American Chimpanzee

The Wizard of Oz is one of my favorite movies, but, I’ll admit, when I was a kid still in single digits, the grumpy apple trees and flying monkeys used to really creep me out.      What actually out-and-out scared me was the scene where Dorothy was trapped in the Wicked Witch’s castle, crying to the image of her Auntie Em in the crystal ball, a nd then the image of her aunt changes into the Wicked Witch!  Who looks directly into the camera and cackles her hideous cackle.      It felt like she was looking right at me.    They were having a special showing of The Wizard of Oz at the Cinemark movie theater on the 27th, 29th, and 30th of this past January. It was sponsored by Fathom Events and Turner Classic Movies (TCM). A funny thing that happened when I took my 4-year-old granddaughter to the matinee showing of it on Sunday the 27th. We got there early, bought our tickets, and stood in line to get our snacks. There was a single...

"I'm sorry. Really, I'm sorry. Really sorry. Really, really, really sorry. You don't know how sorry I am. How sorry am I? I am SO sorry. So, so, so, SO sorry. I couldn't be more sorry. I'm just so sorry. So incredibly sorry. Sorry doesn't even begin to express how sorry I am. It's not possible for me to be any sorrier. On a scale of one to ten, with ten being the highest, I am on the tenth level of sorriness. If I were one of Spinal Tap's amps, I would be set at eleven, because eleven is one more than ten. You couldn't find anyone sorrier than I am right now. Because I'm sorry. Sorry, sorry, sorry. 'Knock, knock!' Who's there? 'Justin.' Justin who? 'Justin case I haven't made my point, I'm sorry.' Completely sorry. Absolutely sorry. An infinity of sorry. Infinity plus infinity times infinity. If you look up the word sorry in the dictionary, you won't find a picture of me, but you'll see a picture o...

What's this antagonistic obsession Donald Trump has with John McCain?      The New York businessman, reality show star, and greatest president in my lifetime has gone off on  another  Twitter rant about John McCain, while the rest of the GOP has stood by with a look on their faces like the one the passengers on the Titanic must have had.      To find some insight to his obsession, I needed to look no further than his latest book,  Deep Thoughts by Donald Trump.      I read it, so you wouldn't have to.    Winning isn't everything. It's the only thing. That, and crushing John McCain.    It ain't over 'til it's over. Or until John McCain comes back from the dead to finally vote for the repeal of ObamaCare.    All men are created equal. Except John McCain.    Thou shalt not kill. John McCain being the only exception.  ...