https://davidhardiman.com A safe and legal literary drug. Now available in prescription strength. Wed, 03 Feb 2021 04:01:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://davidhardiman.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Header-32x32.jpg https://davidhardiman.com 32 32 https://davidhardiman.com/blog/breezy-notes-on-celebrity-that-might-blow-you-away/ Wed, 03 Feb 2021 03:55:35 +0000 https://davidhardiman.com/?p=5157 Back in 1982 AD it never crossed my mind that Dustin Hoffman would one day become a Hollywood relic. At that time he was a mercurial Hollywood mega-talent of the highest order – a chameleonic actor who lent off-beat certitude to the myriad characters he embodied. Tootsie had just been released and his body of […]

The post Breezy Notes on Celebrity that Might Blow You Away first appeared on davidhardiman.com.]]> 5157 https://davidhardiman.com/blog/happy-birthday-steve/ https://davidhardiman.com/blog/happy-birthday-steve/#respond Wed, 20 Aug 2014 15:58:20 +0000 https://davidhardiman.com/?p=3041 “Steve” turned 69 on the 14th of August  Dear Steve, You are so invited to my house for kale dogs and a tour of my Presidential Library. There’s even a guest room for you and Mrs. Steve and a bassinet for baby Steve. All in all it should be a splendid Stevecentric time for everyone. […]

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The post Acknowledging the Less Martin Endowed: Listening Steve? first appeared on davidhardiman.com.]]> 2607 https://davidhardiman.com/blog/thou-shalt-not-limit-consumer-choice/ https://davidhardiman.com/blog/thou-shalt-not-limit-consumer-choice/#respond Sun, 12 May 2013 16:06:21 +0000 https://davidhardiman.com/?p=1975 Back in his stand up days, Steve Martin would often sidle up to the microphone in that manner we all liked to imitate, and glibly announce to the crowd, “I don’t generally like to gear my material to the audience.” He could afford to say that. He had a following and fans understood his comedic […]

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