Movie

Friday evening my wife and I watched "Irina's Palm". This film is based in England and is about a family who has a very sick child. The grandmother is a fairly nondescript person who is apparently living off her deceased husband's meager pension. Her grandson requires an operation that is only available in Australia that just be his final hope for life. The problem is that it costs 6000 pounds for the trip and stay for the two weeks that they (the parents) will have to accompany the son. The grandmother is told that she has no skills, no savings and no hope of employment given her advanced age (50!?). She is dejected and is wandering the streets of London when she see an advertisement: "Hostess Required" in Soho and decides to apply for the position. She is told that "hostess" is a euphemism for something else, and the establishment is a strip club that provides a unqiue service requiring her hands. She is stocked, but eventually turns out to be the best employee the place ever had. Miki is her boss and he promises her 200-600 pounds per week. She is desperate, however; and convinces him to load her 6000 pounds and she will pay him back in 10 weeks. He agrees. She gives the money to her son and cannot tell him where the money came from. Any more and it will give too much away. Great film, a must see. In my opinion, this film has the best ending I have ever seen. It's perfect and beautiful.

Joke

Father : "Son, life is just a swirling, sucking eddy of despair, filled with brief flashes of false hope, in an ever-blackening universe."

Son: "Dad, all I said was that I wanted a bicycle."

Santa's Reindeer

Dasher
Dancer
Prancer
Vixen
Comet
Cupid
Donner
Blitzen
Rudolf

Personally I think the story of Rudolf sends the wrong message to children. It is not OK to make fun of someone's abnormality and then when they find out it's useful, they invite him to join their crowd as a welcome member.

Those Meddling Kids

Daphne, Velma, Fred, Shaggy, and Scooby-doo.

I want a Scooby snack!

Lists

The Seven Dwarves (2 d's, 2 s's and 3 emotions)

Doc
Dopey

Sneezy
Sleepy

Grumpy
Bashful
Happy

Movie

Last Sunday we went to "The Adjustment Bureau". This film has Matt Damon as a politician who is trying to get elected to Congress, but in the last minute, a college prank that was publicized causes his loss. A chance encounter with a woman in the men's room changes his thinking a bit and his consession speech is greatly improved. The two of them hit it off tremendously.

He is never to see this woman again, but a mistake by one of the "planners" (he is supposed to spill his cup of coffee before getting on a bus), brings him together with her again (she is on the bus). This was not supposed to happen. It is a serious mistake that will ruin his dreams and hers (at least that is what he is told).

The movie continues in a fast pace, and I would like to say more, but may ruin it. Go see it, it's great fun.

It has Terrance Stamp, whom I fondly recall from the movie "Modesty Blaise", made when he was quite young. "Give us a kiss, ducky." is one of his great lines while shooting it out with the bad guys.

Something Is Wrong

There is something seriously wrong with a country where it is illegal for a Girl Scout to sell one box of cookies on a public sidewalk without a permit, yet allows a group of fanatics to display unbelievably offensive picket signs wishing that more U.S. soldiers would die and with derogatory statements that target people's own private lifestyles.

This cannot be right, not in any sense of any logic or reason.

Personally I want all U.S. solders to return home safe and healthy.

On the lifestyle issue, I was brought up in a Christian home, which taught that ALL are welcome to the congregation, not just those the congregation approves of.

Movie

We saw "Get Low" last Saturday evening. This film is about a recluse man who is harboring a secret as to why he has spent the last 40 years in solitude. He wants to throw a funeral party for himself and invite all who have a story about him, but the big story is the one he will tell. This is a must see, in my opinion.

Music

Listening to Doris Day singing "Sentimental Journey" on Pandora Radio using the "Nat King Cole" station. Very cool.