The Houdini, Ghandi, Fellini Halloween Connection

What do Harry, Indira and Federico all have in common?
They all died on Halloween. Forbidden Knowledge maintains a list of other well-knowns who passed on October 31st right here.

In the spirit of the day here is an apartment in New York supposedly haunted and well-covered with Cameras by Ghostwatcher.com
Happy halloween!
Later,
Paul Parducci
PS: This is a picture I think is kind of creepy that I took in a Hanseatic League kitchen in Bergen, Norway.

Bosnian Pyramids, Helmut Schleppi and Falling Back

Just saw Helmut Schleppi's excellent film a Foreign Affair. I suspect we'll be seeing a lot more of this director in years to come.

Also have you are heard about the very strong possibility that there are Pyramids in Europe?

This weekend we in North America Fall Back, that is we set our clocks back one hour in order to get us some extra daylight (Daylight Savings Time). Unfortunately this necessarily causes it to get dark sooner- and lets me know that summer is really over. I know it's been over for a while now. But for a Southern California transplant like myself (who had his fair share of winters and snow) an endless summer would be fine with me!
Later,
Paul Parducci
PS: This is a picture I took of Big Ben. (Remember it's the clock not the tower that carries the name.)

Paul Parducci's Next Movie Project Update # 3

The first draft is finished. (95 pages) Actually I finished the first draft Tuesday night and it came it at 93 1/4 pages. But the process of tighting, fixing and refining has already brought the page count up.

In any event, I am now a prisoner to this project. To that end here is a picture I took at the POW exhibit at Edinburgh castle the summer before last.
There were two American Sailors held there. This picture shows the Stars and Strips carved into the prisons heavy wood door.
Later,
Paul Parducci

Deliberate Practice and Success

I ran across a fantastic article on Success from Fortune Magazine.
They talk about deliberate practice as a key component in success. I agree completely.
You can read it here.
Later,
Paul Parducci

Paul Parducci's Next Movie Project Update # 2

76 pages in.
Later,
Paul Parducci

Nightmare Boss # 6 "Business Attire"

Thank you all for your continued support of Nightmare Boss. Here is Episode #6 where NB gives his rational take on Dressing For Success!
Later,
Paul Parducci

The Fascinating Subject of Cycles

There has been a great deal of research in the area of identifying and studying Cycles. From sunspots to Real Estate, a mountain of data has been collected, analyzed and interpreted in an effort to discern repeating patterns. One of the most famous proponents of Cycles was the late Edward R. Dewey who was also the chief economist with the Department of Commerce.

Here are some excellent links.

Cycles Research Institute

Sunspot Cycles

Ray Tome's site

The Case for Cycles

War Cycles

As always I am interested in your opinions, reflections, observations and theories. (As evidenced by my email this Blog has some of the smartest readers in the world!)
Have a Great Day!
Later,
Paul Parducci

The Fascinating Concept of Cycles

There has been a great deal of research in the area of identifying Cycles from sunspots to Real Estate one of the most famous proponents of Cycles was the late Edward R. Dewey who was also the chief ecomnomist with the Department of Commerce.
Here are some excellent links.

Cycles Research Institute

Sunspot Cycles

Later,

Paul Parducci

The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Long Overdue Watching and a Russian Possession

Well I'm back.
Had a great trip back east visited with family, did some Leaf peeping in Massachusetts and New Hampshire and caught up on some movies.
Finally saw The Aviator: Excellent (It's Scorcese what did I expect? Cate Blanchett as Katherine Hepburn: Amazing)

Robert Schwentke's Flight Plan: Great Cast, Big Fun! See it.
and The Exorcism of Emily Rose: If you are a regular reader of this Blog you would probably think this would be a day of release viewing for me. But I must admit to a prejudice: I am suspicious of Horror movies rated anything other than "R." And Emily Rose is PG-13 so I thought it would be at the very least ineffective. I was wrong, see this movie. Scott Derrickson masterfully brings this film in and it does not disappoint. (Tom Wilkinson, Laura Linney,Jennifer Carpenter and Campbell Scott knock it out of the park---It is based on a real exorcism performed in the 70's in Germany.)

Here's a bonus, this is purported to be the recording of a Russian Exorcism.

Later,

Paul Parducci

PS: The photo is of the real "Emily Rose" Anneliese Michel