you know i love me the b-movies.  d & z grade flicks too.  i've gotten into the habit to write & read with the TV on in the background.  the late wonderful writer/actor carrie fisher said she wrote her novels & screenplays with the TV on too.  who am i to disagree with a great icon?  so it ain't no accident that the fantastic homage to '50s monster movies, tremors [1990], is playing on the TV as i read blogs and catch up on emails.  i love this flick.  i have the series on DVD.  but  i saw this movie in the theater with a supersmart girl [i apologize if i forgot your name.  we are talking almost 30 years ago.  i am no longer young & my brain works slower than usual. but you were a good friend to me at that time] & i fell in love with this movie.  i am crazy for horror, exploitation, & cheap jack movies.  & tremors celebrates its heritage of horror, exploitation & cheap jack movies.  maybe it is an accident that i power up my laptop & turn on the TV to find this movie playing.  who cares.  after all, i have the franchise on DVD.  i can watch this pic anytime.  & yet,this movie is on TV tonight, the hottest night so far in northern california which would mean this movie broadcast tonight as i try to make sense of our world is a fortuitous accident.  that sums up my philosophy, a fortuitous accident is the definition of life on earth.  & yet, i have this movie playing in the background as i read poems, essays & rants by my brothers & sisters in the art, & in life.  accident or no, i'll take this as an affirmation of living on this planet in the here & now.