Nothing Is A Waste Of Time

"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely." - Auguste Rodin

Failure To Prepare

"Failure to prepare is preparing to fail." - Unknown

Free of Failures

"If your life is free of failures, you are not taking enough risks." - Unknown

Fear

“Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.” - Ralph Waldo Emerson

First Football Game

The boys played their first football game today and lost to St. Cletus 26 to 16. Grandma, Papa, Uncle Steve, Aunt LeAnn, Aunt Nancy, Cousin Kelly and Cousin Tommy came to watch. It was sunny and warm. My youngest son played the whole game on defense and my oldest son played the whole game as wide receiver and on both kick-off teams. Their team is missing three good players. After the game we had a barbecue at the house.

He Who Asks A Question

"He who asks a question may be a fool for five minutes, but he who never asks a question remains a fool forever." - Tom J. Connelly

Question Of The Week

If your life was made into a book, what would the title be?

Good Question

Tony Fitzpatrick

I found this blog surfing. I use to caddy with this guy at Glen Oak Country Club in Glen Ellyn and he was pretty good friends with my brother. My brother even had a drawing of his before he was famous.

http://www.fleisher-ollmangallery.com/fitzpatrick/fitzpatrickbio.html

Risk

"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." -T.S. Eliot

Pat Riley

"Don't let other people tell you what you want." - Pat Riley

I have a book autographed by Pat Riley. I can remember going to see him at Borders in Oak Brook. I got there after the book signing was over and they told me he was in the restaurant nearby. I waited by the door until he was finished eating and he signed my book. At that time he was the NBA's winniest coach. Phil Jackson has past him up.

A Diamond

"A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure." - Anonymous

No Pressure

"No pressure, no diamonds." - Mary Case

Make The Best Out Of The Way Things Turn Out

"Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out." - Art Linkletter

Your Best

"If you are doing your best, you will not have time to worry about failure." - Robert Hillyer

You Won't Know It

"When you become senile, you won't know it." - Bill Cosby

A Library Is Lost

"When an old person dies, a library is lost." - Tommy Swann

To Teach

"To teach is to learn again." - Unknown

Time

"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once. " Woody Allen

The Night Inspector

Yesterday I finished reading "The Night Inspector" by Frederick Busch. It was pretty disturbing and kind of depressing especially at the end. I hope all his books aren't like it. It kept my interest but some of the images it brought up were pretty gruesome. I started reading "Girls" and it looks like it's gonna be good and sort of a prequel to "North" the first book of his that I read. I'll have to read his books in backwards order until I latch onto another author I find interesting.

Googol

Nine-year-old invented term googol
It's incredible how much kids contribute to math!As story goes term googol for number 10 to the power of 100 was coined by Milton Sirotta then nine year old nephew of American mathematician Edward Kasner. A googol is greater than the number of particles in the known universe!And what is googolplex, 10 to the power of googol?

Concert For George

Last night I watched the DVD of the Concert For George http://www.concertforgeorge.com/ at the Royal Albert Hall. It was a tribute to George Harrison organized by Eric Clapton. Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Tom Petty, Billy Preston all played songs. George's son played along for a lot of the songs. I can't believe how much he looks like his dad. It was really good. I've been on this kick of watching music DVD's from the library ever since I visited the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame. A lot of great rock history captured to be watched over and over again. I was able to see George Harrison in concert at the old Chicago Stadium. I can remember going down there at 6:30 in the morning to buy the tickets. One of my all time favorite songs is My Sweet Lord.

http://www.allthingsmustpass.com/

Counter

I finally figured out how to add a counter to my blog. Now I can see if anybody reads it beside me. Links, lists and pictures are next. Am I a computer whiz or what?

Music

"Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable." - Samuel Johnson

Montini Jamboree

The boys got to scrimmage against three different teams today at Montini High School in Lombard. Their team looks good. They have couple guys out with injuries and a couple key players that didn't show up and their starting quarterback didn't make weight by .7 pounds. Their first game is next week. They just finished two weeks of practice every night. Next week they start practicing every other night. My oldest son is number 88 and plays wide receiver and my youngest is number 77 and plays defensive tackle. I'm looking forward to a great season.

The Best Ideas

“The best ideas come after you think you’ve run out of them.” --Unknown

Not Afraid Of Tomorrow

"I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today."
- William Allen White

Tomorrow

"Tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week." - Unknown

Reputation

"Reputation is character minus what you’ve been caught doing." - Michael Iapoce

Conscience

"Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking." - H. L. Mencken

When Everything Else Feels Good

"Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels good." - Unknown

Let It Be Enthusiasm

"If you can give your son or daughter only one gift, let it be Enthusiasm." - Bruce Barton

Enthusiasm

“There is a real magic to enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment.” - Norman Vincent Peale

Press On

“Press on. Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.” - Calvin Coolidge

Tropical Skittles and Twizzlers

I normally don't like to buy anything from a vending machine. I think they're a ripoff but I just passed one and saw some Tropical Skittles that were stuck. The next item was Twizzlers. For $.75 I got both. When it's a bargain like that I won't pass it up. I was really looking for some chocolate but this will have to do. I spent most of the day reading Sunday's paper and blogsurfing. I found a couple of good blogs. This one is pretty funny and I spend a lot of time in libraries: http://librariesfordummies.blogspot.com/ .

A Bargain

"A bargain is something you can't use at a price you can't resist." - Franklin P. Jones

Change

"Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine." - Robert C. Gallagher

A Memory Of War

I just finished reading my second Frederick Busch book. "A Memory Of War." It's one of those books you really have to pay attention to. He really gets into people's minds. I was kinda of disappointed with the ending. Oh well. I have "The Night Inspector" to read next. When I find a good author I try and read everything I can find by that author and then wait for them to write their next book. Our library only has four of five of his books as far as I can tell. I turned in my entry for the summer reading club. In all the years I've entered I haven't won a prize. Maybe this year. They give you three free DVD/VHS rentals for checking out and reading 6 books. I think I've mentioned all six books in my blog. I'll have to check.

The Terminal

I watched the The Terminal http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362227/ last night. It was an interesting story. It just shows you that movies can be made about almost anything. I wonder how different it would have been with someone different from Tom Hanks. He must an in with directors Steven Spielberg and Ron Howard. It seems like he is in all their movies. Catherine Zeta Jones looked really good. It would be great to have someone like her as a stewardess.

Synopsis

Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks) is a visitor to New York from Eastern Europe, whose homeland erupts in a fiery coup while he is in the air en route to America. Stranded at Kennedy Airport with a passport from nowhere, he is unauthorized to actually enter the United States and must improvise his days and nights in the terminal's international transit lounge until the war at home is over. As the weeks and months stretch on, Viktor finds the compressed universe of the terminal to be a richly complex world of absurdity, generosity, ambition, amusement, status, serendipity and even romance with a beautiful flight attendant named Amelia (Catherine Zeta-Jones). But Viktor has long worn out his welcome with airport official Frank Dixon (Stanley Tucci), who considers him a bureaucratic glitch, a problem he cannot control but wants desperately to erase. During his accidental exile, Viktor encounters and befriends an array of airport employees, some of whom aren't very far removed from their own assimilation to America.

The Paradox of Our Age

The Paradox of Our Age
We have taller buildings but shorter tempers; wider freeways but narrower viewpoints; we spend more but have less; we buy more but enjoy it less; we have bigger houses and smaller families; more conveniences, yet less time; we have more degrees but less sense; more knowledge but less judgement; more experts, yet more problems; we have more gadgets but less satisfaction; more medicine, yet less wellness; we take more vitamins but see fewer results. We drink too much; smoke too much; spend too recklessly; laugh too little; drive too fast; get too angry quickly; stay up too late; get up too tired; read too seldom; watch TV too much and pray too seldom.We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values; we fly in faster planes to arrive there quicker, to do less and return sooner; we sign more contracts only to realize fewer profits; we talk too much; love too seldom and lie too often. We've learned how to make a living, but not a life; we've added years to life, not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet the new neighbor. We've conquered outer space, but not inner space; we've done larger things, but not better things; we've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul; we've split the atom, but not our prejudice; we write more, but learn less; plan more, but accomplish less; we make faster planes, but longer lines; we learned to rush, but not to wait; we have more weapons, but less peace; higher incomes, but lower morals; more parties, but less fun; more food, but less appeasement; more acquaintances, but fewer friends; more effort, but less success. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but have less communication; drive smaller cars that have bigger problems; build larger factories that produce less. We've become long on quantity, but short on quality.These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion; tall men, but short character; steep in profits, but shallow relationships. These are times of world peace, but domestic warfare; more leisure and less fun; higher postage, but slower mail; more kinds of food, but less nutrition. These are days of two incomes, but more divorces; these are times of fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, cartridge living, throw-away morality, one-night stands, overweight bodies and pills that do everything from cheer, to prevent, quiet or kill. It is a time when there is much in the show window and nothing in the stock room. Indeed, these are the times!

Found on http://donnsbrain.blogspot.com

Waste

Over 2,000,000 tons of paper are wasted every year in the U.S. alone on mail that goes straight into garbage cans.

Don't Tell People How To Do Things

"Don't tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results." - George S. Patton

Do What's Right

"Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right." - Isaac Asimov

Life Is Hard?

“When I hear somebody sigh that Life is hard, I am always tempted to ask, Compared to what?” - Sydney J. Harris

Managing Your Magazines

If you are subscribing too many magazines, Ken Norton has posted a article on how to manage your subscriptions http://www.heynorton.org/blog/2005/07/lifehack_managi.html - how to draw a line on what to subscribe and what to unsubscribe. He mentioned nine ways:

Make a list of every magazine subscription.
Rank the magazines in the order in which you’d like to read them.
Note the frequency.
Consider keeping anything that is quarterly.
Draw a three hour line.
Cancel any weekly subscriptions below the line.
Cancel any below-the-line magazines that are associated with memberships.
Consider canceling most other subscriptions below the line.
Recycle all of those old magazines.

Power Outage

We lost power about 5:00 p.m. just before the boys went to football practice. The phones still worked so I called around. I called 1-800 Edison1 like I always do when we lose power and got all the flashlights ready. We have some great flashlights from camping. I placed them strategically around the house. A lot of people were sitting outside. I was told there was a fire at the substation in town by the fire station and Wal-Mart. I was getting ready to eat all the ice cream and to pack up some of our food and take it to my brother's if the power was out too long. It came back on after three hours at about 8:30 p.m. right after the boys got back from football practice. I went out to get some Taco Bell for them and it was wild. All the strip malls, street lights, stoplights everything was dark except for car headlights. I drove north on Lemont Road east down 75th Street all the way to Cass Avenue then south. Everything was dark. I drove past work and it looked like we had lights. The power outage covered a big area. I ended up getting Wendy's for the boys. I was glad the power came back on. I've had to shower before with no power and the garage door has to be opened manually. Am I spoiled or what. Next morning at work we lost power 4 or 5 times between 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. We were already to go home. The night before they sent everybody home at 4:30 p.m. I was already gone because I get off at 3:30 p.m. A lot of people in the area didn't have power for almost two days.

Our Darien Mayor Carmen Soldato said at least a third of the city was affected by the August 10th fire at a Darien substation that cut power to at least 22,000 homes and businesses in southeastern DuPage County. "This last outage continues a trend of many, and was not a mere inconvenience but a crisis," he said. City officials have been meeting with ComEd routinely over the last nine years, and more intensely over the last 12 months, about frequent power outages. Officials want ComEd to upgrade its equipment and provide a written plan showing how the utility plans to maintain its distribution network and provide reliable service in Darien. Soldato said he is encouraging other communities to join Darien's efforts. The decision to consider taking legal action against ComEd came on the heels of an Aug. 12 press conference called by Soldato, who expressed the city's dissatisfaction with the utility. Residents who flanked the mayor carried signs that read "Fix the Problem" and "No More Promises." "A power outage of a couple of hours is disruptive, but a three-day outage is a crisis," he said. "We wish this communication was not necessary, but the city of Darien is fed up with Commonwealth Edison and their lack of business focus and we are not going to take it any longer," Soldato said. ComEd spokesman Chris Adams said the utility dispatched 150 crews to end the outage. Business owners were hit hard by the lengthy outage. Jimmy Gino, manager of The Royal Shield Restaurant, 7417 S. Cass Ave., Darien, said he was without electricity from 4 to 9:30 p.m. Aug. 10 and had to shut down. "The coolers kept their temperatures so the food was fine, but I did lose business because I didn't have the electricity (to stay open)," he said. Michelle Landato, a Darien resident and owner of Johnny's Italian Beef, said she lost money Aug. 10. "We didn't lose a lot of beef because we had generators, but we had to postpone deliveries. It was a loss of a whole day's income and we had to be up all night because the generator needed gas," she said. Joanne Martin, manager at the hair salon J C Cuts Inc. at 7515 S. Cass Ave., said Aug. 12 that her shop was without power for about 21 hours. "We had to cancel all of our appointments (Aug. 11) because we were closed for the entire day. We're a little backed up because we're trying to fit in all of our (canceled) Thursday appointments but we're handling it OK. Everybody's going to work a little longer to make up for it," she said. The Republic Bank Of Chicago, 1510 75th St., Darien, was without electricity for about 38 hours. Sharon McCarthy, a bank supervisor, said the power didn't come back on until about 10 a.m. Aug. 12. "Some (bank employees) went to different branches to work during the outage. Some of us were here and just kind of sat in the dark," McCarthy said. Ernesto Duran, senior communications specialist for ComEd, said anyone who has incurred damages can file a claim with ComEd by either going online to download a form, or by calling the company at (800) 334-7661 and asking the company to mail a form to them. Claim forms were also handed out last week in Darien. Duran said it was too early to tell how many people have filed claims so far since it takes about a week for people and businesses to fill them out and mail them back to corporate offices.

Spreading Light

"There are only two ways of spreading light - to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it." - Edith Wharton

Power Outage

"There was a power outage at a department store yesterday. Twenty people were trapped on the escalators." - Steven Wright

Become A Fixer

"Become a fixer, not just a fixture." - Anthony J. D'Angelo

No Such Thing

"There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day." - Alexander Woollcott

The Aristocrats Movie Screening

You've won a pair of passes to The Loop's screening of The Aristocrats on Wednesday, August 10th at 7:30pm, at Loews Cineplex Pipers Alley Theatres, located at 1608 N. Wells in Chicago.

PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR GETTING INTO THE MOVIE.

Please do not respond to this email. You will be on a GUEST-LIST at the theater, and you MUST bring a PHOTO I.D. to gain admittance to this screening. Bring your I.D. to The Loop representative to receive a screening pass, which will be good for YOU PLUS ONE GUEST. You CAN NOT transfer your pass to anyone else, so please don't have someone else bring this email to the theater--they will not be admitted. Only you (and your guest) will be allowed into the theater. As always, please keep in mind that the theatre is overbooked to ensure capacity and we strongly recommend that you arrive early. At the theatre, seating is on a first come, first serve basis. Passes and R.S.V.P.'s DO NOT guarantee seating. No one will be admitted without a pass and no one will be admitted after the screening begins. Seating is not guaranteed. Theatre is not responsible for overbooking. No children under 6 years old will be admitted. Enjoy the film.

Unfortunately I wasn't able to go. The boys had football practice from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

A Bend In The Road

"A bend in the road is not the end of the road...unless you fail to make the turn." - Unknown

Murphy's Technology Laws

*You can never tell which way the train went by looking at the track.
*Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence.
*Whenever a system becomes completely defined, some damn fool discovers something which either abolishes the system or expands it beyond recognition.
*Technology is dominated by those who manage what they do not understand.
*If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization.
*The opulence of the front office decor varies inversely with the fundamental solvency of the firm.
*The attention span of a computer is only as long as it electrical cord.
*An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less until he knows absolutely everything about nothing.
*Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and he'll have to touch to be sure.
*All great discoveries are made by mistake.
*Always draw your curves, then plot your reading.
*Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget.
*All's well that ends.
*A meeting is an event at which the minutes are kept and the hours are lost.
*The first myth of management is that it exists.
*A failure will not appear till a unit has passed final inspection.
*New systems generate new problems.
*To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.
*We don't know one millionth of one percent about anything.
*Any given program, when running, is obsolete.
*Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
*A computer makes as many mistakes in two seconds as 20 men working 20 years make.
*The faster a computer is, the faster it will reach a crashed state.
*Nothing motivates a man more than to see his boss putting in an honest day's work.
*Some people manage by the book, even though they don't know who wrote the book or even what book.
*The primary function of the design engineer is to make things difficult for the fabricator and impossible for the serviceman.

Thanks to http://emblazenedsojournings.blogspot.com/

Solving Problems

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." - Albert Einstein

Cookout & Karaoke

We went over to my brother's house last night at about 7:00 p.m. to celebrate my Mom's 70th birthday. It was a beautiful night. We sat outside until the mosquitoes started getting bad. He cooked some hamburgers and Italian sausage. After we ate we all went down in his basement and everybody started singing karaoke. My Mom opened her presents and we sang and had birthday cake. She got some really nice presents. We ended up leaving about 1:00 a.m. The boys were bushed. It was a nice party.

Happy Birthday Mel!

Guy Fell Out Of His Car

I saw the craziest thing today. I just dropped off some DVDs and CDs at the library and was pulling out of the parking lot. This blue Camaro was driving along on Clarendon Hills Road going North and the driver's side door opened. A guy leaned out like he was looking for something next to his seat and he fell right out of the car into the street. The door was opened and the car kept going toward the stoplight at Plainfield Road. I couldn't believe it. The guy got up and ran after his car and was able to jump into it before it hit anything. Wild. I turned right on Clarendon Hills Road going South and this other guy was running up the street. I asked him if that was his friend and he said yes. Crazy.

Stop Driving

"I had to stop driving my car for a while... the tires got dizzy." - Steven Wright

Funny Things Are Everywhere

"From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere." - Dr. Seuss

World Owes You Nothing

"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first." - Mark Twain

Sherlock's Last Case

My Dad was able to get 9 free tickets to this play at Drury Lane Oakbrook http://www.drurylaneoakbrook.com/index.shtml . I took the two boys and my oldest son brought along four of his friends. My sister and niece used the other two tickets. It was a good play. The lead actor who played Sherlock Holmes reminded me of Pierce Brosnan. There were some very funny parts and one of the gunshots caught me by surprise. It's been a while since I've been to a play at Drury Lane.

"Sherlock's Last Case"
"Everybody loves a good mystery, but what about one that tells us of the demise of our favorite sleuth? Is this really the end of Sherlock Holmes? This play is thrilling and astonishing and guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat. You'll laugh and you'll cry and you'll enjoy this masterful work of intrigue and suspense. "

It's Never Too Late

“It’s never to late to be what you would have been.” – George Eliot

Courage

"Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway." - John Wayne

Anyway

People are unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.
Love them anyway.
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.
If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.
The biggest person with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest person with the smallest mind.
Think big anyway.
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.
People really need help but may attack if you help them.
Help people anyway.
Give the world the best you have and you might get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you've got anyway.

- Dr. Kent M. Keith

John Wayne Movies

The Shootist (1976) .... J.B. Books
Rooster Cogburn (1975) .... Rooster Cogburn... aka Rooster Cogburn and the Lady
Brannigan (1975) .... Lt. Jim Brannigan (Chicago PD).
McQ (1974) .... Det. Lt. Lon McQ
Cahill U.S. Marshal (1973) .... U.S. Marshal J.D. Cahill
The Train Robbers (1973) .... Lane
The Cowboys (1972) .... Wil Andersen
Big Jake (1971) .... Jacob 'Big Jake' McCandles
Rio Lobo (1970) .... Col. Cord McNally
Chisum (1970) .... John Simpson Chisum
The Undefeated (1969) .... Col. John Henry Thomas
True Grit (1969) .... Rooster Cogburn
Hellfighters (1968) .... Chance Buckman
The Green Berets (1968) .... Col. Mike Kirby
The War Wagon (1967) .... Taw Jackson
El Dorado (1966) .... Cole Thornton
Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) .... Gen. Mike Randolph
The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) .... John Elder
In Harm's Way (1965) .... Capt./RAdm. Rockwell Torrey
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) .... Centurion at crucifixion... aka George Stevens
Circus World (1964) .... Matt Masters... aka Samuel Bronston's Circus World
Donovan's Reef (1963) .... Michael Patrick 'Guns' Donovan
McLintock! (1963) .... Mc Clintock
How the West Was Won (1962) .... Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman
The Longest Day (1962) .... Lt. Col. Benjamin Vandervoort
Hatari! (1962) .... Sean Mercer
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) .... Tom Donipho
n'Neath Arizona Skies (1962) .... John Martin
The Comancheros (1961) .... Ranger Capt. Jake Cutter
10 del Texas, I (1961)North to Alaska (1960) .... Sam McCord
The Alamo (1960) .... Col. Davy Crockett
The Horse Soldiers (1959) .... Col. John Marlowe
Rio Bravo (1959) .... Sheriff John T. Chance
The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958) .... Townsend Harris
I Married a Woman (1958) (uncredited) .... John Wayne/Leonard
Legend of the Lost (1957) .... Joe January... aka Timbuctù (Italy)
Jet Pilot (1957) .... Col. Jim Shannon
The Wings of Eagles (1957) .... Frank W. 'Spig' Wead
The Searchers (1956) .... Ethan Edwards
The Conqueror (1956) .... Temujin, later Genghis Khan... aka Conqueror of the Desert
Blood Alley (1955) .... Capt. Tom Wilder... aka William A. Wellman's Blood Alley
The Sea Chase (1955) .... Capt. Karl Ehrlich
The High and the Mighty (1954) .... Dan Roman
Hondo (1953) .... Hondo Lane
Island in the Sky (1953) .... Capt. Dooley
Trouble Along the Way (1953) .... Steve Aloysius Williams... aka Alma Mater
Big Jim McLain (1952) .... James 'Jim' McLain... aka Jim McLain
The Quiet Man (1952) .... Sean Thornton
Miracle in Motion (1952) .... Narrator
Flying Leathernecks (1951) .... Maj. Daniel Xavier 'Dan' Kirby
Operation Pacific (1951) .... Lt Cmdr. Duke E. Gifford, XO, Thunderfish
Rio Grande (1950) .... Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke (Commanding Officer, Fort Stark)
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) .... Sgt. John M. Stryker
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) .... Capt. of Cavalry Nathan Cutting Brittles
The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) .... John Breen... aka A Strange Caravan
Wake of the Red Witch (1948) .... Capt. Ralls
3 Godfathers (1948) .... Robert 'Bob'Marmaduke Sangster Hightower
Red River (1948) .... Thomas 'Tom' Dunson
Fort Apache (1948) .... Capt. Kirby York... aka War Party
Tycoon (1947) .... Johnny Munroe
Angel and the Badman (1947) .... Quirt Evans... aka The Angel and the Outlaw
Without Reservations (1946) .... Rusty Thomas... aka Thanks God, I'll Take It From Here
Desert Command (1946) .... Tom Wayne
Dakota (1945) .... John Devlin
They Were Expendable (1945) .... Lt. (j.g.) 'Rusty' Ryan
Back to Bataan (1945) .... Col. Joseph Madden... aka The Invisible Army
Flame of Barbary Coast (1945) .... Duke Fergus... aka Flame of the Barbary Coast (UK)
Tall in the Saddle (1944) .... Rocklin
The Fighting Seabees (1944) .... Wedge Donovan... aka Donovan's Army
In Old Oklahoma (1943) .... Daniel F. 'Dan' Somers... aka War of the Wildcats
A Lady Takes a Chance (1943) .... Duke Hudkins... aka The Cowboy and the Girl
Reunion in France (1942) .... Pat Talbot, RAF pilot... aka Mademoiselle France
Pittsburgh (1942) .... Charles 'Pittsburgh' Markham/Charles Ellis
Flying Tigers (1942) .... Capt. Jim Gordon
In Old California (1942) .... Tom Craig
The Spoilers (1942) .... Roy Glennister
Reap the Wild Wind (1942) .... Capt Jack Stuart...Cecil B. DeMille's Reap the Wild Wind
Lady for a Night (1942) .... Jackson 'Jack' Morgan
The Shepherd of the Hills (1941) .... Young Matt
Lady from Louisiana (1941) .... John Reynolds... aka Lady from New Orleans
A Man Betrayed (1941) .... Lynn Hollister... aka Citadel of Crime
Seven Sinners (1940) .... Lt. Dan Brent... aka Cafe of the Seven Sinners
The Long Voyage Home (1940) .... Ole Olsen
Three Faces West (1940) .... John Phillips... aka The Refugee
Dark Command (1940) .... Bob 'Shortcut' Seton
Allegheny Uprising (1939) .... James 'Jim' Smith... aka The First Rebel (UK)
New Frontier (1939) .... Stony Brooke... aka Frontier Horizon
Wyoming Outlaw (1939) .... Stony Brooke
Three Texas Steers (1939) .... Stony Brooke... aka Danger Rides the Range
The Night Riders (1939) .... Stony Brooke
Stagecoach (1939) .... The Ringo Kid
Red River Range (1938) .... Stony Brook/Benson
Santa Fe Stampede (1938) .... Stony Brooke
Overland Stage Raiders (1938) .... Stony Brooke
Pals of the Saddle (1938) .... Stony Brooke, aka Ezeckial Saunders
Born to the West (1937) .... Dare Rudd... aka Hell Town (USA: reissue title)
Adventure's End (1937) .... Duke Slade
Idol of the Crowds (1937) .... Johnny Hansen
I Cover the War (1937) .... Bob Adams
California Straight Ahead! (1937) .... Biff Smith
Conflict (1936) .... Pat Glendon, aka as 'Farmer' Jones
Sea Spoilers (1936) .... 'Boson' Bob Randall
Winds of the Wasteland (1936) .... John Blair
The Lonely Trail (1936) .... Capt. John Ashley
King of the Pecos (1936) .... John Clayborn
The Lawless Nineties (1936) .... John Tipton
The Oregon Trail (1936) .... Capt John Delmont
Lawless Range (1935) .... John Middleton, aka John Allen
The New Frontier (1935) .... John Dawson
Westward Ho (1935) .... John Wyatt/John Allen
Paradise Canyon (1935) .... John Wyatt aka John Rogers... aka Paradise Ranch
The Dawn Rider (1935) .... John Mason
The Desert Trail (1935) .... John Scott, aka John Jones
Rainbow Valley (1935) .... John Martin
Texas Terror (1935) .... Sheriff John Higgins
'Neath the Arizona Skies (1934) .... Chris Morrell... aka 'Neath Arizona Skies
The Lawless Frontier (1934) .... John Tobin
The Trail Beyond (1934) .... Rod Drew
The Star Packer (1934) .... U.S. Marshal John Travers... aka He Wore a Star (UK)
Randy Rides Alone (1934) .... Randy Bowers
The Man from Utah (1934) .... John Weston
Blue Steel (1934) .... John Carruthers
West of the Divide (1934) .... Ted Hayden, posing as Gat Ganns
The Lucky Texan (1934) .... Jerry Mason
Sagebrush Trail (1933) .... John Brant (using alias John Smith)
College Coach (1933) (uncredited) .... Student greeting Phil... aka Football Coach (UK)
Riders of Destiny (1933) .... Singin' Sandy Saunders
The Man From Monterey (1933) .... Captain John Holmes
Baby Face (1933) .... Jimmy McCoy Jr.
The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933) .... Smith... aka The Kid's Last Fight (UK)
His Private Secretary (1933) .... Dick Wallace
Somewhere in Sonora (1933) .... John Bishop
Central Airport (1933) (uncredited) .... Co-pilot in Wreck
The Three Musketeers (1933/I) .... Lt. Tom Wayne, USA
The Telegraph Trail (1933) .... John Trent
Haunted Gold (1932) .... John Mason
The Big Stampede (1932) .... Deputy Sheriff John Steele
That's My Boy (1932) .... Football Player
Ride Him, Cowboy (1932) .... John Drury... aka The Hawk
The Hollywood Handicap (1932)
The Hurricane Express (1932) .... Larry Baker, pilot
Lady and Gent (1932) .... Buzz Kinney... aka The Challenger
Two-Fisted Law (1932) .... Duke
Texas Cyclone (1932) .... Steve Pickett
The Shadow of the Eagle (1932) .... Craig McCoy
Running Hollywood (1932)
The Voice of Hollywood No. 13 (1932) .... Announcer
Maker of Men (1931) .... Dusty Rhodes... aka Yellow
Range Feud (1931) .... Clint Turner... aka Range Fued (USA)
The Deceiver (1931) .... Richard Thorpe as a corpse
Arizona (1931) .... Lt. Bob Denton... aka The Virtuous Wife
Three Girls Lost (1931) .... Gordon Wales
Girls Demand Excitement (1931) .... Peter Brooks
The Big Trail (1930) .... Breck Coleman, wagon train scout
Cheer Up and Smile (1930) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
Rough Romance (1930) (uncredited) .... Lumberjack
Born Reckless (1930) (uncredited) .... Extra
Men Without Women (1930) (uncredited) .... Radioman on surface
The Forward Pass (1929) (uncredited) .... Extra
Salute (1929) (uncredited) .... Bill (midshipman)
Words and Music (1929) (as Duke Morrison) .... Pete Donahue
Noah's Ark (1929) (uncredited) .... Swimming Extra in temple collapse
The Black Watch (1929) (uncredited) .... Extra... aka King of the Khyber Rifles (UK)
Speakeasy (1929) (uncredited) .... Extra
Hangman's House (1928) (uncredited) .... Horse Race Spectator/Condemned Man
Four Sons (1928) (uncredited) .... Extra
Mother Machree (1928) (uncredited) .... Extra
The Drop Kick (1927) .... USC Football Player... aka Glitter (UK)
Annie Laurie (1927) (uncredited) .... Extra
The Great K & A Train Robbery (1926) (uncredited) .... Extra
Bardelys the Magnificent (1926) .... Guard
Brown of Harvard (1926) (uncredited) .... Yale Football Player

Things You Probably Never Thought About

Here are a few things to think about that you probably have never thought about:

Can you cry under water?

How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?

If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches?

Since bread is square, then why is sandwich meat round?

Once you're in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were buried in for eternity?

Why does a round pizza come in a square box?

What disease did cured ham actually have?

How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?

Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up like every two hours?

If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?

Why are you in a movie, but you're on TV?

Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?

How come we choose from just two people for President and fifty for Miss America?

Why do doctors leave the room while you change? They're going to see you naked anyway.

If a 911 operator has a heart attack, who do they call?

Why is "bra" singular and "panties" plural?

Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet soup?

Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here, and drink whatever comes out!"

Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat?

Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?

When your photo is taken for your driver's license, why do they tell you to smile?
If you are stopped by the police and asked for your license, are you going to be smiling?

Can a hearse carrying a corpse drive in the carpool lane?

If the professor on Gilligan's Island can make a radio out of a coconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat?

Why do people point to their wrist when asking for the time, but don't point to their crotch when they ask where the bathroom is?

Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs!

What do you call male ballerinas?

Can blind people see their dreams? Do they dream?

If Wyle E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that ACME crap, why didn't he just buy dinner?

If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, what is baby oil made from?

If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?

Is Disney World the only people trap operated by a mouse?

Do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune?

Why did you just try singing the two songs above?

Why do they call it an asteroid when it's outside the hemisphere, but call it a hemorrhoid when it's in your butt?

Thought

"It's easy to get lost in thought if it's not familiar territory to you." - Unknown

Eternity

"Eternity is not something that begins after you are dead. It is going on all the time. We are in it now." - Charlotte P. Gilman

Lost In Thought

"The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory." - Paul Fix