Jim of Planet Houston
@jimpoetrydude92.bsky.social
Hecho en Cary, Illinois. I believe in poetry, movies, coffee. A good satchel is a must. Fiber. Began online as a lurker, and still. Miss my Mom and Dad. Plain clothes punk (apologies to John Waters).
This post is how I found out Marty was married to Isabella Rossellini [for a little over three years!]. I had no idea.
Great description of the director.
Great description of the director.
In the third episode of the Mr. Scorsese docu-series, Isabella Rossellini (blessed be her name) has such an honest but kind but brutal read on her ex-husband: he was just a little guy, talented and immature and funny and small and brilliant and literally SO TINY. I love her
We happen to be watching the 1st ep of the Apple TV docu-series on Marty Scorsese tonight and Thelma Schoonmaker showed up & I wanted to make sure she’s alive and well and found that TODAY IS HER BIRTHDAY fuck yeah what a queen en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_...
January 7, 2026 at 3:34 AM
This post is how I found out Marty was married to Isabella Rossellini [for a little over three years!]. I had no idea.
Great description of the director.
Great description of the director.
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There is literally no comic strip or book more pleasurable to read than GASOLINE ALLEY. These pages are so unbelievably beautiful, the characters age in real time, and it’s all both so sweet and also sad. And look at the color. 101 years old, it’s just unbelievable how fresh. Read GASOLINE ALLEY!
Gasoline Alley by Frank King from January 4, 1925.
January 4, 2026 at 6:54 PM
There is literally no comic strip or book more pleasurable to read than GASOLINE ALLEY. These pages are so unbelievably beautiful, the characters age in real time, and it’s all both so sweet and also sad. And look at the color. 101 years old, it’s just unbelievable how fresh. Read GASOLINE ALLEY!
And tonight, I fell asleep. Woke up at 11:50, drank chilled apple juice with my wife and son, clanked glasses to ring in the new year, and have been on the couch snacking.
January 1, 2026 at 6:40 AM
And tonight, I fell asleep. Woke up at 11:50, drank chilled apple juice with my wife and son, clanked glasses to ring in the new year, and have been on the couch snacking.
In my younger, carefree single days, on a new year, was at a dance club with a friend. We were hoping to make a connection with somebody we'd meet. I spotted a woman with a Cure Wish concert T on, and that was enough to start a convo (I had seen them that very year). It was almost midnight.
January 1, 2026 at 6:35 AM
In my younger, carefree single days, on a new year, was at a dance club with a friend. We were hoping to make a connection with somebody we'd meet. I spotted a woman with a Cure Wish concert T on, and that was enough to start a convo (I had seen them that very year). It was almost midnight.
My favorite new year, I was in Memphis with my wife. We had tickets to a celebration at the Peabody ("the south's grand hotel!") and roamed from ballroom to ballroom. Ended up in a little bar listening to a jazz trio.
January 1, 2026 at 6:28 AM
My favorite new year, I was in Memphis with my wife. We had tickets to a celebration at the Peabody ("the south's grand hotel!") and roamed from ballroom to ballroom. Ended up in a little bar listening to a jazz trio.
My second favorite new year, I was in Grand Island, Nebraska. Had met a woman in a yahoo movie chatroom, after Christmas, based on a comment I made about Shakespeare in Love. We got to chatting and she invites me up. With two friends, and no plan, I went.
January 1, 2026 at 6:23 AM
My second favorite new year, I was in Grand Island, Nebraska. Had met a woman in a yahoo movie chatroom, after Christmas, based on a comment I made about Shakespeare in Love. We got to chatting and she invites me up. With two friends, and no plan, I went.
A different new year, I was standing in a front yard of someone's house with a bunch of friends. We were talking and generally enjoying the fireworks set off in the neighborhood.
January 1, 2026 at 6:19 AM
A different new year, I was standing in a front yard of someone's house with a bunch of friends. We were talking and generally enjoying the fireworks set off in the neighborhood.
One new year I was at a party where a bunch of nice people cornered me in a room and put on a Santana concert. Four hours later I was able to leave, and when I went outside revelers scattered when across the street someone stood in a ditch and fired an ak-47 into a cake.
January 1, 2026 at 6:14 AM
One new year I was at a party where a bunch of nice people cornered me in a room and put on a Santana concert. Four hours later I was able to leave, and when I went outside revelers scattered when across the street someone stood in a ditch and fired an ak-47 into a cake.
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My bartender friends have always called this AMATEUR NIGHT, the night when people who don't know how to drink suddenly think they're fucking Hemingway and "know how to drive drunk." That's who we're up against tonight on the roads. Love you all and will see you all here first thing tomorrow morning.
please be careful if you're driving tonight. I don't need to say "don't drink and drive" because nobody who follows me here is a freaking moron.
December 31, 2025 at 9:04 PM
My bartender friends have always called this AMATEUR NIGHT, the night when people who don't know how to drink suddenly think they're fucking Hemingway and "know how to drive drunk." That's who we're up against tonight on the roads. Love you all and will see you all here first thing tomorrow morning.
One thing I am thankful MTV did was Unplugged. 10000 Maniacs. Alice In Chains. But Nirvana's is my favorite, and an album I spin a lot. Start to finish. And it ends with me weeping to the final track:
youtu.be/hEMm7gxBYSc?...
youtu.be/hEMm7gxBYSc?...
Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Live On MTV Unplugged, 1993 / Unedited)
YouTube video by NirvanaVEVO
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December 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
One thing I am thankful MTV did was Unplugged. 10000 Maniacs. Alice In Chains. But Nirvana's is my favorite, and an album I spin a lot. Start to finish. And it ends with me weeping to the final track:
youtu.be/hEMm7gxBYSc?...
youtu.be/hEMm7gxBYSc?...
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Medieval story time! Let’s talk about Isabel, who stabbed a priest when he told her to shut up in church (relatable)
So Isabel lived in London in 1330.
So Isabel lived in London in 1330.
May 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Medieval story time! Let’s talk about Isabel, who stabbed a priest when he told her to shut up in church (relatable)
So Isabel lived in London in 1330.
So Isabel lived in London in 1330.
Hells yeah!!
Shit, I had no idea MATILDA hit so hard!
(For those not in the know, this is a mash-up of the film MATILDA (2023) with Rob Zombie’s song “DRAGULA” - which somehow goes perfectly with it.)
(For those not in the know, this is a mash-up of the film MATILDA (2023) with Rob Zombie’s song “DRAGULA” - which somehow goes perfectly with it.)
December 28, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Hells yeah!!
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I have just realized the entire film of The Snowman is on YouTube:
December 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I have just realized the entire film of The Snowman is on YouTube:
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I like this poster that looks like Frankenstein is skanking.
December 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I like this poster that looks like Frankenstein is skanking.
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If anybody needs to bawl their eyes out, the TCM Remember is up for this year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8_...
TCM Remembers 2025 | TCM
YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies
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December 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
If anybody needs to bawl their eyes out, the TCM Remember is up for this year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF8_...
When I teach Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 ("Let me not to the marriage of true minds") The Princess Bride is how I explain the love ("true love") in the poem. Wesley doing anything and everything to survive and make it back to Buttercup. Love, baby:"It is the star to every wandering bark."
December 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
When I teach Shakespeare's Sonnet 116 ("Let me not to the marriage of true minds") The Princess Bride is how I explain the love ("true love") in the poem. Wesley doing anything and everything to survive and make it back to Buttercup. Love, baby:"It is the star to every wandering bark."
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Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.
December 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Rob Reiner was a good guy. He made a lot of movies about good guys, in worlds where not everyone was good and you didn’t have to be good. He made movies about people trying. He was angry, as many hopeful people are. He knew the world could be better and he wanted it to be. His death is devastating.
Last week, I had a final where 2 students showed. There is no final. I told them I had planned on watching Misery. They hadn't seen it. Jaws dropped throughout. They were terrified for Paul as much as they were focused on the film. After they raved about it.
Still holds up.
RIP, Rob Reiner.
Still holds up.
RIP, Rob Reiner.
December 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Last week, I had a final where 2 students showed. There is no final. I told them I had planned on watching Misery. They hadn't seen it. Jaws dropped throughout. They were terrified for Paul as much as they were focused on the film. After they raved about it.
Still holds up.
RIP, Rob Reiner.
Still holds up.
RIP, Rob Reiner.
This is an excellent story thread.
When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
December 15, 2025 at 12:14 PM
This is an excellent story thread.
Show me how.
December 14, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Show me how.
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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You don’t write like AI—AI writes like you. Defend the em dash.
December 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
You don’t write like AI—AI writes like you. Defend the em dash.
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December 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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