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May 26, 2006

Why am I writing a column today?

Well, I guess I'm not.

The town has felt like it is in a holiday slumber all week. Junkets for mid-June started happening a couple of weeks ago, getting things out of the way. Some folks are in Cannes, which has turned out to be mostly a sleepy week at the movies in France. Some folks are talking a 4, 5, or 6 day weekend.

Last weekend, I started prepping today's column, but it was bout how f-ed up a lot of things are. And frankly, I am in a mellow place and don't want to harsh it with a lot of completely reasonable and accurate negativity. So I won't.

If you are reading this and you are going to go to the movies this weekend, go to an art house. See The Proposition or Brick or Thank You For Smoking or Clean or even An Inconvenient Truth (drink some Red Bull and your sure to stay awake the whole time). The only big movie out there even close to being worth paying for is X-Men: The Last Stand.

Or read a book.

Or take a hike.

Or breathe a little deeper.

We live in a country that celebrates Memorial Day with big dumb movies, bbq, and little talk about soldiers, even as so many people are in harms way in Iraq and other places.

Give 'em a thought or two while you are enjoying the weekend. And have a great one.

E Me: What will you see this weekend?

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