Tony Rollo Blog
Picasso On Computers
. “Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.” – Pablo Picaso I can dig that … Computers are like a hammer … some swing ’em better …
Was Old Math Better Than New Math ?
. As a side question – Why isn’t there any more brilliant comedy made like these ?!? . And now a little “new” math … The problem with this is you can’t divide by zero …
The Duty of All Americans
“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” – Thomas Paine
A T and T is evil and abuses their customers
… We became victims of A T and T when they bought out CINGULAR a few years ago. We have been free from A T and T for several years and doing great with a great carrier – which I will not mention because this is not a commercial … This article is posted because […]
Succeeding
… “If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.” – Joseph Addison
An Honorable Way out …
… Grandad told me to always give a man an honorable way out. The man may be no way honorable – but give him a choice to do what is honorable when you catch him in his dishonor or you may have him show up on your doorstep with a shotgun in the night … […]
What’s the difference between north and south … ?
I keep hearing folks asking what’s the difference between North Korea and South Korea … It’s as simple as it is complex – Here is my best way to illustrate it: A typical girl group in North Korea – A typical girl group in South Korea – That just about makes it pretty simple, huh? […]
What make was the tripod ???
… Shot at 30 fps and mastered at 24 fps ??? Probably shot at the max fps and then jacked up in post production no doubt. I want to know what fluid head tripod they were using … VERY smooth … I get pans like that using the old “rubber band trick” … I’m sure […]
Just good enough
… Is it just me – or is this attitude toward work out there make you sick also? What ever happened to QUALITY ?!? How long will your business last if you just slap things together and get it out the door? The American car industry fell into bad times years ago because of the […]
Post Production is the most fun these days
… Post production used to be the worst, tedious job anywhere … In the early days of film, women were film editors. Because in the studio system, editing was considered the same as sewing. And sewing was “women’s work”. During production, they had a script which told what shots to get – and it was […]
Historical Manipulations ~ Stealing the Limelight
— Edison was not what he is made to be. He couldn’t hold a candle to real genius like Tesla, so to speak. Edison was not the great inventor kids are taught. He was actually a tinkerer at best. Then why was he so regarded and hailed as a great inventor? It is because he […]
Will the last American that leaves the Moon, Please bring Our Flag home?
. Oh … right …. He already came back a long time ago. Now the Chi-coms are planning to walk over our footprints in a few years. The russians jacked up the price to ride their rocket to the space station we had the most into building. The UK Top Gear show had James May […]
Solar Farm Fantasy Reality
… Wow! A farm without manure !!! It depends on where the manure comes from. A new solar farm has cranked up just outside Memphis. ONE MEGA WATT ! It only cost $30,000,000 to build it. They hope that by the year 2020, the cost per watt will get down to $1 per watt. So […]
The LA / Hollywood Production Depression Season
. Right now – as TV shows aren’t in production this time of year … … this is known as the season of unemployment for production out there. Used to be – production folks would simply grab up work on movie production during the TV “off season”. However … According to folks I know out […]
I’m In Heaven ~ Aspect Ratios Revisited
Not even a year ago I made note of the screen size of movies – know as the ASPECT RATIO So many channels are now showing the full picture on the HD channels ! It is really like seeing a lot of my favorite movies for the first time … I was absolutely blown away […]
Moments In Time
… I’ve been working on the new audio project based on a very comical and heartful true diary of a ten year old boy from a rural town of the year 1868 … Last year when I finished the submariner movie, I really wanted to adapt this real diary from post civil war times to […]
Eat Kimbap – Not Sushi
… Again – it’s all over the news … Salmonella from sushi !!! Like in this New York Daily News article. Another outbreak of salmonella from people eating sushi. There’s a great alternative to sushi – and it goes way back further. KIMBAP! Kimbap is a Korean roll that uses … … COOKED ingredients. KIM […]
This is Not a Commercial ~ I’m Just Frustrated
… Linus had his blanket … Caffeine addicts have their coffee … Junkies have their heroin … … and I have my – Inglehoffer’s Sweet Hot Mustard :-) But I can’t find any on ANY store shelves in Nashville lately !!! Just when I needed some. None of the food stores have it here. Sure […]
Will-eez or Will-‘is ?
… Having grown up in the 60s in drag strip pits … (my crib was wrapped baby blankets on the the race car tow truck’s leather front seat – went to my first drag race at two weeks old as I am told) … … and dad ran a ’41 Willys A/gas undefeated for years […]
Ten Dollars is Ten Dollars
… Albert and Sylvia always made it to the county fair each year. There was a crop duster who made extra money giving airplane rides in his plane because it was the off season. He charged ten dollars to ride two people. Every year, Albert would say to Sylvia, “I’ve always wanted to ride in […]
Coming Alive
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Howard Thurman I am encouraged by my daughter today as we prepare to have a long outing. She expressed how fascinating it is to watch the scenery […]
The Bulls, the Fleas and the Intimidated
The idea of actually doing something affects types of people differently ~ Some blast off like a bull in a china shop … Some are too intimidated by fear to even start out … Some wander with no map … Yet there are the few who are wise and treat life as a road where […]
Happy Birthday Brando
… A real classy actor – which I have grown to fully appreciate is Marlon Brando. I do remember all the goofy stories in the news about his real life situations – and I can remember that strange Academy Awards show where his award was accepted … uh … NOT accepted? Who cares about an […]
Be Not Deceived ~ Be Useful and of Good Skill
… “A night of peaceful sleep is worth more than all the king’s coins.” – Tony Rollo … “Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.” – Thomas Jefferson … Does it not seem apparent; a common ideal all should posses would be a desire to […]
Dogs Training Humans?
… The jig is up! I was reminded of Pavlov’s experiments with conditioning using dogs. I had no idea that our dogs were conditioning us! As in a recent blog, I indicated how Klondyke and Tamborine (the beagle sisters) were using the drinking trough in turn to take a cool bath. This is not good, […]
Ideas are Common and Fleeting ~ Make It Real
… “The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.” – Henry Ward Beecher
I Own the Goofiest Beagles That Ever Walked the Earth
… The culprits: Two sisters – American Beagles “Tamborine the Wonder Dog” and “Klondyke the 3rd” I swear – these beagles are the goofiest dogs on earth. Maybe even the universe. Today as I returned to the rear yard after (*ahem*) mowing the front – they gave me the “we just have to have it […]
What’s Good for the Goose is Good for the Gander
History has proven that the United States is the greatest system for freedom, prosperity and encouraging the human spirit to achieve it’s greatest potential. A free market and a freedom from manipulative intervention has proven to be best. It is the free market that rewards responsibility and diligence, thwarts the efforts of criminality and shines […]
From the Author of “Gulliver’s Travels”
— “No wise man ever wished to be younger.” – Jonathan Swift —
You Must Love What You Do
— “People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.” – Dale Carnegie
Spring Has Sprung … Time to Get In Gear !
— “Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.” – Will Rogers Spring – a wonderful time of year for those who enjoy the constant sound of lawn mowers. Not that I’m complaining … except about those with nothing better to do but mow their grass […]
Skinning My Knee While Tripping Over the Past
… It is apparent that when one reaches half a century on this Earth, it can give a feeling of having done it and seen it all … Not true! While digging through some early 1920’s periodicals as I am researching some other subject, I ran across something so surprising that i felt like I […]
Movie Reviews For My Latest Feature Release by American Submariner Magazine
… The new American Submariner Magazine is out and the magazine includes two reviews in this latest issue concerning my newest movie “Submariners: The Men of the Silent Service” I cannot express how thankful I am. ________________________________ From NSVC (National Senior Vice Commander) Jon Jaques As published in American Submariner Magazine: Every once in a […]
I never said I could spell …
… I have a strange quirk concerning spelling … When I do misspell something, i am very consistant … um … consistent … I also can’t stand using a spell checker … If anything – i have a Webster’s paperback dictionary that’s quite thick but the standard paperback novel size that I’ve had since the […]
Submarine Movie sought by the National Submarine Force Museum in Groton, Connecticut
… The feedback we are receiving over the Submarine Documentary Feature DVD set is taking our breath away. We planned to begin contacting museums in April or May concerning the Submarine Movie “Submariners: The Men of the Silent Service” … Taking one step at a time because the movie has two glowing reviews in American […]
Early Spring On The Way
… According to General Beauregard Lee (the MOST accurate ground hog which resides in the Atlanta area) didn’t see his shadow this morning … Sheesh – I could have told ya that … what a warm winter we had … AND WET !!! That yankee ground hog, “potsdawhodaheckizthuhname phil” said just the opposite … of […]
Someday Alice, To The Moon !
Why not return to the moon? Personally, I am all for returning to the moon to create a mining operation. The minerals available would be beneficial to industry. It would not be long before a moon base would pay for itself with an industrial mining operation. Then, we could have an orbiting facility that makes […]
Dinosaurs are dying. Newsweek Magazine is desperate …
. … for my subscription. Anyone’s subscription! Several years ago, we had a subscription to Newsweek. Yes – I admit it. But that was then. Personally, I find it a good thing to view several sources of information to get a clear picture of who is spinning what. I flip around the news channels. I […]
What we need is a 48 hour day …
I had a good holiday. Hope yall did also – Here’s to a good coming year. Hmmmmm … i was thinking how nice it would be if everything about time relating to human life would be better if it was simply doubled. Days twice as long … the human life span twice as long … […]
Submariner: The Men of the Silent Service Movie Segment
… We thought it would be better to put out some short segments from the movie. This would be better than the traditional “trailer” … A kind of sample taste. Like trying on shoes before buying them. Is this a better way ? A short segment from Chapter 4 – “From Diesel to Nuclear” This […]
This should be filed under “W” for “wierd” …
… Architects can come up with some interesting ideas for buildings. Take Frank Gehry … who would cho up pieces of paper and tape them around in all sorts of loops and curves and then leave it to engineers to figure out how to build it. But there is a skyscraper project planned for Seoul, […]
Seventy Years Ago Today – Never Forget
… I believe that history has momentum. There are those who understand the past, pay attention to the present and can measure the times. History is like a train roaring down the tracks of time. There will always be criminals – there will always be the murderers – there will always be tyrants – there […]