... but while I have the strength to write I shall provide a quick update. I have been, as Mr. Wint might say, "bitten by the bug." And so I have been out of the loop these past two days. Sorry for no updates today on my serial blog Death Ray Daughters but I have not had the strength to get through the editing process of the fifth installment (for the three of you that have ever read it in the first place).
I finished up banners for June's TOERIFC pick Someone to Love, chosen by Flickhead, who will of course, and as always, ignore my banners and use his own (shakes fist in air and shouts, "Flickhead!!!").
But most importantly, for me that is, I have discovered the title of my "time is money" movie written about in Wednesday's post and I have one person, and one person only, to thank for it. Let's hear a big round of applause for Kimberly Lindbergs who forever after will be referred to here as Kick-Ass Kimberly, for providing a link to a site in her comment on that very post which I then used to discover the answer. The link she provided was What's That Book which I used to ask about both of my mystery movies. Still no answer on the Civil War one yet but within about six hours of posting on the "time is money" one I had my answer from the admin of the site: The Price of Life, made in 1987 and shown on both Showtime and American Playhouse, which is where I saw it. It's not available and the user comments on the Showtime link don't really provide an answer as to how it ends but I'm happy for now just knowing I didn't imagine it. Thanks again Kimberly.
And now it's back to resting with my laptop by my side so I can check in between winks. Have a great weekend everyone and don't forget: Monday marks the return of Name That Movie. Don't miss it!
17 comments:
I am sorry that you are sick. I hope that you feel better soon.
Your friend,
Bill
Bill's not sorry. He sneezed in your coffee on purpose. I saw him.
Feel better, Greg.
I want JARVIS.
Flickhead, who will of course, and as always, ignore my banners and use his own (shakes fist in air and shouts, "Flickhead!!!").He tasks me! He tasks me and I shall have him! I'll chase him 'round the moons of Nibia and 'round the Antares Maelstrom and 'round Perdition's flames before I give him up!
Bill, thanks. I don't believe what Ryan said for a minute. Sorry for the late reply but damn do I feel awful.
Ryan, stop lying. You know you did it yourself.
Fox, JARVIS will have another movie soon, fear not. But nothing's happening around here for a couple of days. I feel like I'm going to die.
Flickhead, it is very cold... in space.
Sorry you're feeling under the weather, Greg but I'm so glad (and surprised!) that the book related links helped you find one of the film titles you were after.
I've used the book links to track down some of my favorite books from my childhood and I was really happy with the results too.
Take care!
Kick-Ass Kimberly, thanks again! I wrote my request saying it was a movie but that it sounded like it could have possibly been a book or short story. They did even track down a short story from 1983 about time being used as money but that's where the similarities ended. As soon as I read the summary for Price of Life in the user comments I knew that was the one. Now I hope they can figure out the Civil War one too.
Greg-
I hope you are feeling better soon - if not already.
Thanks Pat, I hope so too. My sore throat has taken a turn for the worse and I've had to take 2 Percocets (left over from my wife's surgery), 5 Advil and 2 Alleve just to dull the pain (I made sure I had food in my stomach). And of course, it's one in the morning and I'm awake because my sleep patterns have been so screwed up by this. Hopefully I will find relief soon. Thanks again.
This might not be the Civil War story you had seen, but I did find out that there was a "Hallmark Hall of Fame" teleplay about Matthew Brady, the photographer who documented the Civil War.
Thanks Peter, but it definitely wasn't about Brady, although I wouldn't mind checking that out.
Wait, I thought we'd determined the "Civil War movie" was really Baby's Day Out??
The Boer War Brian. Baby's Day Out was about the Boer War. Come on man, keep up.
I wish I could find a copy of that movie somewhere! I too thought I may have imagined it after a year of searching the web. I was really young, but it had a big impact on me!
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