Audra McDonald, starring in a revival of Porgy and Bess, was interviewed on The Colbert Report. I usually do not enjoy interviews with performers that much but this was a really good one, with her giving some great background to the musical. [Read more…]
Via Jonathan Turley, another prank that is somewhat more elaborate than the Polaroid one. [Read more…]
I have shown this before but thought I would repeat it in light of the post about gambling earlier today.
Those of us who are Monty Python fans know that the animations by Terry Gilliam look really cheesy and low budget. No one would mistake them for productions by Disney or Pixar.
In this video, he shows how he did them and it turns out that they really are as low budget as they look. [Read more…]
(Via Jonathan Turley)
Even wondered what the Hokey-Pokey would have looked like if Shakespeare had a go at it?
(Via Love the Ridiculous)
Update: Here’s the link for those who cannot see the embedded video.
I am sick to death of hearing about the Facebook IPO. Although I was one of the earliest people to create a Facebook account (and it still exists) I abandoned it a long time ago and do not even respond to friend requests anymore. I have thought seriously about closing it altogether but refrained from doing so because on occasion it has enabled long-lost friends to find me. [Read more…]
An article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal says that people nowadays whine too much and that some therapists are adopting new ‘tough love’ strategies that tells them to cut it out.
Moms, and bosses, are good at this. Some therapists are refusing to let clients complain endlessly, as well—offering up Tough Love in place of the nurturing gaze and the question “How does that make you feel?”
They’re setting time limits on how long a client can stay on certain topics and declaring some topics off-limits altogether.
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Douglas Maxwell, a licensed psychoanalyst in Manhattan and president of the National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis, says constant complaining is often a “resistance,” and the person whining is often unaware of it.With a client who gripes incessantly about a problem without making progress, he will say: “Stop. No more complaints. I don’t want to hear about this one more day. You must talk about something else.”
Actually, Bob Newhart recommended this same kind of therapy many years ago.