Fifty-six years of not blinking
by chuckofish
Recently Sir Michael Caine announced that he is retiring from acting. “I keep saying I’m going to retire. Well I am now,” he said. Thankfully we have all his old movies to watch (and one more new one on the way). Simon Pegg sums up his career rather well:
I read his memoir a few years ago and he is a stand up guy. So hats off to Michael Caine and a toast tonight to his illustrious career. I think I’ll watch Zulu (1964).
Sigh. We are all getting older. Think of the Rolling Stones and ol’ Mick Jagger who is 80. Good grief. Here he is in 1964 making his debut on Ed Sullivan. He was twenty-one.
O God, from my youth you have taught me,
and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds.
So even to old age and gray hairs,
O God, do not forsake me,
until I proclaim your might to another generation,
your power to all those to come.
(Psalm 71:17-18)
Chin chin. Do carry on with your mudpies.
dual personalities 
I want to see that new Michael Caine movie. Anyone but the Stones would look sad rocking at 80, but somehow it seems natural for them.
I want to see it too–I always liked Sir John Standing as well.
Everyone does seem old–and no one interesting has come along to replace them.
If you haven’t seen The Trip, you’re in for a treat. “I say that, over the years, Michael Caine’s voice has come down several octaves, and all of the cigars and the brandy can now be heard in the back of the voice”
Michael Caine speaks slowly because John Wayne told him to.
I like the psalm!