Musclecars and Music: The little old lady from Passadena
In 1964 Jan and Dean released the single "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena" who drove a shiny red super stock Dodge. Mopar yeah! Some claim the car was a Polara 500 with a 427 max wedge. Others believe the car was the Hemi Dart. In either case it's a fun song about fast cars.
Happy Memorial Day
Monday's motivational will return next week. Sometime today while you're enjoying family and friends pause for a moment to say a silent prayer for those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom.
R.I.P Don Murray 1929 - 2016
Fridays 5 with Mangalam Shiva
A keen observer of life, the author has been following the myriad incidences of social injustice, inequality, corruption and abuse of power that our country has been beset with, and its impact on the common man.
Unable to initiate direct action to rectify these social evils, he hopes to at least create awareness, through these short stories. By touching a chord with the readers, somewhere, sometime, a life may change for the better.
1) When did you first get serious about writing?
A) I started getting serious in 2014 at the age of 71 years.
2) What is the hardest part for you about writing?
A) The hardest part about my writing is making the characters think and talk in the same manner as I visualize my story plot.
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Synopsis:
A software professional who led a charmed life, finds that life destroyed by a single brutal incident…
A man on his deathbed realizes a life spent in the US chasing money, filled his pockets but left him empty…
An ambitious reporter with her dreams within grasp, finds them turning into dust…
A beautiful woman is locked in a battle against unwanted male attention with shocking results…
Meet these characters - strong, inspiring, wayward, cynical, ambitious, and share their journey, in this contemporary anthology of ordinary lives, extraordinary insights.
3) How did you feel upon publication of your first completed project?
A) I felt great pleasure, great relief after going through all the processes involved in editing and publishing my book and subsequent tension to know how my child is going to survive in this difficult book world.
4) What is more important to you, story, or character? Why?
A) The story is more important as characters are part of the story. The basic story has to be strong and emotional and the characters will revolve around the situations in the story.
5) What is a typical day like in your world?
A) A typical day in my world involves reading news papers, magazines, novels, watching news TV channels, helping my wife in purchases of daily needs, contacting my friends & relatives through e mails, phone calls, writing stories in slow pace as my imagination takes me, go for long walks in the mornings and evenings keeping my thinking cap on for ideas for my stories.
Throwback Thursday: The House on Haunted Hill
Okay, giving away my age here, but do you remember the old 1959 black and white horror movie, The House on Haunted Hill, starring Vincent Price?
There was a post on Facebook lately asking if anyone remembered the first horror movie they ever saw. The House on Haunted Hill was the very first horror movie I ever watched. I guess I should say attempted to watch. I had convinced my parents that I'd be okay watching the movie with them, it was the mid sixties and the movie had recently been released to network television. My Dad was really looking forward to watching it, I guess that's where I got my love of horror from. My mom on the other hand was up for whatever.
Anyways to make a long story short when the young woman entered the dark room with a candle and that old woman appeared from the shadows I nearly jumped out of my skin and my Dad made me go to bed without watching the rest of the movie.
I eventually watched the whole movie when I was older, to this day I remember the jolt the sudden appearance of that old woman gave me. That was horror!
What was your first horror movie?
There was a post on Facebook lately asking if anyone remembered the first horror movie they ever saw. The House on Haunted Hill was the very first horror movie I ever watched. I guess I should say attempted to watch. I had convinced my parents that I'd be okay watching the movie with them, it was the mid sixties and the movie had recently been released to network television. My Dad was really looking forward to watching it, I guess that's where I got my love of horror from. My mom on the other hand was up for whatever.
Anyways to make a long story short when the young woman entered the dark room with a candle and that old woman appeared from the shadows I nearly jumped out of my skin and my Dad made me go to bed without watching the rest of the movie.
I eventually watched the whole movie when I was older, to this day I remember the jolt the sudden appearance of that old woman gave me. That was horror!
What was your first horror movie?
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