My father is fifty tomorrow.

Gosh.

Marvin and I were flitting about Chicago today, ostensibly to run errands. But in truth we were only there because of that city's close proximity to Agostino's, a decidedly fine Italian restaurant. In point of fact, said lawyer immediately declared that the impending victory of Pittsburgh was a terribly good reason to wander in and madly feast. ( Read more... )

*opens mysterious envelope*

Ohh yes, and, ah, yes, it's Kathleen's birthday today. She's now Very Old. Clap outrageously. At 17, she is now older than most living insects. This makes her Very Special to me.

*tosses money in the air*

Right!

"The New World", directed by Terrence Malick. I'm assigning it to you. To watch, you know.

The Quacks - fearful beasts, are they not? Well, I find them so. Especially when they plot to insert thin bits of sharp plastic into my arm. Such was the case today when I wound up in the clinic for what is sardonically referred to as a "physical". Dr. Ahmadi (his blackish-grey brows knitting with disgust ) suggested to me that a tetanus shot was ( Read more... )

Right, you lot. In brief ( Read more... )

Right. Here's five more, ye great bally film enthusiasts. At Nada's instigation, I may well go for a top twenty list. I am sure you are all thrilled by the suggestion ( Read more... )

Right. I was watching bits of "Andrei Rublev" this evening, and realised just how incredibly stunning the film truly was, and how much I wanted certain individuals to view certain scenes. Perhaps that's just because three-and-one-half-hour Russian movies fill me with an unbearably ugly sort of smugness - I don't know. Or perhaps I was just basking ( Read more... )

I might also add that it's Nada's birthday today. Yes, so let's all clap most politely. She's quite an old girl now, and very probably reluctant to be seen in the company of spry young people like us, but I'm sure pointing out the fact that it is her birthday will not overly displease her.

I've got a little list ( Read more... )