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Short Story: Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard 

Boy, is he good. Packs so much feeling, character, joy, humor into short little space. Inspiring really. The whole TV pilot is laid out in this story...

Film: The Fabelmans

Halfway through...obviously terrific filmmaking but I find myself experiencing low level depression watching it. Why? Among other reasons, I see the America being depicted here as irretrievably lost and in a bad way:

1) Hardly anyone has 4 kids anymore - the early scenes of Spielberg teaching himself to make movies was with his sisters. No sisters no Spielberg.

2) The Boy scout pack is HUGE and fully engaged with the filmmaking of young Spielberg. Could any kid gather such help to make movies today? Would the parents stop them for not meeting diversity requirements? No Scouts no Spielberg.

3) The father's job. He's so excited about building things and examining how things work in the physical world. Do Americans have jobs like this anymore? Are Americans like this anymore?