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I just sent a PM.

Isn't that from Eat the Document?

Stacy and I bought tickets for the Milwaukee show months ago. Wouldn't miss it for the world.

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I decided to go the eMusic route. Listening right now, and first impression is deeply positive.

That might be tough to beat. The picture, I mean.

To be fair, by all accounts Infamous is in the same ballpark as Capote, quality-wise, and a lot of people are saying that Toby Jones' performance might be the equal of Hoffman's. Reportedly it covers similar but different territory than Capote, dwelling more on his social life during the same time period. (Production was already well underway at the time of Capote's release.) And James Bond plays Perry Smith.

I recall Braff saying a few years ago that he'd never forget what gave him his big break, and "never" leave Scrubs before its end. Still, he's allowed to change his mind, and he's certainly entitled to make any decisions he wants about his own career.

One of my wife's friends sent that to us last week, through email. I replied with "Man, you best back off, I'm gittin' a little pissed here. Bitch, be cool!" She didn't get it, but she is a church-secretary type.

Those are both good, but I treasure my Ed Wood box set wrapped in actual pink angora.

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For me, it was this:

I have a PS2, and the only games I ever play are football ones. Of course, even that only happens once every 3-4 months.

I know what you mean--for me, the nadir was What Dreams May Come--but I definitely liked his "dramatic" turns in Moscow on the Hudson and, yes, even Good Will Hunting. And I love Good Morning, Vietnam. I don't know about you, but personally I'm dying to see this.

Is that the quote to live by?

I went out this morning to pick it up, but the local record shop in our little city didn't carry it (no surprise, but there was a slim chance). I'll pick one up tomorrow when we're in Milwaukee. EDIT: Ah, good to know!

It really is. Along with V: The Final Battle, that's one of the defining movies of my childhood. (I confess to owning both on DVD--as well as the entire weak TV series that followed--and my pleasure in watching them is totally unironic.) Even as a young kid, I recognized how the whole thing worked as an allegory for WWII, which, at the time, I thought was pretty cool.

I haven't seen it, but it sure looks like Robin Williams in his insufferably maudlin mode, coupled with some pretty lame slapstick. Good luck. Tomorrow is "movie with the wife" day, and her pick was Little Miss Sunshine, so that's cool. Her tastes are a little unpredictable: Typically her preference is for stuff like The Family Stone or Shopgirl, but at the same time, she's almost always game for documentaries or even foreign flicks.

One of my all-time favorite VC stories.

I loved the Beta Band, too, but the real question is whether those new lyrics are subpar.

While you glow in Dolphins potential, let me annex your Hootie song and say, "I'm such a baby, 'cause the Packers make me cry." I don't know if I can endure another season of watching Brett Favre pretend this team has "the most talent" of any team he's ever been part of.

No, but I like George Will.

Days when the Brewers are off, like today, leave me feeling lost, sad, and alone.

But his reply was obviously an extension of his hyperbole. Pretty weak, my friend--but it does lend itself to a good joke about irony. In all seriousness, though, you've let a little comic exaggeration get the best of you: I don't think anyone really believes that President Bush is incapable of reading a book, even a long one. I personally think he is a man of reasonable intelligence who holds deeply flawed ideas about policy and governance--if he were a true moron, he'd be a lot less scary.

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