Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Today's Video Link

Jack Nicholson talks about One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. That's one of those movies I need to watch again one of these days. I remember seeing it when it first came out and I enjoyed it but it took a lot out of me. I went with a lady named Lynne to see it up in Westwood and after it, we were both glad we'd seen it but emotionally drained. We didn't even want to park somewhere and make out. She wanted to go home and sleep alone for a month and I wanted to go play Basketball with a big Indian.

Every so often, a movie can do that to you and it isn't always the movie alone doing it to you. Some nights, there's something in the air and when the right film (or play) connects with the mood...well, we were both flattened by it but in a (mostly) good way.

Haven't seen it again since that night. It feels to me like one of those films you can't view on a casual basis. You can't have it playing on the TV and take it in with one eye and ear while doing something else. You have to commit to it and I've never gotten around to that. One of these days or nights, I'll have to clear the time and see if it has anywhere near the same impact on me today. In the meantime, here's Jack...

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Five Guys News

My fave fast food burger place, Five Guys, continues to expand into California. In this article, some who've sampled Five Guys are hesitant to say it's better than the much-worshipped In-N-Out chain we have out here. Well, I'll say it. I think Five Guys serves a better burger than In-N-Out and much, much better french fries. Matter of fact, I think they're the best fries I've ever had in a chain restaurant. (They must be. According to this survey of fast food french fries, they're the worst in terms of calories and sodium.)

A couple of folks have written to fret that dining at Five Guys will do unspeakable things to my waistline. So far, I've managed to average one Five Guys meal about every eight months. As they expand in Southern California — the article says more are planned — that might come down to every 3-4 months...but it won't get much worse than that, and I'm eating pretty healthy the rest of the time. I've already had my stomach stapled once. I don't want them to have to go back in and tie a Granny Knot in my small intestine.

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