I heard on the radio this morning that today is the birthday of Carrie Fisher ("Princess Leia") and Kim Kardashian.I've seen 5 Carrie Fisher movies that I can recall. The first three "Star Wars" movies, "The Blues Brothers", and one called "Postcards from the Edge". This last one did not actually star Carrie Fisher, but was based on a book she wrote.
Kim Kardashian, according to the radio announcement, is the biggest "Reality Show" TV star. I've never watched her show. I guess I leave it up to others to keep up with the Kardashians.
"Kardashians don't keep up with themselves. Someone's gotta do it"
Reality shows I have watched include a few seasons of the Trump show, the Richard Branson "Rebel Billionaire" show, and a little bit of the first season of "Survivor". Oh, I also watched Stan Lee's "Superhero" show. I would have watched the planned astronaut reality show that would have put the winner on MIR, but that never panned out.
Yes, the Kardashian ethnic Armenian name is very close to the Star Trek Alien race "Cardassians". The best of the many "Star Trek" novels I have ever read was "A Stitch in Time" by Andrew J. Robinson, a great story of a boy growing up in a harsh society that trancends "Star Trek".
Below you will find the list of relevant Amazon sales links that I sometimes provide. However, to provide some balance, I will from now on present an independent bookstore (or perhaps a music store) every time I present the Amazon links.
Today's independent bookstore is Dog Ears Books. Run by fellow blogger P.J. Grath. It is in Northport, Michigan, and is a very well run independent bookstore featuring books on Art and Architecture, Foreign Languages, Michigan Adventure Fiction, Michigan & the Great Lakes and other subjects. And yes, there is a dog there.
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What a nice and totally unexpected surprise to find a link to my bookstore site at the end of your post! Thanks, dmarks!
As for reality shows, there was one I watched in Florida a couple of winters ago. I think it was called "The Great Race." It was interesting and didn't involve a lot of undermining others to win.
PJ: Glad you liked it. I will see what other bookstores I can come up with in the next post.
I know of "The Amazing Race", but can't find a lot about "The Great Race".
Happy Birthday to Carrie Fisher. She's sassy. Kim K is klassy...because with a k it means something else...
I like to think of myself as a good person, but I also like Dancing with the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance, and American Idol. So you see the conflict.
Oh, I am late to the birthday party!
I'm not much of a reality show person. I like Mythbusters, but am not sure that they count. I think that reality shows are not very "real". I suspect the drama is often inflated by a desire of the people involved to be the focal person. But mostly its because I have little in common with the people involved in the popular shows.
Though back in the seventies I was fascinated with The Loud Family. I think that they may have been the original pioneers of reality shows. But really it was very sad how their very public life affected their family and I had to stop watching them self-destruct.
If I'm not mistaken, I think that Ms. Fisher also played Meg Ryan's friend in "When Harry Met Sally".
I hope she is having a wonderful birthday.
I personally like her in "When Harry Met Sally." She was pretty cool in it.
I watch one reality show and that's Gene Simmon's Family Jewels. Hee...
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this song.
OH my gosh!! That was hilarious!! At first I thought, "no way!" Great job on the video whomever did the editing.
It fooled me at first. And I never liked the original song, and like this one. This other version has more 'gravitas'
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