Pardon me...just finishing my morning coffee....







Just about done.......







Ah, one last sip......





OK!
(Man, you just don't want to get going, without the boost of morning caffeine coursing through your weary veins!!)

Quiet night last night. We went to see "The Holiday", with the somewhat all-star cast of Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, and Jack Black. We bucked the trend of the rest of the world, who apparently chose to see Ben Stiller mugging with computer-animated dinosaurs.

Well, after two other action-packed movies already during this seasonal stretch (Rocky Balboa, Casino Royale), we needed the equivalent of a sweet cup of holiday hot chocolate, topped with sprinkles, and loaded with whipped cream. We got that, for sure. The Holiday is a slow-paced character drama (chick-flick), with no apparent concern to get where it's going in a timely manner.

That said, we both enjoyed it, but maybe a high-speed chase wouldn't have hurt the overall effort... There was really no logical place to insert gunplay or explosions though...at least without affecting the narrative.

Speaking of narrative, we watched the recent spoof on romantic movies "Date Movie" the other night, on Movie Central. At one point, my wife wandered off, telling me to "keep it rolling". I suggested she may lose some of the narrative of the story, to which she responded by laughing heartily all the way down the stairs...

Women. Who can figure them??

Chow for now!!