It's A Matter Of Principle, Or Money, One Of Those

Two things to report which, together, may perhaps add up to five things, or ten things, or one thing, depending on your attitude (personally I think of them as two things that shouldn't be added together at all, but then I never combine the money I make on Tuesday with the money I make on Thursday, so what do I know):

What Does This Have To Do With Iran And Pakistan?
I just saw Barry Levinson's 2008 quite enjoyable movie, "What Just Happened", it being that it has just made its way to Showtime. It stars Bruce Willis, Stanley Tucci, Robert DeNiro and Sean Penn.

I have in the past been no small influence on works that involve them all, including Levinson. And I was an influence again here. The particularly interesting thing in this instance is that it ties in fairly directly with my influence on Spielberg, as related in my December 26, 2009 video, "Steven Spielberg and the 'Mall Man' Factor", which is posted at Archive.Org. I've also incorporated into the following videoclip, which primarily regards "What Just Happened", another videoclip that I featured with my January 30, 2010 blog ("May The Force Be Tested For Possible Negative Side Effects"), as both subjects share an addendum-like quality with relation to my aforementioned Dec. 26, 2009 video:



I do not consider this videoclip self-explanatory, but rather as something that should be seen in conjunction with "Steven Spielberg and the 'Mall Man' Factor".

Money Needed For Bread And Thumbtacks
(I'll Worry About Buying Protein And A Bulletin Board Some Other Time)
On Wednesday, July 22nd I posted at Archive.Org a comedy concept I came up with, "Following The Money Ridiculously". Someday it could perhaps redefine everyone's very relationship to dramatic tension and thereby influence the lives of millions, if only the perfect inspiration were to somehow inhabit this concept.... Well, in any event, I don't think it's too bad an idea. I must admit, generally I consider it simplistic to lump all matters relating to money into one bag, but sometimes one just wants to momentarily shove things together into the same context for the hell of it. I'm sure that, whatever specific elements might someday get glued together through the development of this concept, those elements will eventually find some way to unglue themselves from it.