One Last Great Summer Blockbuster
Little to tell you this fine late summer morning. I will say that getting 8.5 hours of sleep in a night is infinitely better than getting 5.5.

The other night Nathan and I watched the longer than I remembered it as a kid but still pretty funny No Time for Sergeants starring Andy Griffith. A couple observations:

1. Griffith's character, Will Stockdale, possesses super human strength and is no mere mortal, ripping gas pumps apart with his bare hands, throwing other GIs around the room like bowling balls, and guzzling whiskey, scotch, and kerosene like it was grape juice.

2. Private Ben Whitledge is Taylor Wilson, for all of you Twin Lakers. "Airman!!"

3. If this movie has any basis in reality, then our military is filthy with corruption at every level. There is a Sergeant who breaks regulations by creating the position of "Permanent Latrine Orderly" and then bribes said PLO in order to avoid reprimand. There are the Generals who transfer soldiers out of their division under cover of darkness to cover up the truth. There are soldiers sleeping on the job, and deserters who abandon their post at the first sign of danger. This explains why we lost in Vietnam.

"End of the story he gets the pony anyhow."

And be on the lookout for the new film Lost in Criticism, possibly coming in September to a theater near you...

~ Taken from The Newsletter of Joy ~

...Lost in Criticism, the new film starring Daniel Shaw and John Aaron Johnson who also wrote, directed, and produced the film in the space of six days. When two famous 19th century literary figures get caught in the afterlife, things begin heating up as Oscar Wilde (Johnson) becomes lost in a maze of modern literary criticism. This is the story of two unlikely partners who become fast friends in the midst of hidden perils and pernicious critics. Can Melville (Shaw) find Wilde in time? Will they escape before they and their texts are lost for good? Can Wilde win the hand of the woman he loves? Careful--You might never find your way out!

Hear what the movie critics are saying about this new suspense-filled action adventure romantic thriller comedy drama:

"Post-postmodern. A luminescent, incendiary piece of cinema and artistry." - Andrew Hilleke

"A sexy new thriller. Captivating, breathtaking. A scintillating toure-de-force of film-making." - Lydia Goeglein

"Due to this movie, my winter is no longer discontent." - Michael Phillips

"A triumph of the human spirit." - Dr. Edwin McAllister

"I loved this movie." - John Aaron's mom

(Used without permission from Daniel W. Shaw - i.e. free publicity)