Great presentation from South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker on plotting getting rid of the words between scenes “and then” and replacing them with the words “but” and “therefore.” To all writers out there, it is more than worth it to try writing with the above two minute video in mind.
Individualism & Equality. Statism & Globalism. Reality & Joyfulness What’s New / Linda Rondstadt ___________________ The current campaign for president is the strangest one in history. Any number of reasons could be given. But why waste anyone’s time giving them. Everyone has their own cache of reasons. A leading screenwriter couldn’t write a more exciting […]
Tongues of Kali / Martyn Bennet (1998) _______________________________ Take a few minutes to read two short documents at the end of this post. If you do, you’ll know 98% more than most voters about the education platforms of the two parties in 2024: The Republican Party Platform on education and The Democrat Party Platform on education. […]
Brand New Day _______________________________ John Fraim I’ve been placed in a Quiet Room on the NextDoor Neighbor site. Until 8/31. No big deal as not making any money from it. Just posting as a side to posting to my own site. But getting incredible numbers in respondents to my posts from the NextDoor Neighbor community. […]
John Fraim (Playnotes: The woman first person narrator below is in her early 60s and has led a pretty amazing life in finance and investments. She has become a legendary investor with a media empire and a foundation worth billions.) __________________________________ I was very surprised when an old friend called the other day and insisted […]
A NEW POLITICAL PARADIGM Traditional Shadow Puppetry in Indonesia Impressions / McCoy Tyner ___________________________ John Fraim One of the more insightful writers on my substacks today is Ross Barkan. I’ve been on his substack for six months and his view is usually from 40,000 feet rather than ground level. On August 14, just days before the […]
An Image of Feminine Power The Bitter Withy / Cerys Hafana ____________________________ John Fraim Sometimes it is not always what you arrive at in life but how and when you arrive. That is, the context (medium) that something new comes into your awareness. A song, film, book – a person – that you had not […]
___________________________________ My oldest friend in the world is from LA and we used to kick sand in each other’s face down at the Santa Monica beach when we were both growing up in LA. He attended law school a few years ahead of me. After law school he worked for a law firm and then […]
The New Medium of Rule John Fraim Fly With the Wind / McCoy Tyner ________________________ A new form of power has developed on the left during the past four years, and it is resistant to traditional attacks from the right. It is based on hiding the real power from the populace by placing a controllable […]
There are many beautiful moments from the Paris Olympics. Represented by the above McCoy Tyner song “Fly With the Wind.” Or, the Celine Dion song in the opening ceremonies. Or, the many gorgeous scenes of the opening ceremonies. At the same time, one of the ugliest moments of the Olympics with the re-enactment of the […]
