Two days; Five films---

I watched films on DVD from my que at Blockbuster;

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0356910/

The Hoax
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0462338/

from my own collection of video tapes;

Mr. 880
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042742/

and on TCM;

The Jolson Story
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038661/
and
Jolson Sings Again
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041530/

These last two were films my favorite girlfriend from highschool and I, went to see multiple times. We thought Larry Parks was a dreamboat.

Mr. 880 is such a sweet film with Santa Claus - whoops, I mean Edmund Guinn as the Skipper, in another of his loveable roles.

Mr. & Mrs. Smith was a hoot. The premise was interesting, but for most of the film I could not decide if they were really going to kill each other or not. Maybe that was the point, but it was a strange way to keep viewers interested.

And The Hoax was not as good as I thought it would be. Confusing - or maybe my brain was tired of watching films. LOL It happens.

The break in the weather here in the Heartland meant I could get out and about and shopping I went! The sun out made everything look sparkling and almost too bright after 5 days of gloom.

I have not had the news on or read it for the last few days. Is that a bad thing? Think of it this way: in the early days no one knew what was happening over the next ridge, unless someone walked over or rode a horse or cart to see. So days and weeks would go by with only your little island in the universe for reference. Is that bad or good?

Personally, as I have gotten older and older, I need to know what it happening every minute of every day less and less. The weather if it looks stormy out the window. For the rest, about every other day I check the headlines. If nothing has blown up in my city, or other major disaster, I don't need to know. I'm happier and calmer not worrying about what I cannot change. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.