Peter Murmann – Page 45

Drama, Movies

My Darling Clementine

by: PeterSeptember 25, 2010

When you visit Tombstone, Arizona, you will be struck by how small the town is yet how big a role it plays in the mythical version of American history. My Darling Clementine is the third movie I have seen about Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and the gunfight at the OK Corral (Tombstone, 1993, & Wyatt

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Diary

Trials and Tribulations of the Facebook Age

by: PeterSeptember 14, 2010

Astute Observations, Diary

General Sherman: “War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it.”

by: PeterSeptember 12, 2010

From the the Writer’s Almanac: On this day in 1864 Union General Sherman wrote to the Atlanta City Council: “You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it.” General Sherman had just captured Atlanta. Along the way, his soldiers had taken part in something known as “total

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Diary

The Catcher in the Rye

by: PeterSeptember 12, 2010

Starded reading The Catcher in the Rye and I am lovin’ it. You sense clearly on the first couple of pages that Salinger has invented a new voice back in 1945. The voice of still feels fresh and strong. Update: December 6, 2010. I finally finished reading this 192 page book yesterday. My fall

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Diary

Poem of the Day: “This Night Only”

by: PeterAugust 31, 2010

This Night Only by Kenneth Rexroth [Eric Satie: GYMNOPÉDIE #1] Moonlight now on Malibu The winter night the few stars Far away millions of miles The sea going on and on Forever around the earth Far and far as your lips are near Filled with the same light as

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Diary

How to lead a good life courtesy of Wolfgang Goethe

by: PeterAugust 27, 2010

“One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.”

—Goethe

Diary

Tiger Wood’s ex Elin Speaks out: Life afer the Cheetah

by: PeterAugust 26, 2010

Priests tell us that revenge is a base motive. But if your husband (or wife) cheated on you with a dozen of other people and you end up in tabloits for months looking like a fool, wanting to get even may be therapeutic. Elin waited to speak out until the divorce from her Tiger was

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Cartoons, Humor

The Micro-perspective: Marcel the Shell with Shoes on

by: PeterAugust 24, 2010

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON from Dean Fleischer-Camp on Vimeo.

Curious News, Diary

T-Shirt Message: “Meaningful Overnight Relationship Wanted”

by: PeterAugust 14, 2010

I had lunch at a Thai Restaurant today. On the front side of her T-shirt, the attractive waitress had a daring message printed. I could not resist asking her: “What does ‘Meaningful Overnight Relationship Wanted’ mean?” She smiles and says innocently: “I don’t know.” This answer left everything open…

Drama, Movies

Vicent wants the Sea (Vicent will Meer)

by: PeterAugust 5, 2010

Vincent suffers from Tourette’s syndrome, “an inherited neuropsychiatric disorder with onset in childhood, characterized by multiple physical (motor) tics and at least one vocal (phonic) tic” (Wikipedia). When his mother dies, his father, a politician in Bavaria, sticks him into an institution of people with mental problems so that his tic gets cured. Now

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