Mike Sheehan

Time to die: On the passing of Roy Batty and Rutger Hauer

By Mike Sheehan on August 2, 2019 • ( 1 Comment )

We at S&R were moved to comment on the death of the esteemed actor Rutger Hauer.

Nota Bene #125: Awesome Stuff

By Mike Sheehan on May 16, 2012

“I left in love, in laughter, and in truth and wherever truth, love and laughter abide, I am there in spirit.” Who said it?

Nota Bene #124: I'm a Doctor, Not an Engineer

By Mike Sheehan on February 17, 2012

“I don’t believe in this fairy tale of staying together for ever. Ten years with somebody is enough.” Who said it?

Nota Bene #123: Behold the Chickenosaurus

By Mike Sheehan on December 8, 2011 • ( 1 Comment )

“There ought to be limits to freedom.” Who said it?

Stuart O'Steen is not a crook

By Mike Sheehan on November 19, 2011 • ( 4 Comments )

But he is Richard Nixon. Stuart, longtime friend to S&R, is a veteran stage actor who portrays the former president in the Longmont (Colorado) Theatre Company‘s ambitious take on Frost/Nixon. I had […]

Of Pogues and Pranks

By Mike Sheehan on November 12, 2011

I just found out an amusing fact about old Shane MacGowan, the brilliant songsmith who founded one of Celtic rock’s most celebrated bands and is somehow still with us after years of […]

Nota Bene #122: OWStanding

By Mike Sheehan on October 20, 2011 • ( 1 Comment )

“When I lie on the beach there naked, which I do sometimes, and I feel the wind coming over me and I see the stars up above and I am looking into […]

Nota Bene #121: Birds of an Ancient Feather

By Mike Sheehan on October 3, 2011

“Television is an invention whereby you can be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn’t have in your house.” Who said it? The answer is at the end of this […]