The Sudden Curve

So Red the Rose

I mostly read science fiction, fantasy and horror, but occasionally I'll read something serious, like Stark Young's So Red the Rose, which was written in the '20s or '30s and was a bestseller in those days.

I was raised in the lower Midwest, near the Ozarks, and am descended from Scots-Irish hillbillies from Tennesee and Kentucky. I don't consider myself Northern, aka damn Yankees, but instead a combination of Midwestern and Southerner.

As far as I'm concerned, the South was overwhelmingly in the right, and too bad the North won, which only happened because they were far more industrialized than the South.

So Red the Rose is an intimate look at a bunch of Southern families during the War Between the States, and does not have the grand sweep of Gone with the Wind.

The author, Stark Young, came as to the same conclusion I have, that the conflict between North and South runs back to industrialized England marauding though Scotland and Ireland, only transplanted to the U.S. So now we have those damn Yankees in D.C. (Bush is not a Texan or cowboy; he's a Yankee) attempting to wipe out the U.S., and I see this country's salvation lying in the hands of Midwesterners and Southerners, certainly not all the nancy-boys on the East and West Coasts.

So Red the Rose is a heck of a good novel, and it should be taught in school.

Posted by Bob Wallace, who is a Scots-Irish Ozarkian hillbilly.

Cyd Charrise

Wally's post about Cyd Charisse reminded me of the first time I saw her in Singing in the Rain.

I don't like musicals and I never liked Singing in the Rain, which consisted of Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Conner dancing around with stupid grins on their faces.

That is, until Cyd showed up in short black hair, a skimpy green outfit (with greens shoes), and then proceeded to steal the scene from Kelly. I though, who is that? Where did she get that body? And those legs? And why is she blowing smoke through her nostrils?

It's the only think I liked about the entire movie.

Posted by Bob Wallace, who still has dreams about the green-skinned girl in "Star Trek."

RIP George Carlin

posted by Tom Novak, who says, in honor of George we have busted the TSC censorship rules WIDE open!

The Greatest Video in All Time and Space

Posted by Bob Wallace, who understands sign language.

The Frank Frazetta Artwork Gallery

Posted by Bob Wallace, who sez, oh yeah.

The Star Wars Kid Saves the Galaxy

This kid made this video, forgot about it, others found it and added special effects, and it has become the most-watched video on the internet.

Posted by Bob Wallace, who if he had done it, would have exploited it for all it was worth.

Rachel at Fed Lion

I actually know this woman. She wrote me a few letters about an article I wrote at The Libertarian Enterprise. Her name is Rachel Mills, she ran for office as a libertarian, was a model, and had Playboy offer her half the money for some pictures ($10,000 instead of $20,000). I was telling her, yeah! yeah! but she turned them down.

She's married to some physicist guy with hair past his shoulders.

Posted by Bob Wallace, who sez, this is funny stuff.

"The Dark" -Arch Oboler

I heard this on the radio when I was about eight and almost flew out of the car.

Posted by Bob Wallace, who still plays this for eigh-year-olds to watch them get hysterical.

The Greatest Cartoon Ever

"I Love to Singa," of course.

Posted by Bob Wallace, who never gets tired of this cartoon.

Why I Don't Need Drugs

 

Because this is what the inside of my head looks like, and where I live -- Barsoom!!

Posted by Bob Wallace, who got this from Wally Conger's blog.

Why I Never Let Women Drive My Car

Posted by Bob Wallace, who sez, nyah, nyah, call me all the names you want, I don't care.

"Are you looking at me, Mr. Roat?"

Then there's "Wait Until Dark," with the scariest villain ever, Harry Roat, Jr.

Posted by Bob Wallace, who saw it as a kid...and everyone in the audience screamed when Roat came flying out of the shadows.

The Night of the Hunter

I had never in my life heard of "The Night of the Hunter" until about 20 years ago, when I happened to see it on TV. I thought, what the hell is this? Why has it only been on TV once? Why have I never heard of it?

Posted by Bob Wallace, who always remember Shelly Winters...her hair floating in the current.

How Many Five-Year-Olds Can You Take in a Fight?

Click here

 

Posted by Bob Wallace, who can mess up 27 of the little bastids.

"You know what I do to squealers?"

Posted by Bob Wallace, who, ah, doesn't know what to say!

Best Screen Cleaner Ever

CLICK HERE

Posted by Bob Wallace, who is snickering and snickering and snickering.

Pan's Labyrinth

Posted by Bob Wallace, who sez, Essential Cool Film!

Sex, Drugs...and Techno

Posted by Bob Wallace, who, uh...I'm...uh...hypnotized.

VIKINGS!!!

Posted by Bob Wallace, who sez, I think I'll have to buy this film.

How they *&% You

Posted by Bob Wallace, who sez, textbooks are worthless and a picture is worth a thousand words