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My Apollo 11 The Movie Takeaways

7/18/2019

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I saw a screening of Apollo 11: A Cinematic Event 50 Years in the Making.(Sequel to Apollo 10? Prequel to Apollo 13?) Here are my takeaways.

Wow! So. Much. SCIENCE! Even more MATH! (And nobody forgot to carry the one.)

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On a Recent Visit to Man World…

3/6/2019

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Having a favorite pair of boots means I wear them all the time and it shows: skuff marks gah-lore. Sure I wipe them down and run a drug store shoe shine sponge over them but my puppies needed so much more.
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I remembered seeing a shoe shine stand in Penn Station and made plans to stop in on my next train trip. As I walked in I was suddenly very aware that the place was full of men. Only men. The customers, the employees… All. Men. It gave me pause.

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If the Feck Fits or I Love You Samantha Bee*

12/28/2018

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I’m confused. We live in a bully-boy, mean-girl society. Name calling is what we do now. Right?

Ad hominem attacks are all the rage. Literally. Crooked Hillary. Little Rocket Man. Apes. The N-word. Now, the C-word. It’s clear that the adults may have gone to college, but, when it comes to the basics of decorum, respect, and class, they’ve failed kindergarten. Sad.

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It’s Not Just About Hair

12/22/2018

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I really did not want to comment on the story about the young wrestler who was given the so-called choice to cut his dreadlocks or forfeit his match; but how can I not? Watching becky wield those scissors in the video was horrifying.

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Home Depot is Not My Happy Place

12/18/2018

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I am a woman with a particular set of skills. Home repair is not one of them. I’m less Home Depot and more DSW. I know this kind of talk won’t earn me a spot on anyone’s zombie apocalypse team, but there it is.

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A Hospital Bedside Lesson On Love

12/10/2018

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As I was sitting at My Father’s hospital bedside the other day he said, “We were talking earlier about how to find a good man…”
Um, no we weren’t. But what he said to me next was strangely on point. He said,​


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I Resolve…

6/4/2018

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One of my New Year’s resolutions was to go to the theatre at least once a month. There’s no easier place to fulfill that plan than New York City. I enjoy watching actors tell a story on-stage live, in real time. It moves me.

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How Are You Stepping into the New Year?

12/30/2017

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There’s a woman in my Zumba class who is always off beat. If we go left she goes right. If we go right, she goes left. Consistently. It’s like the signals from her brain are taking the scenic route to her limbs. We’re moving through air and she is struggling through Kryptonite.

Or maybe gravity is different on her home planet.


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How Are You Stepping into the New Year?

12/30/2017

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There’s a woman in my Zumba class who is always off beat. If we go left she goes right. If we go right, she goes left. Consistently. It’s like the signals from her brain are taking the scenic route to her limbs. We’re moving through air and she is struggling through Kryptonite. Or maybe gravity is different on her home planet.​

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My Seven Takeaways From Seeing “The Last Jedi”

12/21/2017

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  1. Ok, not specific to The Last Jedi but to the franchise at large: How much does it cost in dry cleaning to keep those Storm Trooper uniforms so pristine? I mean, not even a coffee stain? Are they using Clorox? Are the uniforms made from a repellent material, or is this the true power of the Dark Side?
  2. In Luke’s defense, what parent has not seen the power of the Dark Side growing in their teenager? Had their last good nerve worked to the point of considering a laying-on of hands or of light saber? Their innocent cuteness while sleeping is indeed what saves them. (I’m confident that had I not been such a sound sleeper the Force within me might have awakened one night to see one or both of my Jedi Parents standing over me with a pillow, for want of a light saber.)
  3. Seriously though, what is young Professor Snape’s problem? I mean, Kylo Ren. That neither of his parents gave him a last name? Or that adult onset acne skips a generation? WHAT IS YOUR ISSUE, SIR?
  4. One of my favorite moments in the movie is when Luke sees R2D2 for the first time in forever. He says, “R2!” like he was a kid again. Ah, if only. And my second favorite moment is Kylo shooting Luke to pieces. That looked like what a bad job performance review feels like.
  5. Random question: Is BB-8 the Star Wars version of Scrappy Doo?
  6. I have to (and I mean to HAVE TO) have the dress Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo (Laura Dern) was wearing! Yes, strong women! Yes, women in power! Yes, women! But when The Admiral appeared on screen I thought, “This chick is wearing my dress!” Nora Ephron (“I Feel Bad about My Neck”) would have loved it. No neck worries in this get up. Where oh where can I buy this dress? Or do I have to pull a Scarlet O’Hara: snatch some drapes down from the window and make it myself? The flaw in that plan is that I have blinds. That’s a different outfit entirely. Any seamstresses wanna take a crack at it? I need it for DragonCon 2018. (Front view of the dress: https://movieweb.com/star-wars-last-jedi-admiral-holdo-photo-details-laura-dern/ Killer back view: https://media.vanityfair.com/photos/592457a5dffe772993b30b3c/master/w_900,c_limit/star-wars-portfolio-06-2017-ss11.jpg
  7. And so clearly this is not the last Jedi, so what will the next installment be? Honey I Shrunk the Jedi? Jedi vs Alien vs Predator? My money’s on Jedi Sharknado: May the Fish Be With You. (Which may also provide a neat cross over into the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series: So Long and Thanks for All the Jedi.)
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    Leighann Lord is a veteran stand-up comedian, author, and podcaster. 

    She has written several humor books including: Dict Jokes: Alternate Definitions for Words You’ve Probably Never Heard of But Will Definitely Never Forget and Real Women Do It Standing Up: Stories From the Career of a Very Funny Lady, which has been called “Witty and unexpectedly vulnerable.” Both titles and more are available on Amazon.

    Leighann was the creator of the weekly humor column, The Urban Erma, which was the longest running column in Stage Time Magazine. She has contributed to The Huffington Post and wrote for the pilot of The Chris Rock Show. She is the creator and host of the People with Parents podcast, where she shares personal stories about the role reversal between adult children and their aging parents.
     
    Leighann earned her BA degree in Journalism and Creative Writing from Baruch College, City University of New York, her honorary PhD in Interdisciplinary Studies from Southhampton University, and is a member of the Writer’s Guild of America, East. In 2019 she received the Humanist Arts Award from the American Humanist Association. 
     
    Leighann is also a firm supporter of the Oxford Comma.

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