John Masters, Author at Deep Something

Open Letter to Pasco Court Clerk O’Neil

January 4, 2015January 9, 2015 B. John 1705 Views 0 Comments bigotry, Court Clerks, Pasco County, Paula O'Neil, Ceremonies, Floriduh, Marriage

This entry is part 16 of 35 in the series Gay Marriage

Same-sex marriage has arrived in Florida a midst great wailing and gnashing of teeth. While arriving sooner than expected, it wasn’t an easy delivery thanks to the political aspirations of our twice married and living in sin Attorney General, Pam Bondi. However, some Court Clerks are doing all they can to prove that, despite having to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, they still hate gay people as much as ever. This seems especially true of Pasco County Clerk, Paula O’Neil.

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A Little Christmas Joy

December 15, 2014 B. John 543 Views 0 Comments Christmas, John Lewis, Orlando Gay Chorus, Real Love

I think all the presents are purchased. Most are wrapped. Tree and decorations are up, and we had a great

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Christmas 2014 at Deep Something

December 8, 2014 B. John 833 Views 1 Comment Decorations, Cards, Movies, Christmas

We’re all ready for Christmas here are Deep Something. You’ll notice the site is all decorated, and in the sidebar, we’d like for you to vote for your favorite holiday movies. At my house, the lights are also strung. The tree is up, and actually most of the presents are either here or on the way. I still have Christmas Cards to do, and wrapping, but that’s about it.

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Birdman – A Movie Review

November 21, 2014November 21, 2014 B. John 462 Views 0 Comments Edward Norton, Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Kenny Chin, Jamahl Garrison-Lowe, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Comedy, Drama

Riggan Thomas, once known quite well to movie theater goers as an iconic super hero called “The Birdman” had recently turned down a third installment of the franchise. Now washed up, he attempts to reinvent himself as a director by staging a new retelling of a classic Broadway dramatic play called “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love”. We saw this last weekend, and it was an interesting movie..

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Serving Life – A Movie Review

November 9, 2014November 8, 2014 B. John 1708 Views 1 Comment Documentary, Angola Prison, Hospice, Forrest Whitaker

This was a very interesting documentary filmed in Angola Prison in Louisiana. It was released in 2011, and is the story of reforms which helped take Angola Prison off the top slot and the most violent prison in the U.S. The Warden came to realize that he a large number of inmates serving sentences of life without parole, and older inmates with sentences so long, they would most likely die in prison. Actor Forest Whitaker narrates the story of a group of inmate volunteers who staff their own hospice inside a maximum security prison in Louisiana where the average sentence is more than 90 years.

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Bigger Stronger Faster – A Movie Review

November 8, 2014 B. John 331 Views 0 Comments Documentary, Sports, Alexander Buono, Chris Bell, Mike Bell, Mark Bell, Steriods

In America, we define ourselves in the superlative: we are the biggest, strongest, fastest country in the world. Is it any wonder that so many of our heroes are on performance enhancing drugs? Director Christopher Bell explores America’s win-at-all-cost culture by examining how his two brothers became members of the steroid-subculture in an effort to realize their American dream.

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Severe Clear – A Movie Review

November 4, 2014November 4, 2014 B. John 437 Views 0 Comments Kristian Fraga, Mike Scotti, Documentary

As part of the first wave in the War on Terror, First Lieutenant Mike Scotti (awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with Combat “V”) served on the front lines during the 21 day advance to Baghdad. His experiences in Afghanistan as well as Iraq put him face to face with the sobering realities of war on a daily basis. Severe Clear offers an unflinching look at life on the battlefield through the eyes of someone who was there.

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Tribute to a Friend I Never Met – Tom Magliozzi

November 4, 2014September 29, 2018 B. John 547 Views 0 Comments Tom Magliozzi, Ray Magliozzi, fun, Car Talk, laughter, Goodbye

One of the hosts of perhaps the funniest show on any medium, Tom Magliozzi, of Car Talk on National Public Radio (NPR) died earlier this week from complications associate with Alzheimer’s Disease. I was fortunate to come across National Public Radio very many years ago, somewhere around the early ’80s. Tom and his brother Ray had done a car repair call in show on the Boston NPR station for about 10 years, and then I first them as they started doing a brief regular segment on NPR’s Weekend Edition each week. The show went on NPR nationally in 1987 and was on Saturday mornings.

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Louie Gohmert and Troop Massages

October 28, 2014 B. John 382 Views 1 Comment Greeks, Massages, texas, military, Louie Gohmert, Stephen Colbert

It is incredible that even the folks in Texas keep electing Louie to the U.S. House. The guy is truly beyond absurd nearly every time he opens his mouth, and he’s been opening his mouth again with some strange word salad about gays in the military, the Greeks, and massages. As usual, Stephen Colbert sends up the crazy as only he can.

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Movie Review – Conspiracy

October 21, 2014October 20, 2014 B. John 600 Views 0 Comments Loring Mandel, Clare Bullus, Drama, Simon Markey, War, Wannsee Conference, History, Stanley Tucci, Holocaust, Kenneth Branagh, Frank Pierson

This movie could have been entitled, “how to chair a board meeting” or “how not to chair a board meeting” – given that the outcome of the meeting was the “final solution”. Gen. Heidrich with consummate skill and care manipulated the gathered Nazi hierarchy to the pre-arranged and pre-destined solution to the Jewish question. The historical recreation of the 1942 Wannsee Conference, in which Nazi and SS leaders gathered in a Berlin suburb to discuss the “Final Solution to the Jewish Question”. Lead by SS-General Reinhard Heydrich, this group of high ranking German officials came to the historic and far reaching decision that the Jews of Europe were to be exterminated in what would come to be known as the Holocaust.

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Movie Review – Gone Girl

October 20, 2014October 20, 2014 B. John 423 Views 0 Comments Gillian Flynn, Thriller, Mystery, Drama, David Fincher, Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry

On the occasion of his fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne reports that his wife, Amy, has gone missing. Under pressure from the police and a growing media frenzy, Nick’s portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble. Soon his lies, deceits and strange behavior have everyone asking the same dark question: Did Nick Dunne kill his wife? This one deserves the hype. Me and Lay went to watch this one last night at the AMC Theater in Brandon.