Stephen King

Interesting. Stephen King has a column in the Times that seems to try to explain his profligacy, that to be wildly prolific is not necessarily to be lacking in literary merit. It's actually not such a new line for him. He has been an advocate for some time for greater literary appreciation for pop-novelists. You might think that he would be happy with the money and the fame, over and beyond being a 'real writer' - a very nice status to have in today's world (to which many people fondly aspire and dream of, in the same way that teenagers dream of becoming rock stars).

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As a young man, my head was like a crowded movie theater where someone has just yelled “Fire!” and everyone scrambles for the exits at once. I had a thousand ideas but only 10 fingers and one typewriter. There were days — I’m not kidding about this, or exaggerating — when I thought all the clamoring voices in my mind would drive me insane.

-- Stephen King at The New York Times

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He is probably telling the truth, or something close enough to it. Maybe he is just one of the Chosen, the gifted. He is definitely more than a blogger. He is a Somebody on the world stage. And he really is a writer.

Dallas Cowboys

I was clearing out of the big room as Pop sat down to watch the Cowboys play a scrimmage game. I asked him if there were any more trips planned to see the Cowboys play. He explained that there are, but that a change in policy at the Center gave him a change of heart about going. He said that someone was complaining about people who do not help out at the Center getting to enjoy such trips, and now non-volunteers have to pay $25 to go. It sounds like a nominal fee to me, but his pride is somehow hurt by this policy. He doesn't want to pay if it will not be required of everybody. I must say that I don't get his position at all. It strikes me as a perfect example of cutting off your nose to spite your face. It seems like such a special sort of trip, something really nice in his elderly years, a little jazz and razzmatazz, a real thrill. I know he greatly enjoyed the game that he went to see. Maybe our little talk has him rethinking the matter.

Concussion

"You're going to war with a corporation that owns a day of the week!"

-- "Concussion" (film)

That corporation is the NFL, and the issue is brain damage.