michael buckovich

@fasc1nate Infinity. @DADiClementi @SugarpussOShea1 @SugarpussOShea1

Betty Brosmer: Beautiful photos of the pin up star with the ‘Impossible Waist’bit.ly/4a5ekRY

@ClassicMovieHub you're going out there a kid, but you've got to come back a star! @DADiClementi @SugarpussOShea1 The line of the movie!!

just because :) Warner Baxter and Ruby Keeler, 42nd Street

@Noirchick1 John's passion is always interrupted. And Carolyn is always garboesque in reaction to it: calmly expectant of and relaxed by his radical behavior. @DADiClementi @SugarpussOShea1 @tunesville1

Sending L'Amour in celebrating the 96th birthday of John Astin.. No better example of proving that the greatest of romances can come in the most unusual of packages....

@theicequeen333 Gorgeous.

meryl streep in 1979 talking about her hopes and dreams… baby girl you did it all 😭❤️

@TheStingisBack @azret7 It's the backscape that is stunning. The dress is just registering applause. @DADiClementi @SugarpussOShea1 @noirgal17 @SteveSm41425283

@azret7 This dress is stunning.

Happy Birthday, Warren Beatty During the 70s, he was a movie titan, wielding creative control almost unheard of for a star. He was also a legendary Playboy, which he played into perfectly in Shampoo (1975); English rose Julie Christie certainly didn’t mind, on or off screen🤣

@Suzanne08253534 Gorgeous contrast

Loretta Young at Lake Mead by Elmer Fryer (1931)

@TheStingisBack Actually, Christie asked Beatty during the shooting of one comic film they did together, "When are you going to do something serious, Warren?" I always thought "Reds" was his answer, and he would have wanted Julie, not Keaton, to play the woman. @DADiClementi @SugarpussOShea1

@distractedfilm Life is order and disarray, mystery and solution. We hold the diamond facets of our nature up to enlightenment and sink them back into the darkness of the unconscious. @IArtioli

“I have always preferred the reflection of the life to life itself.” - Francois Truffaut

@DrKristieLeong @MonikaWiesak Thank you. It is a world wide metaphor, for indeed, human nature whatever it is remains the same. The wolf metaphor is known to both Cherokee and Korean.

@23brookside @MonikaWiesak Beautifully said, Michael! What we feed, physically, mentally, spiritually, shapes who we become.

We do not seek only to develop lawyers or doctors who may lead their communities in income, what we seek are educated individuals who can bear the burdens of responsible citizenship, make judgement & encourage decisions which can bring not only prosperity but happiness. - JFK

@DrKristieLeong @HermannHessed 3/I love that disorienting camera movement. Are the dance partners to the group's left or right? The director introduces a visual mystery to emphasize the idea of experiential mystery. We've lived so many millennia in the midst of mystery. Our mysteries lie ahead of us too.

@23brookside @HermannHessed There’s so much wisdom in that. STEM trains us to master the external world, but the humanities were supposed to teach us how to master the internal one. When that balance slips, we end up knowing how everything works except ourselves.

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” ―Isaac Asimov

@DrKristieLeong @HermannHessed 2/Do we desire mystery for itself? youtube.com/watch?v=W2hHZ-…

@DrKristieLeong @HermannHessed We remain the great mystery as long as we eschew process. Sometimes I think we want to preserve mystery. We desire the mysterious for its own sake.

@DrKristieLeong Thank you, Kristie. As do you--in both the sciences and humanities.

@23brookside Yes, it's fun to share ideas, Michael! You have knowledge in a lot of areas. 🧠

New research suggests that calf circumference is one of the strongest predictors of longevity, and every extra centimeter is tied to about a 5% lower risk of death. Calf size a quiet biomarker of muscle mass, metabolic reserve, and how well you’ll handle illness as you age. If you’ve never measured yours, this is the moment. Here's how: 1. Sit or stand with the leg relaxed, foot flat on the floor. 2. Use a non‑stretch tape, wrap it around the widest part of the calf (usually mid‑calf), parallel to the floor, without compressing the skin. 3. Measure each side; use the larger value and record to 0.1 cm if possible. Studies frequently use cut‑points around 31–34.5 cm to flag higher mortality risk or low muscle mass in older adults. For example, one 9‑year cohort found that CC <34.5 cm and <31 cm both predicted higher mortality, with hazard ratios around 1.7–2.1 vs higher values. Source: Sanya Panwar. Neurologist says this simple body measurement may predict how long you live: “It is neither BMI nor weight” | Health. Hindustan Times. Published March 25, 2026. #Longevity #HealthyAging ‌

@BusterKeatonSoc Before The Wrong Man, by Hitch' @manuthebest58 @deborahskyrim

This Day in Buster… March 30, 1923 “The Love Nest” is released with Buster Keaton and Joe Roberts #oldhollywood #damfino #silentfilm #busterkeaton

@realAtlasPress It's comfortable to conform until you get an idea of your very own and refuse to let it go. @DADiClementi @SugarpussOShea1

“Anti-social behavior is a trait of intelligence in a world full of conformists.” ―Nikola Tesla

@DrKristieLeong @MonikaWiesak Yes, exactly, Kristie.

@23brookside @MonikaWiesak That's an interesting thought and it makes sense, Michael. They could resort to violence to preserve their fantasy world, the only place they feel in control.

@DrKristieLeong @MonikaWiesak Feuerbach said, "Der Mann ist, was er Ibt." Man is what he eats. We must starve the bad wolf of human nature and feed the good. Then our striving, which must occur in us, will have value.

@23brookside @MonikaWiesak In some ways, creation and destruction have a similar psychological root - the need for control and agency. When people can’t build, they break. When they can shape the world, they protect it. I'm sure cultures plays a role in enhancing one instinct over the other.

@DrKristieLeong Hand-some smiles in return

@23brookside You're so kind! Thank you, Michael. 🙏😊🙏

@DrKristieLeong @MonikaWiesak The positive and the negative will to power. One creates and moves humanity; the other stops its forward movement. We want "more." We strive for it. In the Story of Pasteur, a scientist hails Pasteur in the name of France. Paul Muni answers, "I hail you in the name of humanity."

@DrKristieLeong @MonikaWiesak I was inspired to think of this theme by the actions of adults around us in the present day. Literature brings facets of ourselves to consciousness. It directs us to what we already know, shines such facet in the light of full recognition. Literature is true to life fiction.