tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045057682441280238.post691034372214358546..comments2024-02-24T08:17:41.032-08:00Comments on One Bite at a Time: PotpourriDana Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01350344882342624735noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045057682441280238.post-22768636423529919322013-11-14T14:54:01.431-08:002013-11-14T14:54:01.431-08:00Hey, Dana: When is Grind Joint launching?
I was g...Hey, Dana: When is <i>Grind Joint</i> launching?<br /><br />I was glad to see what you wrote about Richie Incognito. When I read Thomas Ricks' superb book <i>The Generals</i> recently, <a href="http://detectivesbeyondborders.blogspot.com/2013/09/what-thomas-e-ricks-taught-me-about-war.html" rel="nofollow">I posted that the book had taught me</a>:<br /><br />"<i> Hatred of the sloppy invocation of military metaphors in areas of civilian life whose laughable triviality is matched only by the self-seriousness of the morons who invoke them. Every football coach who likens his game to war. Every corporate executive who issues a mission statement. Every middle manager who expects his or her underlings to take that crap seriously. Every business person who invokes The Art of War. At best you're a clown. At worst you're a destroyer of lives for no noble cause. I knew that already, but Ricks taught me that in appropriating military lexicon without any of the risk or the high purpose that attends some military action, you're not just debasing the English language, you're disrespecting an institution you'd probably pretend to admire. </i>"<br /><br />I also remember reading somewhere, apropos of, I think, one of the Rambo movies, that macho loose cannons would get weeded out pretty quickly of anything to do with special operations.Peter Rozovskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977933481463759162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045057682441280238.post-28600381633875592792013-11-13T11:57:35.775-08:002013-11-13T11:57:35.775-08:00You have so much ahead to look forward to. It only...You have so much ahead to look forward to. It only gets better and better. I am watching it for the second time and if I had to pick the best episode it would come at the end of season two or beginning of season three. That's when they took the gloves off. IMHO it is the best show ever on TV. I don't think NYPD is going to seem as good as this. Check out Friday Night Lights, which I would rate number 2.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4045057682441280238.post-4283391137236271262013-11-13T07:24:11.101-08:002013-11-13T07:24:11.101-08:00When you get done with NYPD BLUE, check out THE FU...When you get done with NYPD BLUE, check out THE FUGITIVE. Then you should be up to date.<br /><br />I love Patrick Stewart. He had a DVD set called WHEN THE LION ROARED, which is the complete story of MGM. A terrific look at Hollywood from its beginnings to its undignified end.<br /><br />Love the Cain quote. It really says it all.<br /><br />And didn't you say something about a book launch? I forget, is it coming up soon?Mike Dennishttp://mikedennisnoir.comnoreply@blogger.com