Lord of the Rings.

The first time I read Lord of the Rings I stayed up late into the night, reading this world that unfolded before me in Tolkeins words. When I fell asleep with the book in hand, my dreams were about Middle Earth, but what was really weird was that I would also dream about laying there reading the book. I enjoyed these books so much that just reading them was a joy.

So this weekend I considered it a quest of honor to watch them all three back to back. Not quite as good as reading, but only 13 hours of film watching....guess I better go for a run now.

Lenny Bruce

I had always heard about Lenny Bruce, but didn't know much more than an REM lyric about him not being afraid. So when I was looking for stuff to Tivo I caught this Dustin Hoffman film where he shows Lenny from his beginnings as a Las Vegas Schtick comedian, and finally making fun of anti obscenity laws by getting arrested, then mocking his trial...it is hilarious...he turns the whole obscenity issue on it's head. He was a genius with an ironic end....Hoffman once again plays another character who is indistinguishable from Captain Hook, the Graduate, Raymond or Kramer....what a range...love this guy.