In 1945’s Blood on the Sun, James Cagney engages in what might have been Hollywood’s first ‘martial arts fight scene’. In it, Nick Condon (James Cagney) engages in a ‘judo fight’ with the nefarious Captain Oshima. The fight itself (with the clip here) is kind of neat, from a vintage standpoint, but it pales comparedContinue reading “The Role of Context”
Category Archives: Blog 2015
Resolutions
Since it’s now December, we’re closing in on News Years, meaning News Year’s Resolutions.Ah, yes, that hokey time when people say they’re going to make positive changes in their life and…usually fail. But what if you didn’t? What if you could actually make these changes stick? Enamored with self-improvement as I am, I enjoy theContinue reading “Resolutions”
Raising Hair
I’m balding.Runs in the family. There’s not a lot I can do about it; it’s just one of those things. I’ve taken some steps to fight against this depressing reminder of age, mostly in the form of keeping my hair extremely short so as to draw less attention to the hair that’s thinning faster thanContinue reading “Raising Hair”
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving! And I don’t mean that ironically, or insincerely. I genuinely mean that: I hope you have a happy Thanksgiving (unless you live in another country, in which case…uh, happy Thursday?). And yes, I’m aware of how historically inaccurate, to the point of being almost laughable, the origins of that holiday are. And IContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving”
November 9th
When this goes live, I’ll be turning 35.Way back in 1980, at about 6:15pm on an otherwise unremarkable Sunday in Florida, I was born. One aspect of my origin story that I particularly like is that the Dolphins were playing that day and, had the nurse come into the waiting room at a different time,Continue reading “November 9th”
