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hughmurchison.bsky.social
Screenwriter, playwright, former medical writer, and occasional thinker. Coverfly: https://writers.coverfly.com/profile/hughoyakemurchison
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Here I am, outside the Garnet Hill Lodge, trying my hand at hurling the "atlatl," an ancient hunting weapon, which is so much overkill for a vegetarian, whose prey is largely tofu, beans, grains, vegetables, and fruit.

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A few scenes from A HIKE IN THE ADIRONDACK WOODS by yours truly.

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Late breakfasting today (28 Jun) with Pegi and Claire in Bethesda, MD.

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A little-known fiction about me: I used to pitch for the San Francisco Giants! On a recent trip to Cooperstown, NY, the National Baseball Hall of Fame surprised me with a heart-felt facsimile of my long-lost baseball card. Thank you, National Baseball Hall of Fame!! ❤️

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Dinner at 2 Amys Neapolitan Pizzeria in Washington, DC got only better after the group shot was taken. That’s when our order arrived!

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My Splenda "fortune packet" from a few days ago, but for all times...

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As of today, THE LIFE OF HUGH now includes his having seen (and enjoyed) THE LIFE OF CHUCK with Tom Hiddleston, @markhamillofficial.bsky.social, and Mia Sara!

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The first and the best "ramen Western!"

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Submitted to a radical fluid-restriction protocol, starting midnight Sunday, to undergo a 170-minute procedure, Monday evening, of watching MI-8. Patient and movie are faring well, post-procedure.

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So true! But something that might lift the mood or tone of the picture -- at least for some American viewers -- is the addition of a chainsaw-wielding donkey. That's my small note for the posted picture. Otherwise, the picture's artist deserves kudos for her/his work!!

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Suitable for framing! Thanks, @coverfly.bsky.social, for the great news about my TV pilot YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE.

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If saying THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS is not allowed, I'd say my next-favorite Jody Foster film is David Fincher's...

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Ahem, last but not least...

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You still have time, as NC governor, to commute the death sentences of the Croasdaile Farm steer, Mr @joshsteinnc.bsky.social!!

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DEAD COWS WALKING...and munching.

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What about the word, "Trumpian," to define Musk's obliviousness? Or is the correct spelling, "TRUMPIAN?"

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Received this genetic-trait info from "Ancestry.com" today. Not sure how it's useful to me now. It could've been for my mom when she tried (and failed) to get toddler-me to take naps.

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"Batard" and "turd" are, too, words! I might've qualified for EMPRESS BEE, not just "Queen Bee," had today's @nytimes.com Spelling Bee NOT been guest-edited by the likes of US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon.

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I won’t even pretend to know what kind of shark this is! Feet set on the rocks at Boles Lake, I photographed this leviathan, taking care not to fall in the water and be gobbled up!

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Made me laugh, Brett (@aggiebrett.bsky.social). The new Coverfly badge is all YAY hand! Congrats for earning the badge for THREE WISE MEN!

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Seven days a week and twice on Sunday, I know where I'm standing.

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So is he "Dr Kermit" now? ❤️ The University of Maryland set the bar high for commencement speakers this season. Other schools will be hard-pressed to leaper higher!

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Yet another sad example of the Trump administration's unfunny sense of "LEAVITT-Y!!"

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Seconds before I snapped this photo, the snapping turtle stood frozen on the grassy bank, waiting on unsuspecting ducklings, before sliding into the lake.

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Lazing and grazing in the grass, circa 7:30 PM today (Wed 21 May 2025).

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When your workspace has a GRAVITY SWITCH...

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Don't blame him, Dr Conway. Donald Trump Jr, like Senior, is battling Stage 10 malignant narcissism!

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Imagine a South Korean city that loves playwright Arthur Miller SO much, it commemorates his character Willy Loman’s son from DEATH OF A SALESMAN. Alternatively, the BIFF brass plate could be tied to the Busan International Film Festival. Fact-checking results are pending.

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If you hear or see something enough times, no matter how repulsive & obviously dangerous & bad for you, you can become conditioned to accept it. Even glamorize it in your mind. How I Quit campralquitsmoking.net /

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The line late Nora Ephron gives Harry in WHEN HARRY MET SALLY decides where to start: "...read the last page first. That way, in case I die before I finish, I know how it ends...” Sadly, I know how this book ends.

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You had 42 chances, @vanityfair.com, to include ADAM'S RIB, WOMAN OF THE YEAR, and/or THE PHILADELPHIA STORY in this list and you blew it!!

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Thanks, Claire, for the Busan Station photo and the confirmation that the South Korean city is flourishing since the zombie apocalypse presented in the 2016 documentary TRAIN TO BUSAN.

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Sign in a men's bathroom stall. "YELLOW" button for liquids, check. But a “BLUE” button for solids??!!

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When a Pollock isn’t a celebrity painter or a fish!

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Mace, after all, is a repellent! Unfortunately, she's very successful at living up to her name!

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She (Christine Vachon) didn't say she WOULDN'T produce my next short film! So there's still a chance she might collaborate w/me! 🤞🤞🤞

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In the spirit of celebrating "small wins" (ie, wins that don't quite measure up to a quarterfinal finish), I recognize the "Honorable Mention" in the @finishlinescript.bsky.social for my script UNWRITTEN.

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I love this sequel, red-penned by Harvard and titled "SCARLET LETTER 2," to Secretary of "Education" McMahon!!

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