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She did talk with us regular folks, but she didn't really seem too interested in talking about the old Airplane days. She mostly talked about her artwork. Very down-to-earth kind of person. If you didn't already know who she was, you would never know she was famous from the way she acted.

Rupert Murdoch choosing common decency over bucks? Will wonders never cease?

Went to one of the local malls tonight and dropped it at an art gallery there, not something I would normally ever do. However, I was intrigued by the artist who was there tonight showing some samples of her work. At first glance, she looks a normal 67-year old woman who took up painting late in life and has made a pretty darn good career out of it. Heck, she looks she could just be somebody's grandma. Nothing really remarkable about her until you hear her name. Grace Slick. Say what? This little white-haired lady couldn't possibly have fronted Jefferson Airplane, could she? Can this be the composer of "White Rabbit?" I guess Woodstock really was a long time ago. She's an interesting character, pretty salty as you can probably imagine. I'm sure she's shocked some of the usual art gallery patrons. I don't know beans about art, but her stuff looks pretty good to me. A lot of it is portaits of Janis Joplin, Jerry Garcia, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix and illustrations from Alice in Wonderland. Some of the Alice stuff is pretty hallucinatory, like Timothy Leary as the Mad Hatter. If her show comes into your area, check it out.

Emilio Estevez Young Guns Jack Palance

OJ is the ultimate scumbag. Even if he was completely innocent, coming out with a book called "If I Did It" is just sickening beyond belief. How is it that most people are certain that OJ guilty? Well, you can start with the fact that he had motive, opportunity and the complete lack of any alibi. Then there's the day of the slow motion chase circus when OJ got into the Bronco with Al Cowlings carrying his passport, thousands of dollars in cash, and a disguise kit. An innocent man on his way to an international costume party, I suppose. Then there's the trail of Nicole's blood that led from the murder scene to the Bronco to OJ's bedroom. All planted by the LAPD, of course, who were carrying a Mason jar of blood all over the city. Then there's the tearful admission to Rosey Grier in jail that "He didn't mean to do it." Didn't mean to do what? Such a lousy job of acting in "Capricorn One?" The case was truly botched by the prosecution and it all came down to how many times Mark Fuhrman had used the "N-word" in his life and the comical glove size demonstration. Just because he was acquitted, it doesn't make him innocent. I wonder how his search for the "real killer" is coming along?

A new low in the history of sleaze television. Reports are that any profits from the book are being paid directly to the kids so the Goldmans can't touch it. What a scum bag.

The Towering Inferno Steve McQueen The Great Escape

There's more to this story that you can read here: Unanswered Prayers Interesting, but what really caught my eye, was the last line: Say what?

Deconstructing Harry Woody Allen Hannah and Her Sisters

I've been on the other side of that customer service situation and I can tell you for a fact that dealing with the general public every day can be an absolute nightmare. For 10 years I was customer service manager for a furniture retailer here in North Carolina. A large part of our business was from people in other states who ordered furniture from us and had it shipped to their homes because the prices in NC were so much lower. We special-ordered everything from the factory which could take up to 3 months and then the delivery process could take 2-3 weeks, and we had people who would .... and moan through every step of the process. "It's taking too long to get here." "The truck is too slow." "They won't deliver at the time I demand it." "This doesn't look exactly like what I saw in the catalog in Phoenix or on the floor at the store in Buffalo." "This pine furniture has too many knots in it. Why didn't they use a piece of pine with no knots?" "The wood grain in my oak dresser looks different than the wood grain in my oak headboard." It was absolutely unbelievable. I was screamed at, cursed at, threatened, reported to the BBB and various tv consumer help lines, and even had one person try to intimidate me by suggesting that they were connected to a well-known group of Italian businessmen. All this for things that I had no control over. No amount of screaming would make the guys at Thomasville work one bit harder or the truck driver go any faster. The absolute worst group of people that I ever had to deal with, no question, was: Housewives from New Jersey Nothing personal, just my own experience and observations. I had ladies from the Garden State call me every single name in the book, including a couple who called me a m***erf***er, which was a bit of a shock. There were several times that I just laid the phone down my desk while a member of the fairer sex ranted on and on. I'd pick up the phone a few times to throw in a "Yes, ma'am," here and there and put it back down until they blew themselves. I had women who even after I had solved their problem insist that I listen while they blasted me as an ignorant rube from the South who didn't understand how things were done in the big city. Several women got mad when I called them "ma'am," saying, "I'm not a ma'am!!" Whatever. I was personally served papers to appear in court in Bergen County, NJ over a problem that a one hour visit from Furniture Doctor resolved. It was wacky. I took pride in what I did and worked hard to try to satisfy people in what truly was a thankless job. Through all that, I managed never to yell back at anybody, though it was very difficult and I did engage in several episodes of telephone receiver abuse after another fine person hung up on me. There's never any excuse for rudeness, but that experience did help me not to get too upset with things that are clearly out of an employee's control. If somebody acts like they just don't care, that's a whole different story.

Drew Barrymore Batman Forever Tommy Lee Jones

Madonna Evita Antonio Banderas

OK Ernest Borgnine From Here To Eternity Burt Lancaster

Same thing happened in Pennsylvania last Friday. Must be a trend.

It was pretty chilly here in NC too. Only got up to 73 today.

That's it.

Rick Nelson might have looked good, but he might be the single worst actor ever to appear on network television. He was the dictionary definition of "wooden."

You know, I could lay a big line on you and we could do a lot of role-playing, but the simple truth is, is that I find you very interesting and I'd really like to make love to you.

The Aviator?

Philip Seymour Hoffman Cold Mountain Jude Law

This gave me cold chills when I first heard it. Wow. Pretty unbelievable. I don't know that there are very many people of any age that could do something like that.

Several years ago, on a trip to the Outer Banks, I happened to visit the Queen Elizabeth II which was docked in the town of Manteo. The Queen Elizabeth II is a replica of one of the ships that brought Sir Walter Raleigh's colonists to NC, the Lost Colony. Aboard the ship were several fellows dressed in 16th century sailor garb who were supposed to represent the crew. These guys were supposed to stay in character at all times, speaking in Elizabethan English, and you were able to engage them in conversation. We asked one these gentlemen what they did for fun when they were in port. His response was that their main form of recreation was swinging dead cats on a string and "swiving with the wenches." Wanting to be historically accurate, of course, we asked the meaning of the unfamiliar term "swiving." After much prodding and beating around the proverbial bush, it turned out that "swiving" is what's now commonly referred to as the "f word." Probably shouldn't include that in the homework, I suppose.

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Helen Slater Supergirl Peter O'Toole

I would have been surprised if anybody got the singer on this one. He was a real "one-hit wonder" named Larry Groce. I think we should give George credit for getting the title first.