Good news, movie fans. Looks like several new movies coming out this fall will actually be watchable. Meryl Streep and Steve Martin have one coming out, as well as a Nicholas Cage end of the world deal. Those looked OK. Sandra Bullock had one about adopting a homeless boy that might be OK. Also, Jud Law is in a new movie as Watson in "Sherlock" and Hillary Swank will play Amelia Earhart. Looking forward to seeing these.

Yeah! I went to the movies this afternoon. I saw "The Informer" with Matt Damon. Great movie. It is based on a true story of a guy who "blows the whistle" on food giant ADM, who was guilty of price fixing. But in the mean time, the individuals involved were not without fault.
But the best part of the movie, besides it being funny, was the character development of the may character, Mark Whiteker, played by Matt Damon.
Recommended for sure.

I just finished ANOTHER really good book. It is "Await Your Reply" by Dan Chaon. It is about identity theft, and while that is the plot, it is really about people. As usual, I like a book with good character development. Boy, does this one have that, plus a "keep you guessing until the last page" plot. It is actually three inter woven stories.

And the other interesting thing to me was the setting. The base is western Nebraska, where I used to live. It was a bit of memory lane to talk about some of those old places.

Other than that, it is turned into a new season, fall. And it seems to be happening overnight.

I just finished reading a really good book by E.L. Doctorow. "Homer and Langley" It is about two brother, one who was gassed in the trenches in WWI and one who is blind. It tells about their lives with the background of the 20th century.
I like the place were they tell about banks buying out other banks. They say the banks become new banks and never improve.