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Thursday, November 20, 2014

The Unit

Filed under: General — m759 @ 12:12 pm

In memory of Mike Nichols

"Let me put you in this unit." — John Calley

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Transformation

Filed under: General — m759 @ 11:01 pm

Random thoughts from A Story (September 13th)—

797

April 24, 2003
A Terrible Beauty

451

August 26, 2002
Round Lights

1734

April 24, 2005
Today's Sermon

3276

March 24, 2008
Death and the Apple Tree

A September 24th story from The Washington Post

"James R. Adams was author or co-author of seven books,
beginning in 1971 with 'The Sting of Death.'"

Adams, an Episcopal priest, died on September 13th.

The September 13th Log24 post from which the above numbered links were
taken was in memory of film producer John Calley, who also died on that day.

A quote from Adams on the resurrected body of Christ:

"This new body had peculiar powers."

A quote from Calley:

"Let me put you in this unit."

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Product Placement

Filed under: General — Tags: — m759 @ 10:10 pm

And the Irving Thalberg Award goes to…

http://www.log24.com/log/pix11B/110922-DeNiro-LastTycoon.jpg

Robert De Niro as Irving Thalberg in "The Last Tycoon"

Text and Context—

Text:

http://www.log24.com/log/pix11B/110922-JerkyTreats.jpg

Jerky Treats  for dogs

Context:

http://www.log24.com/log/pix11B/110922-MadDogAndGlory.jpg

"Mad Dog and Glory" (March 5, 1993)

http://www.log24.com/log/pix11B/110922-NewDayNina-300w.jpg

"Point of No Return" (March 19, 1993) —
Note Jerky Treats  in background.

A possible acceptance speech for the Thalberg Award—

"Let me put you in this unit." — John Calley, via Buck Henry

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