britney, books and boxing
britney spears did a "concert" here last night. the show started an hour and a half late and then she came on stage and lip-synced PARTS of her HITS. stayed on stage for about 30 minutes and left. people paid money for this. you can now make up your own jokes.
the da la hoya-mayweather fight was interesting but not exciting. mayweather is a defense genius along the lines of pernell whitaker or willie pep. when i boxed golden gloves my dad had taught me the "art of self-defense" which is to say, hit but don't get hit. mayweather has that boxing philosphy down to a T. for the boxing purist he is great to watch, for the average fan probably he is dull; nontheless, he won the fight with defense. oscar never landed a really solid punch on mayweathers face anytime in the fight. he may not have ever gotten in a clean body shot as well. the pundits are saying it was a great fight, it wasn't and i wouldn't pay money to see a rematch, but that is just me.
article in today's paper said that 20% of the children under the age of 3 have a tv in their bedroom. when i was in the publishing business my main projects were education books for children. the child who learns to read at an early age is going to do better in school and in life. the child who learns to read at an early age and at the same time learns to interact successfully with other children has a HUGE headstart over any child who didn't learn these two things early. having children stay in their room and watch tv when they are young is tantamount to almost insuring educational and social failure for that child. oh, some will overcome their parents stupidity and laziness and go on to educational success but most will fall behind, be unable to read well and have trouble relating to others. study after study has shown this to be true. i wasn't much of a dad (mostly because i kept getting divorced from their mothers) but the one thing i did do was teach my kids to read way before they went to school. none of my four children has ever had any kind of drug problem and 3 of the four have college degrees and all four are happily married and have successful careers. all six of my grandkids could read before they went to school so i have no worries about their educational future.
people who don't continue reading after reaching adulthood are shortchanging themselves in so many ways. there is never a time when i don't have at least two books going; one some kind of fluff, mysteries and cops and robbers and the other something to improve my mind and give some knowledge that i did not have before. right now i am reading GUNS, GERMS AND STEEL which won the pulitzer prize a couple of years ago. it is the study of how societies formed over the ages. i just finished reading ALL THE KINGS MEN which, if you haven't read it since high school, do so, what a great book!
rhonda and i have been watching tons of movies while she is recuperating (yeah for netflixs) and here are some i would highly recommend: A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING, THE INFORMER, BROADWAY DANNY ROSE and MY FAVORITE YEAR all of which we have watched in the last two weeks. we have watched others but none that i would recommend to everybody. incidently, since most of you reading this are comedy fans, BROADWAY DANNY ROSE by woody allen is a comics movie. you will never meet a good comic who does not just love this movie, if you haven't seen it and regardless whether or not you like woody, do yourself a favor and watch it. the opening scene is so right on that it will bring you into the world of comics everywhere. for adventure, THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING is as good as it gets as far as story goes but then again it is from a kipling story which should tell you a lot. (that is for you who know and have read kipling)
the da la hoya-mayweather fight was interesting but not exciting. mayweather is a defense genius along the lines of pernell whitaker or willie pep. when i boxed golden gloves my dad had taught me the "art of self-defense" which is to say, hit but don't get hit. mayweather has that boxing philosphy down to a T. for the boxing purist he is great to watch, for the average fan probably he is dull; nontheless, he won the fight with defense. oscar never landed a really solid punch on mayweathers face anytime in the fight. he may not have ever gotten in a clean body shot as well. the pundits are saying it was a great fight, it wasn't and i wouldn't pay money to see a rematch, but that is just me.
article in today's paper said that 20% of the children under the age of 3 have a tv in their bedroom. when i was in the publishing business my main projects were education books for children. the child who learns to read at an early age is going to do better in school and in life. the child who learns to read at an early age and at the same time learns to interact successfully with other children has a HUGE headstart over any child who didn't learn these two things early. having children stay in their room and watch tv when they are young is tantamount to almost insuring educational and social failure for that child. oh, some will overcome their parents stupidity and laziness and go on to educational success but most will fall behind, be unable to read well and have trouble relating to others. study after study has shown this to be true. i wasn't much of a dad (mostly because i kept getting divorced from their mothers) but the one thing i did do was teach my kids to read way before they went to school. none of my four children has ever had any kind of drug problem and 3 of the four have college degrees and all four are happily married and have successful careers. all six of my grandkids could read before they went to school so i have no worries about their educational future.
people who don't continue reading after reaching adulthood are shortchanging themselves in so many ways. there is never a time when i don't have at least two books going; one some kind of fluff, mysteries and cops and robbers and the other something to improve my mind and give some knowledge that i did not have before. right now i am reading GUNS, GERMS AND STEEL which won the pulitzer prize a couple of years ago. it is the study of how societies formed over the ages. i just finished reading ALL THE KINGS MEN which, if you haven't read it since high school, do so, what a great book!
rhonda and i have been watching tons of movies while she is recuperating (yeah for netflixs) and here are some i would highly recommend: A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS, THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING, THE INFORMER, BROADWAY DANNY ROSE and MY FAVORITE YEAR all of which we have watched in the last two weeks. we have watched others but none that i would recommend to everybody. incidently, since most of you reading this are comedy fans, BROADWAY DANNY ROSE by woody allen is a comics movie. you will never meet a good comic who does not just love this movie, if you haven't seen it and regardless whether or not you like woody, do yourself a favor and watch it. the opening scene is so right on that it will bring you into the world of comics everywhere. for adventure, THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING is as good as it gets as far as story goes but then again it is from a kipling story which should tell you a lot. (that is for you who know and have read kipling)
posted by Ron Shock | 9:35 AM
3 Comments:
Making Britney jokes is like shooting fish in a barrel, pass. :)
The only punch Oscar landed with any conviction or regularity was his left-jab and he abandonded it around the eight round for some reason.
Hope Rhonda gets to feeling better soon, we'll be watching that schedule for your next Houston/Texas shows.
Somebody who knows how to read and doesn't is in the same boat as somebody who does not know how to read.
first of all ...
"i wasn't much of a dad (mostly because i kept getting divorced from their mothers)"
...
that was funny
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