You've Been Sorely Missed ... But Allow Me to Digress

Ivan says:

Well yes, it's been a very long while since we've heard from you, my beautiful and talented friend of many, many, many (did I say many?) years! But, let's allow our pictures at the top of this page to speak for themselves -- we certainly were cute as buttons, weren't we?

However, I digress!

I'm completely bowled over with your very astute examples of message versus entertainment.

• "Soylent Green" -- it was just on TCM.
• "West Side Story" -- one of my all-time faves.
• "Amadeus" -- another of my favorites. Trivia question for you: Did you know that the name of the company I work for is called "Amadeus"? I just couldn't help sharing that tidbit with you.

However, I digress!

• "Hairspray" -- you gotta love Divine (I just saw the "Hairspray the Muscial" here in Miami a few weeks back).
• "Bowling for Columbine" -- I agree with the message but don't like the person delivering it.
• "Eraserhead" -- didn't understand it
• "Dirty Dancing" -- mad crush on Patrick Swayze
• "Grease" -- Do you think Eve Arden was a drag queen?

The list goes on and on, doesn't it?

Which got me thinking, we agree on so many things. Why do you think that is?

• Spending all of our formative years (6-18) virtually inseparable?
• Growing up in New Jersey?
• Same generation (we're only 36 days apart in age)?
• The ethnic influence of our families (Italian/Polish for you and French-Canadian for me)?
• Proof of my point: Didn't your family flash before your eyes as you watched "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"? My big fat revelation: It's all the same for every family -- except the food, right?

However, I digress (yet again)!!!

I won't get into my "Midnight Cowboy" spiel this time, but stay tuned.

Love you madly!