Two deaths

People often say deaths come in threes, an odd comment, but they tend to mean deaths close to them or deaths of famous people.

In the last 24 hours Senator John McCain passed away, as expected (although perhaps sooner), and Neil Simon.  Either another is coming, or Aretha Franklin is in that mythical three.

Meghan McCain's tweet/tribute to her dad is heart-wrenching. Donald Trump is disgraced this weekend, rightly so, for his shameful dismissal of Senator McCain. Maybe the Republican party will regain its integrity after contemplating the difference between the two. I sort of hope they all turn on Trump once Brett Cavanaugh gets confirmed, since the only justification for Trump I can see is getting two non-liberal SCOTUS judges. Until then, I'm not calling myself a Republican.

Neil Simon wrote a lot of comedies that were good, some that were corny. My main thought about him is that his plays were really expensive to put on in colleges (due to royalties) and he would police that no lines were cut. Most of the time lines needed to be cut because they were dirty or dumb. 


Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Kallman's Syndrome: The Secret Best Kept

Annie Dillard on Writing Advice and Some Observations