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Yep. I love the movie. Took my mom to see that in the West Village (I think 13 street cinema) when I came out to her. After the movie she looked at me and said, "does this movie have a point you want to make?" LOL I had just came out to her that weekend and I wanted her to see a gay character in the movie. Harvey?

It was Buddy Ebsen. Also, didn't Margaret Hamilton likewise have reactions to her green makeup, though not as severe as Ebsen to his silver skinpaint? For #6, was it Gone with the Wind, ironically ALSO directed by Oz drector Victor Fleming? OK, my own addition to lurker's delightful questions: Who was the original Oz director whom Fleming was brought on midstream to replace?

I learned today that if you are on a diet you shouldn't swallow cum: 148 calories (source, NY Times), or if you are on Weight Watchers…2 points.

That I can like.

But you didn't even give me a "likes this!" (sigh) followed by a tiny smile

True enough. I had the advantage of reading the book first, so I knew who the characters were. Roger Ebert said he'd see it twice. Frankly, I didn't see how they could make a movie of it, and they succeeded by quick cuts (more like television I thought) and loose connections between them. What you'll get is three hours of nonstop entertainment up on the screen. And did I mention it has Ben Wishaw? I don't think it's had a very wide release, but the critics liked it and so did I. Imagine a friendship between a German Jewish family and a high-ranking Nazi officer before, during, and after the war. The film picks up after their death when their Tel Aviv apartment is being cleaned out by their children and grandchildren and the unlikely friendship is discovered and revealed. And it's all true. Amazing to ponder on how many shades of gray there are, and how we can compartmentalize our lives. Again, well worth the price of admission.

Sorry, MsGuy, we work with what we have.

A 59 year old Florida woman has died after being in a diabetic coma for 42 years. For 37 of those years, her mother stayed faithfully at her bedside, turning her over every two hours. For the last 5 years, the sister of the now deceased woman has performed the watch. It's a sad story. The mother felt that her daughter was happy despite the coma, and chose to keep her alive and devote her own life to the daughter's care. The mother felt the presence of another mother in the room with her- that presence, she thought, was the mother of Jesus. Author Wayne Dyer wrote a book about the mother's promise to always be there for her daughter. These facts are gleaned from an LA Times article on the death: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-woman-dies-after-42-years-in-coma-at-home-20121123,0,735117.story In 2005, the LA Times wrote a feature piece on both the woman in the diabetic coma, and the story of another mother who chose to end life support for her son after 12 years of being in a coma following a motorcycle accident at 25. The contrast between the two stories makes interesting reading: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obara-column-one-20121123-m,0,4503559.story?page=1 When we think life is hard, it is stories like these that make you think some more. Perhaps the first mother was delusional in thinking her daughter could feel happiness, yet even the other mother who ended life support still waited 12 years to do so. Letting go must be very hard for a mother. If I am in a coma, feel free to let me go! But when...???

1) I am thankful that I got fired last week. I couldn't bring myself to leave because the pay was so ridiculous, but I _hated_ it and it was giving me health problems. 2) I am thankful for my totally awesome wife/best friend who makes my sun shine. 3) I am thankful that I put up with that boring evil job long enough that I have enough money that I can now go do what I want and not have to freak out about if I'll have enough for retirement. It's been an eventful last couple of weeks.