Roberto Leal
My blogs
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Free-lance writer, blogger |
| Location | San Antonio, Texas, United States |
| Introduction | Although I was born and raised in the Bay Area, now Silicon Valley (San Jose, CA), my family roots originated in The Rio Grande Valley of southern Texas...between two valleys. My passion is writing. I've written and published everything from poetry, movie reviews, profiles, a memoir, short stories, essays and a satirical political blog. I currently have several titles available on Amazon/Kindle. |
| Interests | A life-long lover of the cinema, especially old black and white film noir classics. Non-fiction books on politics, Eastern philosophy, humor, history, health and diet. Working towards becoming 100 percent fluent in Spanish; reading, writing and speaking. |
| Favorite movies | The Third Man, Sunset Boulevard, Citizen Kane, Laura, The Bridge on the River Kwai, GoodFellas, Full Metal Jacket, Pulp Fiction, 84 Charing Cross Road, Saving Private Ryan, The Day the Earth Stood Still (original), King Kong (original), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ran, Vertigo, Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House, The Quiet Man |
| Favorite music | Classic Rock from the '50's ;'60's and '70's. Any and all music from Latin America, Spanish flamenco and Portuguese fado music, French jazz, Blues and Soul. |
| Favorite books | Letters from the Earth, (Mark Twain), The One Straw Revolution (Masanobu Fukuoka), A Distant Mirror (Barbara Tuchman), Tarantula (Bob Dylan), In His Own Write (John Lennon), Call of the Wild (Jack London), Holy Blood, Holy Grail (Michael Balgent), anything written by Gore Vidal, Noam Chomsky and any and all short stories by S. J. Perlman and James Thurber. |
All of the phone numbers have fallen out of your address book. Whose number do you look for first and why?
If there is life on other planets out there in the universe, is the cost of living cheaper and do they have more cable channels?