"Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now."
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Monday, September 12
His Name Is Inigo Montoya
So I watched a lot of TV over the weekend, mostly sports, and more than once I caught an advertisement for a new show called Criminal Minds, about a unit of profilers. When they showed the lead actor I thought, "Oh look, it's the guy from the cholesterol commercial. Glad to see he's moving up in the world."
Then the announcer gravely intoned, "Starring Mandy Patinkin.."
MANDY FREAKIN' PATINKIN? It seems like yesterday he was a smooth-faced crooner in Dick Tracy, and now he's OLD?
Well, yeah, since his role in Dick was about 15 years ago. It's nice to see that he got craggy with age instead of turning into one of those creepy young-looking oldsters. Somehow I don't think he'll sing on this show.
9/11 Remembered. In years past I've linked to The Onion's excellent coverage of 9/11, with articles such as "Hijackers Surprised To Find Themselves In Hell" and "God Angrily Clarifies 'Don't Kill' Rule", but now their archives are subscriber-only. So this year I'm linking to Dave White's story Closure. You said it all, man.
