{"id":59,"date":"2014-10-24T12:27:12","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T17:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/?page_id=59"},"modified":"2016-03-14T12:07:01","modified_gmt":"2016-03-14T17:07:01","slug":"blog-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/blog-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/culturespy.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-61 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CultureSpyLog.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"CultureSpyLog\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CultureSpyLog.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CultureSpyLog.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CultureSpyLog.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Selected posts\u00a0from Jeffrey&#8217;s Tumblr blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/culturespy.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Culture Spy<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a class=\"row-title\" title=\"Edit \u201cLearner\u2019s permit to kill: Remembering the espionage RPGs of my youth\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/2016\/03\/11\/learners-permit-to-kill-remembering-the\/\">Learner\u2019s permit to kill: Remembering the espionage RPGs of my youth<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/2016\/01\/15\/some-thoughts-on-alan-rickmans-passing\/\">Some thoughts on Alan Rickman\u2019s passing<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/2015\/12\/16\/explainabondfilmplotbadly\/\">#ExplainA(Bond)FilmPlotBadly<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/2015\/12\/09\/book-review-goldeneye-where-bond-was-born\/\">Book review:\u00a0\u2018Goldeneye: Where Bond Was Born\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/2015\/12\/07\/my-seven-wishes-for-the-next-james-bond-movie\/\">My Seven Wishes for the Next James Bond Movie<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/2015\/11\/22\/spies-make-the-best-christmas-gifts-here-is-the\/\">&#8216;The Boy Who Knew Too Much&#8217; holiday trailer premieres!<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/2015\/11\/06\/film-review-spectre\/\">Film review:\u00a0\u2018SPECTRE\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/2015\/10\/02\/creating-larissa-or-trying-to-think-like-a\/\">Creating Larissa, or Trying to Think Like a Teenage Girl<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/2015\/04\/28\/book-review-star-wars-a-new-dawn\/\">Book review: &#8216;Star Wars: A New Dawn&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/2015\/04\/26\/this-was-hands-down-the-best-costume-i-saw-at\/\">I&#8217;m so glad we had this cosplay together<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-bQ\">Questions for an ex film critic<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-ba\">Excerpt from Chapter 10, &#8216;Stairs&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-bf\">Book review: Catching up with\u00a0\u2018Catching Bullets\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-bg\">The gnome knows<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-aT\">Suitable for framing!<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-aX\">Excerpt from Chapter 13, &#8216;Lapin&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-ax\">Movie review &#8212;\u00a0\u2018Kingsman: The Secret Service\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-ay\">What the well-marked book will be wearing this spring<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-aB\">The new postcards have arrived!<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-an\">They Got Me Covered<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-8Z\">Piece by Piece, Day Seven<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-92\">Piece by Piece, Day\u00a0Six<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-95\">Piece by Piece, Day Five<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-9b\">Piece by Piece, Day Four<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-9e\">Piece by Piece, Day Three<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-9h\">Piece by Piece, Day Two<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-9k\">Piece by Piece, Day One<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-9v\">Dedication and Acknowledgements<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-8D\">Cover me<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-8H\">First look at &#8216;SPECTRE&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-8I\">A Flurry of activity on the book front<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-8g\">Book Review: Young Bond goes Hollywood in &#8216;Shoot to Kill&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Bond is back, but what about Blofeld?\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-6f\">Bond is back, but what about Blofeld?<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Film critic Jeffrey Westhoff remembers Roger Ebert\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-6i\">Film critic Jeffrey Westhoff remembers Roger Ebert<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"'Aladdin' is Disney at its most magical\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-5J\">&#8216;Aladdin&#8217; is Disney at its most magical<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Gearing up to sell books\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-5x\">Gearing up to sell books<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-5y\">An Incredible anniversary<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"'Kenny &amp; Co.' This was Halloween\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-4Z\">&#8216;Kenny &amp; Co.&#8217; This was Halloween<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Introducing 'The Spy Who Loved Me'\" href=\"http:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/?p=85\">Introducing &#8216;The Spy Who Loved Me&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"I still love 'The Spy Who Loved Me,' the movie that made me a Bond fan\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-1r\">I still love &#8216;The Spy Who Loved Me,&#8217; the movie that made me a Bond fan<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"My birthday, and Buster's\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-1v\">My birthday, and Buster&#8217;s<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"When it comes to Bond films, 'Goldfinger' is not all that glitters\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-1M\">When it comes to Bond films, &#8216;Goldfinger&#8217; is not all that glitters<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Just one more thing...\" href=\" http:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/?p=111\">Just one more thing&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"10 books that had an impact on me\" href=\"http:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/?p=118%20\">10 books that had an impact on me<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Fifty years after his death, Ian Fleming still matters\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-24\">Fifty years after his death, Ian Fleming still matters<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Inventing a superspy\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-2j\">Inventing a superspy<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Remembering the summer of 'Moonraker' and the summer of my independence\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-2n\">Remembering the summer of &#8216;Moonraker&#8217; and the summer of my independence<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Facebook comment of the week?\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-2o\">Facebook comment of the week?<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Yoiks, and away!\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-2v\">Yoiks, and away!<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"One last swing\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-2y\">One last swing<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Film review, 'Life Itself'\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-2J\">Film review, &#8216;Life Itself&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"'Community' is saved! Yahoo!\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-2K\">&#8216;Community&#8217; is saved! Yahoo!<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"The Alphabet Library: Q is for the Quiller series, by Adam Hall - Telegraph\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-2L\">The Alphabet Library: Q is for the Quiller series, by Adam Hall &#8211; Telegraph<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Big news about my book!\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-2M\">Big news about my book!<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Roses for Roger\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-2N\">Roses for Roger<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Gunbarrel times six\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-2S\">Gunbarrel times six<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"The signs were there\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-2V\">The signs were there<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"'Top Secret!' turns 30\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-2W\">&#8216;Top Secret!&#8217; turns 30<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Daffy inspiration\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-2Z\">Daffy inspiration<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' is my idea of 007th heaven\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-36\">&#8216;On Her Majesty&#8217;s Secret Service&#8217; is my idea of 007th heaven<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"'From Russia With Love' remains the truly classic Bond film\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-37\">&#8216;From Russia With Love&#8217; remains the truly classic Bond film<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Happy birthday, Ian Fleming\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-39\">Happy birthday, Ian Fleming<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Young Bond is back!\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-3c\">Young Bond is back!<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Waiting, Waiting and Dealing With Rejection\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-3e\">Waiting, Waiting and Dealing With Rejection<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Star Wars announcement has me feeling 11 again\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-3g\">Star Wars announcement has me feeling 11 again<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Lebowski Fest is fine, but sign me up for Gregory Fest\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-3k\">Lebowski Fest is fine, but sign me up for Gregory Fest<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Souvenirs show where my book began ... and where it will end\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-3l\">Souvenirs show where my book began &#8230; and where it will end<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"A Promising Development in the Quest for Publication\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-3s\">A Promising Development in the Quest for Publication<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Offbeat Bond car makes a comeback\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-3x\">Offbeat Bond car makes a comeback<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"The Strange Case of My Debt to Robert Louis Stevenson\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-3D\">The Strange Case of My Debt to Robert Louis Stevenson<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"So about this book of mine\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-3F\">So about this book of mine<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Oscar wrapup: Pizzas, Lupita and pointless montages\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-3K\">Oscar wrapup: Pizzas, Lupita and pointless montages<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Jeffrey's fearless, and probably wrong, Oscar predictions\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-3L\">Jeffrey&#8217;s fearless, and probably wrong, Oscar predictions<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"'Frozen' could end Disney's Oscar cold streak\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-3M\">&#8216;Frozen&#8217; could end Disney&#8217;s Oscar cold streak<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"Thoughts on Harold Ramis\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-3R\">Thoughts on Harold Ramis<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a title=\"My blog and welcome to it\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p5foza-3T\">My blog and welcome to it<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selected posts\u00a0from Jeffrey&#8217;s Tumblr blog, Culture Spy: Learner\u2019s permit to kill: Remembering the espionage RPGs of my youth Some thoughts on Alan Rickman\u2019s passing #ExplainA(Bond)FilmPlotBadly Book review:\u00a0\u2018Goldeneye: Where Bond Was Born\u2019 My Seven Wishes for the Next James Bond Movie &#8216;The Boy Who Knew Too Much&#8217; holiday trailer premieres! Film review:\u00a0\u2018SPECTRE\u2019 Creating Larissa, or Trying&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"nosidebar.php","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-59","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P5foza-X","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1113,"href":"https:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions\/1113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westhoffpws.com\/jeffreywesthoff\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}