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Product Video for Etsy — I Can Do This Kind of Work
Etsy now allows a seller to post a video of up to 15 seconds long to promote any product being sold. Unfortunately, no sound. I think I will harness the power of cheesy stock video that I am already paying … Continue reading
America’s Favorite Victim
The title of America’s Favorite Victim was first awarded to Mabel Norman in 1913 for her role in Barney Oldfield’s Race for a Life. Jamie Lee Curtis won the title for the entirety of the 1970s when she starred … Continue reading
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Tagged horror hotel, Venetia Stevenson, video
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Annie Hall and The Inner Monologue Well Displayed
A friend couldn’t recall the inner monologue scene from Annie Hall so I looked it up. We are used to movie characters talking to themselves when they are alone but it is much rarer to see this between characters when … Continue reading
Posted in comedy, editing writing, organizing writing, podcast, Uncategorized, Writing by others
Tagged Annie hall, film, movie, video, woody Alan
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Paudeen by William Butler Yeats
Paudeen was a not so kind word for a shopkeeper, someone below Yeats’ station in life. A class system in Yeats’ time sharply divided people of the British Empire, with the high too often and too quickly exasperated with the … Continue reading
Posted in editing writing, Poetry, Uncategorized, video
Tagged curlew, poem, Poetry, video, wb Yeats, yeats
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NightWare Review Part Two
NightWare™ review. A review of NightWare.™ Transcript delayed due to the death of a friend. NightWare Review – Part One (internal link) NightWare Review – Part Three (internal link) NightWare Review – Part Four (internal link) NightWare Review – Part Five … Continue reading
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Tagged bad dreams, dreams, nightmares, NIGHWARE, PTSD, transcript, video, YouTube
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My Bad. And my Bad Guy Moment.
I thought the neighborhood in Billie Eilish’s “Bad Guy” video was in Palm Springs. Had to be. Turns out the location was Balboa Heights which is a part of the greater San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles. The most featured … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, video
Tagged architecture, bad, bad guy, balboa highlands, billie eilish, mid-century modern, palm springs, san fernando valley, video
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Snake by D.H. Lawrence
As a young teenager I practiced a great deal with a slingshot called a Wrist Rocket. They’re still sold today. After some time I got quite accurate and one day a bird in a tree seemed a natural target. I … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Thoughts on writing, Uncategorized, Writing by others
Tagged animal poems, D.H. Larence, poetms, Poetry, snake, the snake, video
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You Kissed Me by Josephine Slocum Hunt
You Kissed Me Josephine Slocum Hunt (? -?) Has that magic moment ever been better described? I can’t immediately find any information on Hunt. Can you help? Leave a comment or email: thomasfarley@fastmail.com Update: January 27, 2022 Mr. Farley, I … Continue reading
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Tagged female poets, ghizlea rowe, josephine slocum hunt, Poetry, poetry reading, slocum hunt, video, YouTube
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Richard Dawkins Reads A.E. Housman
Richard Dawkins Reads A.E. Housman From Poems that Make Grown Men Cry, Anthony and Ben Holden, ed., Simon and Schuster, Limited (2015) This video was for the UK’s National Poetry Day in 2014: https://nationalpoetryday.co.uk/previous-years/ (external link) Turn on the close captioning. … Continue reading