Poetry: "Life Is Fair...Unless It's Not!"

Poetry: "Life Is Fair... Unless It's Not!"

Life is fair, unless it's not

Do as you will, but don't get caught

The best things in life are often bought

But not all can afford some pot

Or even their own funeral plot...

Poetry: "Puppy-Throwing Girl"

Poetry: "Puppy-Throwing Girl"

A young girl was filmed

Throwing puppies in the drink

She may be young

But her heart's as black as ink

If she's found out

I hope she goes to the clink

As her mind is on the brink

She threw newborn puppies

In a raging river

She's a taker and not a giver

I hope she gets cirrhosis of the liver...

Poetry: "Hours Cut At Work"

Poetry: "Hours Cut At Work"

They cut my hours to the bone

Restricted access to the phone

Made it tough to pay my loan

I know I like to bitch and moan

Perhaps I ought to stay at home

Or on the streets I could always roam

And later blog about a poem...

Sci-Fi Bri's Movies: "Get Low"

Sci-Fi Bri's Movies: "Get Low"

Starring: Felix Bush (Robert Duvall), Robert Quinn (Bill "SNL" Murray), Buddy (Lucas Black), Maddie (Sissy "Carrie" Spacek), Gerald "Simon and Simon" Macraney, etc.

Felix Bush, an ornery,old, shotgun-wielding hermit (Robert Duvall), widely disliked and gossiped about, comes out of a nearly forty year seclusion because he wants to have a "funeral party" while he is still alive and to invite anyone who has a story to tell about him; whether positive or negative. Bush also has a shameful secret which has bothered him for the last four decades. Meanwhile, a money-hungry funeral director (Bill Murray) is all too eager to benefit off of Felix Bush's 'funeral' plan. At the same time, his younger assistant has his misgivings about exploiting the old eccentric. I really enjoyed this movie. Perhaps one of Duvall's most memorable characters since he played "The Great Santini".

Sci-Fi Bri's Movies: Best Wishes to Actor Michael Douglas

Sci-Fi Bri's Movies: Best Wishes to Actor Michael Douglas

This week (Sept. 2, 2010) actor Michael Douglas announced that he has Stage 4 throat cancer. Douglas is son of acting legend Kirk Douglas and is currently married to the glamorous Catherine Zeta-Jones Douglas. He started out on the televised police drama "The Streets of San Francisco with the late Karl Malden. Douglas is best known as the character Gordon Gecko in the movie "Wall Street" (also starring Charlie Sheen), who proclaimed: "Greed is good." in the eighties when Reagan was President. Douglas also appeared in the "Romancing the Stone" movies, "The War of the Roses" about a divorce that goes horribly wrong, "The Star Chamber", "An American President" with Annette Bening, in which he plays a Clinton-like Leader of the Free World, and a number of other movies. On David Letterman Douglas acknowledged his former drinking and smoking habits were likely factors in his cancer diagnosis. Although, in some respects he may only have himself to blame, I still can empathize with him because a few years ago I was diagnosed with a pre-cancerous esophagus; due to Barrett's Esophagitis or a form of Acid Reflux Disease. I don't mean to bring my own ailment into my tribute of actor/producer Michael Douglas, but I didn't even know I had Barret's and/or Acid Reflux until I happened to have an Endoscopy for a completely different condition. I don't know for sure, but I suspect I came down with Barret's and Acid Reflux due to drinking excessive acidic sodapop plus acidic foods and perhaps even artificial sweeteners like high fructose corn syrup. I used to drink several liters of tonic every single day until I gave it up. If cola can dissolve a nail perhaps noone should drink it. Anyway, Mr. Douglas, I hope you make a quick and complete recovery. Think positive, continue to love your gorgeous wife, and if possible continue to make great movies for people to see.

Poetry: "Four-Wheelin' In The Rain" A Work in Progress

Poetry: "Four-Wheelin' In The Rain" A Work In Progress

Four-Wheelin' In The Rain

Treating safety with much great disdain

Are you racked in the brain?

If you're lucky you''ll finish with an ankle sprain

When you're ATV tips over you'll be in lots of pain

Slow down in the rocky lane

If you're not careful you will soon have to walk with a cane

Always wear a helmet to protect your brain... (tbc?)

Poetry: "747" and "Nobody's Fool"

Poetry: "747" and "Nobody's Fool"

"747"

7:47 and it's time to fly

If the damned thing crashes

Then you're gonna die

At the wake and funeral your

Friends will cry

That'll be the last time you'll be in the sky...

"Nobody's Fool"

He cheated on taxes

He cheated in school

He cheats on his girlfriends

He's nobody's fool

He cheated his lovers

He cheated his friends

He cheated all strangers

Up to his end