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Mary Clare Hummer (Bauer)

Too close, John. Just reading about it gives me chills. You are lucky and blessed.  I am so glad for you and Carol and your kids and grandkids and all of us. 

Clare

Mark Schweickart

Okay, time for another under-the-radar movie recommendation that may be still playing --Official Secrets, starring Kiera Knightly. I think it especially satisfying to see films are still being made like this – a solid, well-paced, unflashy, un-violent, well-accted presentation based on a true story about a government whistle-blower in the U.K. It reminded me a bit of All the Presidents Men. Here's the trailer:

Michael McLeod

thanks Mark 

Got any thoughts about once upon a time in hollywood?

Meanwhile: eddie money is presumably cashing in one of his two tickets to paradise, having died of esophageal cancer at the age of 70.

sad story but a funny ending in his obit:

AXS TV said it would broadcast the remaining five episodes of “Real Money” in their usual Thursday slot. For the reality-TV incarnation of his career, Mr. Money had become more genial jokester than rocker, one with a self-deprecating streak.

“I look at the show and I’m very self-conscious about the way I look,” he told Rolling Stone. “My wife says to me, ‘You look heavy on TV.’ I said, ‘Honey, the camera adds 10 pounds.’ She said to me, ‘How many cameras did they use?’”

Sheila McCarthy (Gardner)

Great job, everyone, on the Ford Museum travelogue... and THANK YOU for the complete cutline information. Looks like a wonderful adventure. Thank you for taking us along.... 

James Hamilton, M. D.

Thanks to all who shared the pictures with those of us who were unable to make it to the Detroit area. You were certainly fortunate to have Jack as a tour guide with his wealth of knowledge of those historic places. Looks like everyone had a great time and the weather cooperated.

Jim 

Donna Kelley (Velazquez)

Our visit to the Ford Museum was a fantastic outing.  Jack is a master organizer who made our stay fun and informative.  It was wonderful to get reunited and to catch up with old friends and to make new ones. David's wife will meet me for lunch in November when she is in Barcelona to catch a cruise ship.

Jack suggests that I start preparing for the Bcn visit next year.  I will be happy to so start thinking if you would be interested.  

Mark Schweickart

Donna – Sign me up for Barcelona! I would love to try to make that, never having been to Spain.

Mike – I am afraid I am very much a non-Tarantino fan, so my opinion of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is biased going in – but go in I did, to see what all of the fuss was about.  I have never forgiven Tarantino for Resevoir Dogs, which I came away from feeling far more abused by his violence-pornography than I was  entertained by his over-the-top smarmy dialogue that others seemed to revel in. His latest effort, as other reviewers have also decried, revisits the weird penchant he has for re-writing history – most notably done in Inglorious Bastards, a few years ago, where supposedly Jewish Reistance fighters in WWII manage to kill off the upper echelons of Nazidom, including Hitler, by burning them alive in... where else... a movie theater. This is Mr. Hollywood, Tarantino, after all. Similarly, this time he is rewriting the Manson family/Sharon Tate tragedy, that I won't go into so as not to spoil things for those who might be inclined to see this. But, suffice it to say, I find that putting all this effort into this annoying construct, a waste of talent. Tarantino surrounds himself with the best of the best when it comes to things like his art department's ability to recreate the time-period, or his cinematogapher Robert Richardson's work, which is always stunning, and his actors never fail to deliver top-notch-performances... but for what? For what in the end, strikes me as stupid, adolescent violence-fantasy.  It also leaves a bad taste in my mouth because it seems to be so disrespectful of what really happened to real victims, whether it is the horrors of the Jewish plight in WWII or the wretched demise Tate and others done by the Manson family. What is the point of turning history upside down, only to take it down a different violent path? Sorry... as I said, I am not a fan.

James Hamilton, M. D.

Folks, new topic.

With the Democratic presidential candidates being pared down and a few Republicans being added, it occurred to me to imagine who will be our President two years from now. With an emphasis on extreme brevity, I propose the following question:

Who do you  honestly THINK will be the POTUS at the time of our 55th reunion?

Not who do you want, who do you like, who do you hope, who will you vote for, who would you choose, but who do you THINK it will be. 

If you choose to answer this question, please do so with ONE WORD (a name) and no political commentary (positive, negative, snarky, inflammatory or other). Simple question, simple answer. A politician would give a five minute diatribe. We are not politicians. 

Jim 

Michael McLeod

Elizabeth Warren

Pete B. on the undercard.

David Mitchell

Thomas Dewey

Michael McLeod

Glad to see you making shorter posts, Dave. But we still need to work on your attitude.

David Mitchell

Okay,

Gary Hart?

Michael McLeod

You just got yourself a checkmark in self control, buster. And a note is going home to your parents.

David Mitchell

Sorry Mike, 

I'm out celebrating National Guacamole Day.

We'll have to take this matter up later.

John Maxwell

Frank Ganley

President Trump

Mark Schweickart

Looks like Frank broke the Forum with his two word evocation of "he who shall not be named." So to change the subject, here's a nice piece of music that I find quite uplifting from Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes. It has nothing to do with politics. Just a favorite song I like. Check it out.

Michael McLeod

(Waves) Mark! Mark! I'm over here, staging a silent "free Dave M." sit-in. Just didn't have enough money to buy stuff to make a sign.

But thanks for posting that clip.

I had a dream last night that Warren Zevon came back to life, no worse for wear, and turned up as a student in the writing class I'm teaching. 

Joseph D. McCarthy

I vote Charlie Brown.

On another note, If you have never seen a "Zipper Truck" like the one used to change open lanes on a bridge the following weblink will give a short video of one in action.  This one is actually used on the Golden Gate Bridge.   Sorry, but I haven't passed "J. Blank 204" which would allow me to print it so that you don't have to type the info yourself.

   https://youtu.be/hMkLcAstxgA

Joe

Michael McLeod

I'd love Lucy.  

Kathleen Wintering (Nagy)

9-19-19 !!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Mary Margaret. Have a great day! Kathy W.

David Mitchell

Yes, Happt birthday Mary Margaret!

(darn you Kathy - you beat me to it.)

Michael McLeod

Happy birthday mm

Michael McLeod

This is just heartbreaking.

"The skies are emptying out.

The number of birds in the United States and Canada has fallen by 29 percent since 1970, scientists reported on Thursday. There are 2.9 billion fewer birds taking wing now than there were 50 years ago.

The analysis, published in the journal Science, is the most exhaustive and ambitious attempt yet to learn what is happening to avian populations. The results have shocked researchers and conservation organizations.

In a statement on Thursday, David Yarnold, president and chief executive of the National Audubon Society, called the findings “a full-blown crisis.”

Experts have long known that some bird species have become vulnerable to extinction. But the new study, based on a broad survey of more than 500 species, reveals steep losses even among such traditionally abundant birds as robins and sparrows."

Mary Margaret Clark (Schultheis)

Kathy, Dave, Mike.....thank you for the b'day wishes!!