Philosophy
Mickey Spillane's [Frank Morrison Spillane--March 9th, 1918 to July 17th, 2006] Mike Hammer was no weenie saddled with a wife and funky dog named Asta like Nick [The Thin Man] or the cerebral Sherlock Holmes but more like the vigilante Inspector Harry Callahan [Dirty Harry]...everyone was an equal opportunity corpse. These two were street smart and had their own sense of dispensing justice that meanders around the fringes of the law. Both of them were full of conundrums worthy of hours of ethical debates.
So, a happy birthday to Mickey Spillane whose books got me into much trouble in high school.
- Catch Me On The Radio
For those of you in the Baltimore area, I'll be on the 98 Rock afternoon drive-time program "Mickey and Amelia" Wednesday around 4 to talk about ethics....
- Sherlock Holmes And Chemistry
"Sherlock Holmes knew chemistry" by James F. O’Brien April 8th, 2013 Oxford University Press Sir Arthur Conan Doyle claimed that he wrote the Sherlock Holmes stories while waiting in his medical office for the patients who never came. When this...
- Deceased--eleanor Callahan
Eleanor CallahanJune 13th, 1916 to February 28th, 2012"Eleanor Callahan, Photographic Muse, Dies at 95"byRichard B. WoodwardFebruary 28th, 2012The New York TimesEleanor Callahan, the muse for her husband, Harry Callahan, whose varied and sensual photographs...
- Deceased--bill Justice
Bill Justice February 9th, 1914 to February 10th, 2011 "Bill Justice dies at 97; Walt Disney Studios animator worked on 'Fantasia' and 'Bambi'" Justice joined Walt Disney Studios in 1937 and animated Chip 'n' Dale as well as Thumper...
- Paraskevidekatriaphobia/triskaidekaphobia--you Suffer From It?
Harry Callahan: "I know what you're thinking. 'Did he fire six shots or only five?' Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world,...
Philosophy
Justice and ethics...in the eye of the beholder?
"The roar of the .45 shook the room. Charlotte staggered back a step. Her eyes were a symphony of incredulity, an unbelieving witness to truth. Slowly, she looked down at the ugly swelling in her naked belly where the bullet went in. 'How could you?' she gasped. I had only ...a moment before talking to a corpse, but I got it in. 'It was easy,' I said."
Mickey Spillane's [Frank Morrison Spillane--March 9th, 1918 to July 17th, 2006] Mike Hammer was no weenie saddled with a wife and funky dog named Asta like Nick [The Thin Man] or the cerebral Sherlock Holmes but more like the vigilante Inspector Harry Callahan [Dirty Harry]...everyone was an equal opportunity corpse. These two were street smart and had their own sense of dispensing justice that meanders around the fringes of the law. Both of them were full of conundrums worthy of hours of ethical debates.
So, a happy birthday to Mickey Spillane whose books got me into much trouble in high school.
- Catch Me On The Radio
For those of you in the Baltimore area, I'll be on the 98 Rock afternoon drive-time program "Mickey and Amelia" Wednesday around 4 to talk about ethics....
- Sherlock Holmes And Chemistry
"Sherlock Holmes knew chemistry" by James F. O’Brien April 8th, 2013 Oxford University Press Sir Arthur Conan Doyle claimed that he wrote the Sherlock Holmes stories while waiting in his medical office for the patients who never came. When this...
- Deceased--eleanor Callahan
Eleanor CallahanJune 13th, 1916 to February 28th, 2012"Eleanor Callahan, Photographic Muse, Dies at 95"byRichard B. WoodwardFebruary 28th, 2012The New York TimesEleanor Callahan, the muse for her husband, Harry Callahan, whose varied and sensual photographs...
- Deceased--bill Justice
Bill Justice February 9th, 1914 to February 10th, 2011 "Bill Justice dies at 97; Walt Disney Studios animator worked on 'Fantasia' and 'Bambi'" Justice joined Walt Disney Studios in 1937 and animated Chip 'n' Dale as well as Thumper...
- Paraskevidekatriaphobia/triskaidekaphobia--you Suffer From It?
Harry Callahan: "I know what you're thinking. 'Did he fire six shots or only five?' Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world,...