based on following his hunches and obeying his gut instincts. Even though most…
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Depeche Mode is one of my favorite artists and “But Not Tonight” has always been one of my favorites they’ve done. It was in an obscure movie from the 80s called “Modern Girls” that I really liked starring a young Virginia Madsen (later nominated for Oscar in her turn in Sideways), Daphne Zuniga (Melrose Place)…
Since we just experienced the Oscars, it got me to thinking of the Best Picture winner from 10 years ago (1999), American Beauty. I remember not liking it much the first time I saw it. I thought it was so violent and so negative and disturbing. However, after time passed and I let it settle…
Here’s a funny little video from SolarWinds that truly captures the typical day in an IT Manager’s life! Believe me, it is not far from the truth! It is truly uncanny how close it hits home! Note: Could find embed code so clicking the image will bring you to their site where you can watch…