Phil Rizzuto

The Buddha And The Groundhog “He saw a winter bleak and dark and bereft of hope. Yet we know that winter is just another step in the cycle of life”(Ramis, 1993). Phil Connors, a self-centered narcissist, delivered this statement in the 1993 film Groundhog Day that was directed and co-written by Harold Ramis. While Ramis did practice any religion, according to a New York Times interview, he had created a film that many see as one the greatest “Buddhist” movies made. Even though the movie Groundhog

Sizzle Sizzle. “What is that Glorious Smell” says Kevin. He rushes out of his bed following the smell like a dog chasing a bone. “ This smells great” says Kevin as he walked into the kitchen to see his wife cooking breakfast. He chows down the food so fast that he gets a stomach cramp as he gets up. As Kevin walks back to his room, he remembers what had happened to him a few weeks earlier. Kevin and his team had lost in the conference finals of the NBA Playoffs. The whole nation had hope they would

At the heart of the two acclaimed films by the names of Groundhog Day and Solaris (1972) lie two characters who are initially unpleasant protagonists. Phil Connors is a news reporter with a tremendous ego and lack of respect for all those around him. Kris Kelvin begins the film by disrespecting and discrediting Burton, a Solaris ship crew member who saw the visions Kelvin would encounter soon. Although quick judgment could be made about their characters, further into their respective films they show

For instance, Huttman asks, “Did we really believe that we had a right to force “life” on a suffering man who had begged for the right to die?” (344). Although, I do disagree with the Phil Donahue Show’s audience calling Huttmann a murderer, because she did not kill anyone at all. She only let Mac die when his body said that the time was right. Huttman experiences his death, “Then there was one soft sigh and I felt his hands go cold in mine. “Mac?” I whispered, as I waited for his chest to rise and

A Crime of Compassion or Just a Crime? In “A Crime of Compassions” Barbara Huttman (writer) told the audience in the Phil Donahue show and every person that read A Crime of Compassion about Mac and the way Mac suffered from lung cancer. “Mac was a young, witty, macho cop who walked into the hospital with 32 pounds of attack equipment, looking as if he could of single-handedly protect the whole city, if not the entire state” (par 4). By the vivid description and effects Barbara Huttman gives her

“feminine” about soap operas” (129). The found connection in this essay gives a little more of a positive view on soap operas and their viewers. Modelski at the start points out a disconnect between men and soap operas, giving the example of the “Phil Donahue Show.” While airing on the topic of “handicapped Vietnam War Veterans” and their experiences “Donahue interrupted the conversation to assure his audience (comprised of almost entirely women) that he was not giving them soap opera.” As though

down when Fetterman’s entire force disappeared over Trail Lodge Ridge. None of them were ever seen alive again. Seven months after the tragic bloodshed of the Fetterman Massacre by a band of Lakota; Sargent Seamus Donegan was stationed near Fort Phil Kearney recovering from the horror and bloodbath in which he participated.

A light tapping on my door dissolves the image. I wipe my eyes before resting myself on my elbows and call out, “Come in.” The door creaks as Alice slips inside my room. “Morning, birthday girl,” she sings. “I heard you talking on the phone so I knew you were awake.” A slight curl dances on my lips before dispersing. “Thank you.” She ambles over to my bed with an envelope and gift wrapped in baby-pink paper nestled in her hands. “Alice,” I whine, “you know how I feel about birthdays.” She tightens

Patrol, accepted the position of Warden of the Missouri State Penitentiary. His mission? “clean up” the penitentiary. A year later, Missouri formed the Department of Corrections. Whitecotton, became its new Director. Together with Missouri Governor Phil Donnelly, the two set out to take control of Missouri's prisons. Prisoners at MSP rioted in September of 1954. The Missouri Highway Patrol and local law enforcement entered the prison to quell the riot, before all the buildings were burnt to the ground

Absaraka: Home of the Crows Margaret Carrington This book was written by Margaret Carrington (1831-1870), the wife of the Commanding Officer Colonel Henry B. Carrington, at Fort Philip Kearny. This novel was written from her own journal about her time spent traveling to the outpost up to her return to Fort Laramie. The book reads initially as a guide to prospective travelers on the Virginia City road, and finishes in the same fashion. In between are her first hand accounts of the troubles experienced