Today at Lunch

I was reading Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock'n'Roll Generation Saved Hollywood, by Peter Biskind.

"When Hopper got back to native soil, he announced his engagement to Michelle Phillips. He himself was not into marriage, he explained to his friends, but "she (italic now) won't have it any other way!" Said one friend, Dennis falls in love...[with] any girl who stands in front of him. Michelle doesn't know that yet." They got married, appropriately enough, on Halloween. The marriage lasted about a week. John Phillips called it the "Six Days War." Michelle - now known as "Holly Hopper" - told him Hopper terrified her and  her daughter Chynna by firing guns in the house, and handcuffing her to prevent her from running away, saying he thought she was a witch."

It goes on...

The book is great, if you like amazing Hollywood stories.

BUT what can we learn here from his mini-horror movie of a marriage?

Let me offer a few, and you do a few...

1. Don't get married on Halloween. Don't even think about it.
2. Don't shoot firearms in the house.
3.  Get to know your loved one before bringing out the handcuffs, and use them for seductional atmosphere, not restraint.

OK, next time, more high-minded stuff. Maybe my Uncle Mike.

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