Author Archives: Bob Hill

By Bob Hill December 16, 2012 – One year to the day since I quit drinking. And so the question that now greets me, perhaps more often than any other: Do I regret cutting alcohol out of my life entirely? … Read More

Choose your battles wisely. This is sage advice for show runners and politicians alike. And it certainly would have served Peter Jackson well when deciding what footage to fight for in order to justify The Hobbit‘s sprawling two-hour and 49-minute … Read More … Read More

OK. So there’s this, like, couple, right? Well, it’s actually more like two couples. And they’re all, like, best friends, y’know? Well, it’s more like the two guys are best friends and the two girls are, like, sisters, but you … Read More … Read More

“When you’re climbing well the fear is not there. You’re doing something that you know you can do, something that should pose you no apparent difficulties. Yes, there are moments when you question yourself, moments when you have to pull … Read More

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By Bob Hill I was still living on Magnolia Avenue come November, having moved from the rear apartment I had previously shared with Bobbi Jean to a ground-level unit that wrapped around the side of the building. I’d been out … Read More

“Democracy is not a spectator sport. It is a difficult, hard, challenging, full-contact, competitive, participatory endeavor. And this … this is critical – people who get comfortable of body get fat; people who get comfortable of mind and intellect get … Read More

Killing Them Softly drives its point home like a jackhammer to the cranium. And yet, it somehow manages to drag in all the places it should soar, lulling the audience into a collective malaise – one that’s interrupted only briefly … Read More … Read More

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