Category Archives: entertainment books

Stuff that I Have Noticed #75: Writing Ideas


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Since publishing my memoirs a few years ago it has been my practice to write an essay at least every […]

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Stuff that I Have Noticed # 71: Use it or Lose it


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Browsing through old photos opens the floodgates of memory. The NFL season stimulates memories of pain/elation and my somewhat exaggerated […]

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A Story About my Dad


I am often sad when I think of my Father: Benjamin Bishop Bryant, “Bish” to his friends. He left us […]

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Stuff that I have noticed #66: Political Palliative of “The West Wing”


Way back in 2002 – at a time that felt like the neo dark ages – because we had an […]

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Stuff That I Have Noticed #64: Singing in Front of an Orchestra


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Those of you who know me as a film guy or an essayist may not be aware that from my […]

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Stuff That I Have Noticed #62: Never Quit!


It’s unclear to me from whence my lifelong drive to never quit or give up came from. It must be […]

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Stuff That I have Noticed # 65- Two Boys’ Shared Dream


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In 1953 two high-school boys kept toying with a dream. They were going to make a movie with Bob (aka […]

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Stuff That I Have Noticed #58 – Writer’s Block


Back before iMacs were around, when I opened a new file in my trusty old Panasonic W1510 word processor, in […]

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Stuff That I Have Noticed #57: Good Pain


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Even though it’s been sixty-five years since I last put on the helmet and pads, around this time of year […]

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Stuff That I Have Noticed #53 – Orphan Ideas


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The first time I ever smoked a doobie was July 1964 in San Francisco when a lady I was dating […]

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