One thing that greatly disturbs me is seeing a man with bald/balding hair on top of his head, and a long ponytail in back. This is NOT a good look. Is it because the man has no hair on the top of his head that he needs to compensate for it in other places? Ann Landers once said once men go bald, they consider their remaining hair as threads of gold, and she, as always, is right. Long ponytails aren't really that cool on men with full heads of hair, so why do bald men think they can carry off that style?

Another thing about bald men, they often might try to cover up with their ever decreasing hair with a hat. Hey, we know you're bald, don't try to "fool" us into thinking you aren't. Anyone notice that everytime you see Paul Simon these days he's got a baseball cap on? Bald. He's never been without it in recent years. Come to think of it, I don't think I've seen Paul Simon without a hat since 1986...I jest of course, it was more like 1989.

Every morning I wake up with a different song in my head--it is my blessing, my curse. And it's not even songs I even like half the time, it's just random songs that pop in there. For example, this morning I woke up with From a Distance by Bette Midler in there. Say what? I can't say I'm a big fan of the Divine Miss M. Then this song quickly faded away and was replaced by 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall. Huh? How'd that get in there? The biggest problem with this is that once those songs get in my head, they're stuck there and won't go away, they just keep repeating...repeating...repeating, etc. and DRIVE ME CRAZY. It's like a have a musical catalog in my head that will pick whatever song it wants to, even it's the most obscure or annoying song ever. What song will it be tomorrow morning? Oh the mystery.

Eegads! This template is coolness to the nth degree!

…When you wish…upon a fallen star… (I added that “fallen” part myself). What I mean is that Disney has become a fallen star. Their animated features have become considerably boring. No one wants to see them anymore. Remember when everybody fell in love with Ariel The Little Mermaid, saw Simba become The Lion King, and took part in adventure with Aladdin? Heck, The Beauty and the Beast was even nominated for an Academy Award. But that was all pre-1995, since then they have been TERRIBLE. Pocahontas was released that year and it all went downhill from there. Mulan, Hercules, Atlantis, Treasure Planet…list goes on. While each of these flicks had some redeeming features rendering them not totally bad, they lost the excitement of previous Disney animated films. I think the reasons for this are thus:

1) A reliance of big name voice actors to cover up a flimsy story. The Little Mermaid had no big names if you’ll remember.
2) Making less on a bigger budget. Treasure Planet is the most expensive animated movie to date, yet hasn’t even grossed $20 million at the box office as of yet.
3) Instead of basing films on beloved classic fairy tales, the studio has created more high-tech, futuristic tales in recent years. They took Treasure Island and bastardized it into Treasure Planet for god’s sake! They think kids want to see that sort of stuff, but I (and the weak box office) say otherwise.
4) Aiming movies towards kids and not making them also accessible to adults. Fairy tales have a universal appeal, futuristic teenage space adventures do not.

Those are my deductions of Disney’s animated film problems. They are saved only by Pixar, a small studio they distribute, who create the kind of stories people want to see (I cite Monsters, Inc., Toy Story…list goes on). Pixar is just creating innovative storytelling, something that Disney has lost. Comments?

Why do so many comedians always get tired of being funny and want to do dramatic roles? I cite Jim Carrey (The Truman Show, The Majestic); Tom Hanks (He was in the silly farce Bosom Buddies before Philadelphia, lest we forget); Whoopi Goldberg (The Color Purple), Richard Pryor (Blue Collar), Jerry Lewis (The King of Comedy), list goes on. These actors get tired of being funny and want to be taken seriously, thus the serious dramatic roles. But being funny is so hard, they should realize it's a special gift. When a dramatic actor tries their hand at comedy, it can be kind of awkward. Having a good sense of timing and what have you comes naturally. Some people have it and some don't. Just be funny! That's all I want. There aren't enough good comedians these days (Adam Sandler, I'm talking to you), and there needs to be more. Everybody wants to win the Academy Award. I'll re-iterate--JUST BE FUNNY, that's what you're good at.