In honor of the brave men from the Allied Forces, 76 years ago today.
Slope of Hope Blog Posts
Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.
Still Alive
As a few of you know, I’m a big fan of documentaries, and I stumbled upon one last night which I wanted to strongly recommend: Still Alive.
Silver Screen Fiend
I’m a big comedy fan, and Patton Oswalt has always been right near the top. This was an interview they did with him on the Google campus a few years ago that I found interesting and entertaining.
Rudy Inspiration
Whenever I need a lift, I go to an unusual place, and a clip I’ve shown once or twice in Slope’s long history: the 1996 men’s national figure skating championship of 1996.
Local boy Rudy Galindo was the last to perform, and he had no shortage of pain and heartache in his life. In spite of the tension and risk, he performed brilliantly, and I cannot help get choked up every time I watch this. He radiates pure joy and the most pristine expression of years of practice transformed into a dazzling display of skill. Simply marvelous.
Illusions. Lies. Falsehoods.
As most of you know, everything I know I learned from the original Star Trek series.
The other night, as I was watching Specter of the Gun for the billionth time, the scene below struck me as absolutely appropriate for what we’re living through now. As we consider what the traitorous son-of-a-bitch Jerome Powell is doing to destroy this country, for the benefit of his billionaire butt buddies, Spock’s wise words come to mind:
The bullets are unreal. Without body. They are illusions only. Shadows without substance. They will not pass through your body, for they do not exist. Unreal. Appearances only. They are shadows. Illusions. Nothing but ghosts of reality. They are lies. Falsehoods. Specters without body. They are to be ignored.
Powell and his currency-printing guns are the quartet of men in black shown in the clip. Drink in the scene and appreciate how it applies to our times.
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