And happy birthday also to your son Ira I believe his name is also Tommy
or Ravi I know they share the same birthday
Tommy was just talking about you when you helped him and his friends get
a tour of the Culver city studios the old MGM Sony pictures lot and that
you treated him like family and he has very fun memories of how kind you
were to him so thank you for that and I remember when you offered to do
it you told me you would be like his guardian father while he was in Los
Angeles I'm sure it's had a profound I'm sure to the profound impact on
Tommy's life of what kindness is and showed him what a Mench was thank
you so much and also thank you to the various people in Mo'oheau also
been like family to my son he's had some hard years of struggle with the
loss of a girlfriend and not being able to sign in eBay however he's
learned his lessons and he told me how he packed up and shipped several
orders and he's doing a lot better and learning the positivity of taking
care of customers and following up even when you're stressed I never had
setbacks so I'm very impressed with his advancement and attitude since
I'm out of the picture in his life it's a father I could not teach him
how to do skills like roofing and home repair it so he's learned how to
do quite a few of those things
So the setbacks have actually been set up for him to learn how to do
home repair
Sure he's made mistakes just like I did but those are the greatest
lessons in life for a song
As far as relationships I told him don't look for a woman who is just
attractive alone as I made the mistake as well as my own father when we
were in our 20s and I always were just go for the most beautiful hot
looking girl what I've learned myself through ages and ages of time is
that look for the complete package of the inner qualities of a person
because that far out less the outside cosmetic part of our selves
I told him find a woman that even if you were not physically fit that
you would still be happy to sit and talk to them on a park bench kind of
like Forrest Gump and just talk about memories and memorabilia even if
for a short time that's a real honest relationship and the rest are
foods away money fame looks
But kindness and honesty and sincerity give us a fortress against all
mishaps disease mental health loss of jobs loss of position and when you
have a friend that helps you get through anything
That's why the movie it's a wonderful life was so important in my life
because in the film it was Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed is the Baileys
who took your honeymoon money to save the bank which was $2000 do you
plan to go to Bermuda where my mother was from and they happened to move
here in 1947 to the United States from Bermuda also my grandmother great
grandmother that is used to have tea with Mark Twain who wrote the book
Tom Sawyer what is prominently featured in the film at the end as it was
given to George Bailey by Clarence the angel
That's one Zuzu who is actress Carolyn Grimes who is on my Facebook
friend list who said every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings
Clearance rates in the forward of the book no man is a failure who has
friends
Also I might've told this before but I sent Frank Capra and Jimmy
Stewart two of my movie real clocks as gifts one year must've been right
before he died and Frank's secretary contacted me and said he wanted to
send me some stills from his collection he really seemed touched by me
sending him a Clock my clocks are movie real clocks I got a design
patent in the US and Canada on those clocks back in the 80s
I made them for all the movie studios play Warner Bros. Paramount MGM
Disney and others so Frank obviously was to
I was watching CNN when they announced Frank Capra had passed away and I
felt a warm feeling come over me that Frank head spiritually shook my
hand and said carry-on what I've been doing with my film it was funny
but it made sense in some crazy way because I never got to meet him and
actually physically shake his hand he lived in La Quinta California I
called from a phone booth and asked to speak to Frank and she said Tom
Frank cannot even recognize Jimmy I don't think it's a good idea you
stop in so I didn't I didn't get to shake his hand
But then I watch the movie again like last year or a few months ago I
can't remember and in the beginning of the film it talks about Joseph
and God talking about Clarence danger and they said he's a clockmaker
Chills up my spine
They say in the Jewish language there is no word for the word for a
coincidence but it all made sense to me in some kind of cosmic way
merry Christmas everyone watch -its a wonderful life on NBC this week
Happy Hanukkah
Tom
Hollywood dream factory®
siince 1977
Merry Christmas and happy Birthday Tommy ! As we know. He shares
the day with my son Ravi.
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Hello mofo just wanted to wish everybody a very merry Christmas happy
new year and thank everybody for all the wonderful years we've had on
this platform
December 23 is Tommy's 36 birthday and we planned on having a pizza
and
watching the new Steven Spielberg film on his video projector that he
would bring over to my house however they are expecting a major
snowstorm to hit tonight and with wind gusts of 50 to 60 miles an hour
so I'm concerned and I told him to stay home and not come over if the
weather is bad
In case the power shut off or I lose my Internet I wanted to let you
guys know how thankful I am for everybody and wish everybody the best
for the upcoming year and for all the holidays happy Hanukkah and
merry
Christmas and let's just hope that the sun Christmas season goes
without
any major catastrophes as we've had so many in the last few years
Tommy
said many of the people
Are panic buying stockpiling food and supplies in preparation for the
storm to hit we both have food and the furnace is working and the
lights
are working right now actually taking a break and just sleeping in
silence is not a bad idea as long as my old tree does not drop a limb
like I did on my birthday
So God bless you and your families and hope you all have a wonderful
holiday together with your friends and family
kindest regards, Tom
Hollywood dream factory®
since 1977
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