It saddens me to hear of the loss of the writer Frank McCourt.He is the author of the memoirs Angela's Ashes, 'Tis and Teacher Man. I remember my friend telling me about reading Angela's Ashes a long time ago. She claimed that she read it when she was in Grade 5. I thought "Man that is graphic for a youngster". I guess her reading skills were advanced because that book was wonderfully enrapturing. As soon as I finished it was on to the 2nd. Here are some notes/quotes I took down while reading 'Tis:
"All colors must have their day in the world."
"After a full belly all is poetry"
"The devil you know is better than the devil you don't know."
On Little Red Riding Hood: "If you don't follow the path the way your mother tells you you're gonna meet that big bad wolf and there will be trouble man, trouble, and like how come everyone complains about violence on television and no one says a word about the viciousness of the father and stepmother in Hansel and Gretel. How come?"
On Humpty Dumpty: "How do we know he is an egg?"
Wise words, Wise man. Wonderful Memoirs. He will be missed...
It saddens me to hear of the loss of the writer Frank McCourt.He is the author of the memoirs Angela's Ashes, 'Tis and Teacher Man. I remember my friend telling me about reading Angela's Ashes a long time ago. She claimed that she read it when she was in Grade 5. I thought "Man that is graphic for a youngster". I guess her reading skills were advanced because that book was wonderfully enrapturing. As soon as I finished it was on to the 2nd. Here are some notes/quotes I took down while reading 'Tis:
We are all saddened by the loss of Michael Jackson on June 25th 2009. He was the King of Pop but for the past 15 years led a rather questionable life. Yesterday my crazy cat lady neighbor told me that she didn't believe that MJ died of a cardiac arrest, but that he actually died from AIDS. This statement made me laugh hysterically for a few minutes, but this morning it seems to make more sense. My neighbor is crazy and has many conspiracy theories, and I'm sure that's all this one really is. However, it is questionable how MJ would wear surgical masks all the time, always protecting himself from "germs" or whatever. His health for the past 5 years has appeared to be diminishing quite rapidly; he always appears frail. My neighbor claimed that "He had gay tendencies" so I guess she is stretching to the fact that he could have contracted the virus somewhere along the way. Also it is quite suspicious that he attempted to sell off all of his assets recently (Though is is reported that he was $400 million in debt) in an auction, almost as though he knew that his health was going to fail him. I'm sure this is just a theory but sometimes it is quite enjoyable to question the "truth" behind what the media spews out.
David Carradine has passed away. Early morning June 4th, Carradine was found dead in his Bangkok hotel room. 