A sad twist of irony....

I couldn't help but notice a sad coincidence between the recently departed Roy Scheider and the late author Peter Benchley,who wrote "JAWS".Roy died yesterday,which was February 10 of 2008 and Benchley died on February 11,2006,which was two years ago today!Peter Benchley was a great author but none of his other adapted for film novels were successful as JAWS,in fact,JAWS is considered the very first "summer blockbuster" film.

Fried Green Tomatoes

I usually avoid Lifetime channel during primetime because alot of their "made for TV" movies are just cheesy but tonight they are airing "Fried Green Tomatoes",which is one of my favorite movies of all time!It is based on Fannie Flaggs novel,"Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe".I have since lost my copy,but the book actually contained recipes in the back pages for the Southern goodies served in the cafe in the novel and movie.The plot switches back and forth between the 1930's and 1990's in Alabama and the fictional town of Whistlestop was one of the many small railroad towns that became ghost towns after the railroads heyday was over.If you have never seen this 1991 film,give it a whirl.LOL-I can actually make fried green tomatoes if anyone wants to try them,but they are LOADED with sodium and cholesterol!and try finding green tomatoes,unless you grow them yourself.That kind of cooking is good stuff but hell on your arteries!

"A Matter of Character"

My conservative Republican father got all 6 of his grown children a copy of Ron Kesslers'"A matter of character"(2004) right along with their usual gifts this year because we all enjoy reading and he thought it was a good book.I teased him about "trying to convert a few of us" because not all of kids share his politics LOL.Well,I got some free time and have read most of it already(I am very fast reader folks!) and as much as I am loathe to admit,it has kinda softened my stance on "W".I am a registered Independent and proably will remain so but the writer did a good job of making GW appealing to even someone like me.Although it glossed over some things,it also revealed alot!for example,in 2001,All FBI computers were pre-pentium 386 and 486 processors.At the time the new director wanted MS Office installed,he was told that the existing PC's could not run it they were so antiquated!Thats a scary and sobering thought to ponder.If you want an interesting read,and you aren't vehemently anti-Bush,you just might enjoy this book.