Any recommendations for books?
Anything by Steve Berry is great. Or anything by Nelson de Mille. I also love Daniel Silva's Gabriel Allon books. There is also a great book called The Lost Van Gogh. The Rule of Four is excellent, too. ---- They're, Their, There - Three Different Words. Careful or you may wind up in my next novel. Pax - C
What is it like to travel sitting next to a celebrity?
I was flying back from South Africa with my college students on the London to Minneapolis leg. I was surprised to be bumped up to first class because they oversold coach. (lucky me!) Since the seat next to me was unoccupied, I asked the stewardess if it was okay if my students could come up, one at a time, and sit next to me for 10 - 15 minutes each while I talked quietly with them about what they learned on the trip. She said it would be no problem. After about an hour an elderly lady in the middle section of first class (who had apparently been drinking a little too much) began making loud comments about allowing the riffraff up in first class. We were speaking quietly so as not to bother anyone, (even people across the isle could not hear us much less someone in the back of the middle section 5 rows back. But this old gal just didn't like the idea of sharing first class with any commoners. She continued to get louder, the more she drank. The stewardess went over to her and explained what we were doing and she began to argue with her. The stewardess finally had to threaten her that she would be arrested if she did not quiet down. At that point I told the student to go back and that we'd finish our conversation the next day. The stewardess apologized and thanked me. I wondered who this cranky old lady was and went over to her to talk and explain what I was doing and apologized if I had offended her. She'd have none of it and began to curse at me too - so I went back to my seat and ignored her the rest of the trip. She looked vaguely familiar but I didn't know who she was. That weekend I went to see the movie, “Harry Potter” and lo and behold, there was my friend from the flight! I saw her on the screen - "Professor Minerva McGonagall" - Maggie Smith! I said to my wife, "That's her!" She said, "Who?" and explained the whole thing to her. We had quite a laugh. So I guess even the rich and famous have off days. Dear old Maggie. I felt a little sorry for her but at least she was flying first class with unlimited beverages.
Does anyone know of some new movies coming out in 2008?
Sin City 2, Jurrasic Park 4, Indiana Jones 4, Harry Potter 6, 10,000 B.C., The Lovely Bones, Star Trek 6, Wolverine.... there are more and the dates on all of these are TBA 2008... hope this helps..