Sunday, September 11, 2011

Henry Moon

Has anyone ever seen the movie Goin' South?  It is the funniest western I've seen, even funnier than Blazing Saddles. Goin' South was filmed in 1978 and headlined by Jack Nicholson as outlaw Henry Moon and by Mary Steenburgen as a gold digger ... literally. Some little known actors at the time who also played the funniest parts were Christopher Lloyd, John Belushi, and Danny DeVito. It is not on Netflix streaming video but a DVD rental is worth the price if you can find it. If any of you studs think Mary Steenburgen is cute, she appears in the flick Melvin and Howard wearing a beautiful smile ... and nothing else.
Sammy was over yesterday for the afternoon. He is nine weeks old today and is a good baby; he doesn't cry much. I noticed yesterday that while Carolyn was twisting her mouth to make funny noises at him, he would watch for awhile then try to get his own little mouth to do the same as hers. Babies learn fast, and though he will not remember one bit of what he is seeing and hearing and feeling in these first few years, it will be with him for the remainder of his life; he is writing the preface for the encyclopeda of his existence. The house (and our lives) seemed so empty when he left with his mom.
I haven't recently read any books that I think you will be interested in but back in June I read Three Seconds by Anders Roslund and Borge Hellstrom It is a Swedish novel mostly set in Stockholm and the plot is basically the work by police to intervene in the Polish Mafia's attempts to completely rule the illicit drug operation in the country. It has many plot twists and interesting characters, but is a long book at nearly 500 pages and becomes a bit boring in a few spots. However, the story lines and the few characters that are well created kept me reading through the slow parts.
Eye allergies today so if there are some misspellings and more grammer slips than usual, please overlook them.
Have a great mid-September week!

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