Finished reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon. It's a novel about the early lives of two cartoonists in New York before, during and after World War II. Highly recommended. As is Chabon's web site which includes a page on books that changed his life.

Watched the movie Billy Elliot about an English boy who discovers a love of dancing and his struggle to pursue it in a world of poverty and violence. The dance scenes are fantastic. They're good enough that we plan to watch it again this weekend. I could identify somewhat with the character, having discovered the joys of country and western dancing late in life. I felt some of the same social pressures from my rock and roll and jazz friends who still can't believe that I dance the two-step, waltz, and line dances to country music.
posted by Bruce Wright at 10:37 AM #