LET'S ROLL!!!
I must recommend a book to you all.
I bought The Pianist..by Wladyslaw Szpilman, on Saturday, and couldn't put it down until I finished it Sunday night....(with time out for church)
...Mind you, this is not the 'screenplay' for the movie, but the actual memoirs of a well known Polish concert pianist during the years of 1939-1945.
The narrative simply flows.....as Szpilman relates his determined will to live through horrors we can't even imagine.
This book was written immedicately after the war's end.....but was supressed by the Communist/Socialist, etc.
Only a couple years ago or so, it was re-released by Szpilman's son....
...and there is an amazing side story at the end concerning a certain German officer.
It is so worth reading......
Yes, I know Roman Polanski directed the movie version...(& my son will have a fit that I would recommond the movie too, cause he's a purist about this....
..and bless his heart, I appreciate his high standards.
..and while I agree, I did rent it, and it was one of the finest, most definitive movies I have seen about the Holocaust.
But if you prefer not to throw money at Polanski.....then PLEASE read the book!!!!
Szpilman's son said his Dad wrote the book as a catharsis......I believe he never intentioned to publish it.....or lost interst in publishing it....
.. writing it solely to find closure for himself....
..and then move on with his life....
..which he did, and found, once more, his God given ability to compose, and perform beautiful music.
It is inspiring because the will to live and the discipline to go on are achingly paramount in spite of living in the pit of Hell for a number of years.
OK, that's my report for today....
Errands to run...
Senator Leaky from Vermont has said the White House should consult with him and other leading Criminal Party members before selecting any Supreme Court nominee in order to avoid a "traumatic national battle," in the words of the New York Times.
Hey Leaky, ya moron...here's a little document you may not be familiar with, but would do you well to read...it's called the CONSTITUTION!!!
These pathetic RATs are completly panic stricken at the thought of who this Administration will nominate to the SC. They will no doubt use their same slimy tacticts to malign whomever the Administration puts forward, and they know it will expose them even furhter as the hateful obstructionist fools they are. And they fear most the fact that this fight will bring major media attention to their tactics...attention they desperatley want to avoid.
Will you send me a copy of that key? I need it to unlock the mysteries of my 2nd ex-wife.
The other day I visited her in the hospital, where she ends up all too often. The subject came up, and she admitted that one shrink had diagnosed here as bi-polar. But another said she wasn't. She told me, "He said I'm not bi-polar because I don't do irrational things."
"Case settled," I said. She looked at me sadly, and just, faintly, nodded in agreement.
The stories I could tell to that shrink....
Really, I'd like to cry, but it's too damned funny. So it's genetic, huh? I can't wait to tell her parents....