I'm waiting for Ten Easy Pieces by Jimmy Webb to come in the mail.
He wrote a lot of popular songs back in the day; Wichita Lineman, By the Time I Get to Phoenix, Galveston and MacArthur Park to name a few.
I love to get stuff in the mail.
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Speaking of easy pieces - Five Easy Pieces with Jack Nicholson was one of my top ten movies when it came out. It's the movie where he plays an oil worker, with the scene of him playing the piano in the back of a pickup, and the great "chicken salad sandwich" scene in the cafe.
I really like a lot of Jack Nicholson's work; beginning with Easy Rider back in 1969. Great tunes in that movie.
The Last Detail made in 1973 is another favorite Jack movie of mine. Love the scene in the bar where the bartender threatens to call the shore patrol.
Too many to mention. What a career. One of my other favorite Jack Nicholson scenes is in Goin' South where he's in the mine and tells Mary Steenburgen with a glimmer in his eye, "I can do this allll day long....all day long." Funny stuff.
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It's Friday! A good Friday as always. I'm glad the week is wrapping up and looking forward to Thanksgiving next week.
Going to a friends 50th birthday celebration tomorrow and seeing an old friend of ours from Minnesota on Sunday.
He's worked most of his life as a farmer and is now taking some time to travel as well as build his dream home. He's full of stories and fun. Had some really tough things happen to him, but he's come through it all okay.
