When I love a movie, I don't watch it a second time; I watch it another twenty-two more times. One such film is A Serious Man. Take a look at the little clip below to get a taste.
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Do You Want Your Fortune Told?
I offer you some more Juliet Letters – this time, a song about what's going on inside the minds of adults about to divorce, as reflected back through their childhood. These are the kind of lyrics that draw me back to the song again and again:
Seriously, watch it; it's brilliant.
Is This Isn’t a Top, There Will Never BE a Top
I love newspapers. I don't know where I'd be without my New York Times every day.
But there's no worse newspaper, in my experience, than USA Today. It put the "ban" in "banal". During the rare instances that I travel, it's the newspaper that lands on the door to my hotel room, and even then I don't bother reading it.
So I otherwise wouldn't have been aware of its front page today, but a thoughtful Sloper sent it to me:
Yep, that's right. Wall Street is telling you to Get Back Into STOCKS. And you'll be getting them at sensational bargains, to boot!
I'll close by asking the USA Today Marketing Department – – of all the Cohens you had to choose from for this article, did you really have to land on Abby Joseph? She's like eye candy for masochists.
May God Have Mercy On Us All
Gone Nutcrackin’
I am going to spend my day in San Francisco with my wife and children ice-skating and attending (for the Nth time) the San Francisco Ballet's Nutcracker. (this is obviously like heaven for my little girl – which reminds me – please vote for my Nissan Leaf if you haven't already!). Below is the Russian Dance from SF's production – always a crowd pleasure. I'll see you folks Monday morning.
