Judy’s Joint

Millie. I have known Millie for some 28 years now and I am always surprised at the depth of her bonhomie. In spite of a rather dreadful marriage, poverty, poor health, a difficult (to say the least) relationship with her own dear mammie and assorted other misadventures, she remains inexhaustably cheerful and happy. Drugs, you ask? Jamais! A good Christian woman, Millie finds solace in Jesus, her family and the unending foolishness of humankind.

After a visit to beautiful Vancouver Island in which she toured not one but several “buck” stores, dear Mother Millie pronounced the island a veritable paradise( all shopping opportunities notwithstanding.
We posed for this family picture - just a mere step (not even) out of the trailer park.

Did I love it? No. Did I like it? Yes! Alot!

I love Robert Altman. Since the early days of McCabe and Mrs. Miller, (Pain and sorrow . . . ) through MASH, Nashville, A Wedding (my favourite) and The Player, Altman remains one of my favouyrite directors. What a geniius. Can you imagine a director who actually stages scenes and people in conversation in the way that they actually speak. You know, People do not always wait for silence to flap their gums!

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The top ten signs that you are not the most popular guy in high school.

“Do you like Huey Lewis and the News?”.
I make no apologies for loving this movie. The eighties were scary and Patrick Bateman is the ultimate anti-hero of that time.
This is the business card scene and my personal favourite. Christian Bale was magnificent. Watch his jaw.