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I don't know the movie of "Where the Red Fern Grows", but what an incredible book. Love it.

Oh, good choice, Kate! God I love that film, heartbreaking though it is. Also another vote here for the incredible "Man in the Moon". A very young Reese Witherspoon is captivating in this movie, and Sam Waterson is fantasic as her father. But definitely keep the tissues close!

Please keep yourself safe.

I just watched that....we all did, gathered speechless around the computer. It made me as numb and heartsick as the day it happened. It's still unimaginable.

So sad. So very young.

Sweetie, I hear ya! Vibes for all of the VC'ers who are struggling with difficult times, and special love to you! This kitty is purring on your behalf.

I still believe in Tweedy's Gurl! Cheers, darlin'! And now that you're legal, howzabout a little Kahlua Chocolate Cake? Hope to see you sometime soon, Rosie! Have a great day & a great year!

I've had that very same thought, Chris. Instead we get Parade magazine covers showing courageous vets trying to recover from horrible disfiguring injuries. Of course I wish them all the best, but all I could think when seeing yesterday's cover was, "What a terrible waste." Just like Vietnam.

I didn't realize that I was "collecting"....I just have the multitudes of golden books that my 3 kids owned. But yes, let's call it collecting! Stepping about as far from Golden Books as is possible; by the way, Laura, I loved "The Things They Carried" and "Lake of the Woods" by Tim O' Brien. Amazing, haunting stuff. "The Things They Carried" was hard to read both for its intense subject matter and also because it really brought back those years, those horrible nightly broadcasts and awful newpaper reports. That was an ugly time.

Such a great job, Sarah! Beautiful singing, great guitar playing! I remember not so very long ago when you first began with lessons....you've made impressive progress!

TIM!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

Matt, get in line behind me for the punching-Anton-fest. I only watched that movie because I was stuck on a long plane ride & there wasn't much else among the offerings. I thought it wasn't the worst thing I'd ever seen, but it wasn't all that riveting either.

Wow, that looks incredible! Thanks for the recommendation, I'm going to read that. I also have to try "The Corrections" again.....I read a little of that years ago when it was new, when my local library was putting a chapter at a time online as a library promotion. Then they moved on to a new book and everybody on earth was checking out "The Corrections" so I never managed to lay my hands on it. Time to revisit that one!

So, in your world, Marley lives on forever! Niiice. Though a really good cry can be therapeutic.

I'm such a sucker for books about life with dogs....."Marley & Me", "A Good Dog", etc. But I always wind up crying my eyes out and getting a headache when the dog dies!

Sorry, folks, but today I'm unceremoniously closing threads containing too high a percetage of just plain mean. Please, those of you who want to play pleasantly, let's take it to a fresh new thread. Thanks.

You forgot Dick Martin! Sad week indeed. RIP, Harvey....treat God & the angels to all your briliiance!

That sounds like a great, involving read, Dunja! I shall look into it!

How did I miss this? Thanks, Maudie!

Wait, there's an entire book about it?

Are you gals also intrigued by the Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919?

I think so. I think the more important question might be, "Will it burn up on re-entry?"

Sorry, I couldn't resist. http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/05/27/s...t.ap/index.html

It doesn't work so great for those of us with leg problems, either, or those with other health problems.

The brilliant Dick Martin, best known from Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, has passed on to the great laugh-in in the sky. Dick, my deepest gratitude for all the laughs that helped me survive those awful late-60's years and beyond! May you find much to laugh at in heaven. Rest in peace. Sock it to me.