How do you ruin a beautiful moment that inspires the whole world by turning into a spontaneous viral video? You spoof it, of course. You know them, you love them. They walked down the aisle together in dance and song and joined hands in blissful, wonderful holy matrimony…. only to repeat the dance as they [...]
July 31, 2009
Categories: Fun Videos . Tags: dancing wedding entrance, Jill and Kevin Heinz, JK Divorce video, jk unexpected wedding entrance, Spoof of Jill and kevin's wedding entrance, spoof on JK wedding entrance . Author: R.W. Ridley . Comments: Leave a Comment
Okay, it’s not just my books that will make you healthier. According to Mindlab International at the University of Sussex, reading reduces stress by a whopping 68 percent. Here’s an excerpt from the Marie Claire article:
Psychologists believe this is because the human mind has to concentrate on reading and the distraction of being taken into [...]
July 30, 2009
Categories: News I Find Interesting . Tags: books reduce stress, reading can save your life, reading reduces stress, reading reduces stress by 68%, relax with a book, study that shows reading reduces stress . Author: R.W. Ridley . Comments: Leave a Comment
About 15 years ago I wrote a spec script for Seinfeld. I mailed it to Seinfeld, Hollywood, CA, and I’m sure it promptly landed in the trash upon arrival. I’m going to do my best to find it and post it here for download, but keep in mind it was originally saved on a floppy [...]
July 29, 2009
Categories: Misc . Tags: elaine, george, how to write for tv, jerry seinfeld, michael richards, spec scripts, tv scripts, writing for popular tv shows . Author: R.W. Ridley . Comments: Leave a Comment
I feel bad for Tuesday because it is the most overlooked day of the week. No great song has ever been written about Tuesday. TV sucks on Tuesday. Nobody plans for anything special to happen on Tuesday. True, there is Mardi Gras, but it’s really the day before the special day (Ash Wednesday). And yes, [...]
July 28, 2009
Categories: Misc . Tags: AdamZivojnovich, fat tuesday, happy tuesday, mardi gras, Tuesday Morning Blues, tuesday rules, video games, voting on tuesday, world of warcraft, world of warcraft is a cult, world of warcraft server is down . Author: R.W. Ridley . Comments: 4 Comments
I rarely review a book I haven’t finished reading. I believe I’ve made only one other exception with the book, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Woa. Excellent book by a brilliant writer. If you haven’t read it, I highly recommend it.
I have another mid-read review for you today. Swallow Savannah by Ken Burger is [...]
July 27, 2009
Categories: Authors & Writing . Tags: books by souther authors, books worth reading, great books you've never heard of, joggling board press, ken burger, post and courier, read this book, swallow savannah . Author: R.W. Ridley . Comments: 2 Comments
This may be the end of the ladies. Unfortunately, it will not be the end of the Twilight series to movie adaptations.
July 25, 2009
Categories: Old Ladies on a Plane . Tags: airline passengers, american airlines, bad passengers, blogcom, comedy, delta airlines, new moon trailer, new moon trailer made me laugh, Old Ladies on a Plane, passengers on a plane, twilight, united airlines, web servies, web tv . Author: R.W. Ridley . Comments: 3 Comments
So, the Michael Jackson post turned into a discussion about musical preferences, and it made me get a little nostalgic. I attended my first concert in 1977 when I was 11-years-old in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The artist was the incomparable “talk box” artist, Peter Frampton. “Do you feel like I do,” was his signature song at [...]
July 24, 2009
Categories: Misc . Tags: 70's music, blues, Chattanooga, michael jackson, music that shaped your life, musical tastes, peter frampton, pop music, Southern rock, the talk box . Author: R.W. Ridley . Comments: 11 Comments
Dear President of Television,
Can you do me a favor? Can you stop spreading your crazies out so thin? You’ve got David Hassalhoff on one show, Paula Abdul on another, and that guy Dog is way over on another show. There are probably other whacked out reality TV stars that I don’t know anything about because [...]
July 23, 2009
Categories: Misc . Tags: american idol, americas got talent, hassalhoff, paula abdul, reality tv, the hoff, tv sucks . Author: R.W. Ridley . Comments: Leave a Comment