George W. Bush and Me
November 5th, 2012
I try not to get too political on this website, so I am treading with caution when I talk about President George W. Bush, our nation’s 43rd President, who narrowly won two different elections – losing the popular vote in the first – and served from 2001-2009. His performance in office is generally ranked abysmally by the bulk of historians, and his lack of experience and good-old boy demeanor generally was interpreted to mean that Bush wasn’t very smart. I have no doubt that he is a smart guy, and generally a good man, but I’d have to say that without a doubt, he has been the worst President in my lifetime. Read the rest of this entry »
Sometimes film and TV reunions are easy to come by. The various celebrity shows I attend always seem to highlight a few reunions at each and every show. But in the case of trying to meet up with the performers who portrayed Steve Austin and Jaime Sommers in The Six Million Dollar Man, and its eventual spin-off The Bionic Woman, it wasn’t exaclty handed to me on a silver platter. Although I infrequently tuned into either show as a kid, both characters were iconic forces for life in the seventies. At some point I know I at least picked up a Steve Austin doll at a garage sale. That eye thing was pretty weird. 
Another tempting stand-up comedy show at the Funny Bone in Beavercreek came up once again on October 11, 2012. Ever since discovering this location at the Greene shopping mall, I’ve been enjoying an occasional evening out alone, a nice dinner, and a little celebrity encounter. I hoped that this one with Kevin Pollak would yield the same results. At first I had bypassed this one, but quickly realized that even though the name Kevin Pollak was only vaguely familiar, I did indeed know a good chunk of the body of his work. Ironically, most of the roles were in the dramatic vein. 
Frances Fisher is quite a versatile actress who seamlessly makes the transition back and forth between comedy and drama. She also holds the distinction of starring in supporting roles of two Oscar winning Best Pictures. In Titanic, she portrayed Ruth DeWitt Bukater, the cold-as-steel mother of Kate Winslet’s character Rose. Five years earlier, she had played Strawberry Alice in the Clint Eastwood western Unforgiven. Both performances were impeccable.