Pygmania

"Too much of anything is bad, but too much of good whisky is barely enough." Mark Twain "The light music of whisky falling into a glass - an agreeable interlude." James Joyce "Always carry a large flagon of whisky in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake." W. C. Fields "I should never have switched from Scotch to Martinis." Humphrey Bogart 's last words "Whisky is liquid sunshine." George Bernard Shaw "The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add whisky. By diligent effort, I learned to like it."   Sir Winston Churchill "There are two things a Highlander likes naked, and one of them is malt whisky." Scottish Proverb "May the enemies of Ireland never eat bread nor drink whisky, but be tormented with itching without the benefit of scratching." Irish toast "Whisky, drink divine! Why should drivelers bore us With the prais

Roman Polanski's Carnage .  Looking at the NYT review, the first paragraph alone involves whiskey, two young boys, a hamster, the streets of Brooklyn and the word "spry".  I literally read no more of the review.  Even if it's not Polanski's best, it's worth seeing.  That reminds me - did you ever see Repulsion?  You would like it and I want to re-watch it anyway. NOT the new film by the director of The Hours and Billy Elliot, Stephen Daldry.  This one centers around a nine-year-old New Yorker searching the City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father who died in 9/11.  The kid is a cute little science explorer very attached to his dad, aka you.  What's the problem?  Tom Hanks and -- t a k e   a   m o m e n t   t o   b r a c e    y o u r s e l f -- Sandra Bullock. The new and aggressively-advertised Charlize Theron movie, because it looks like Repulsion if Repulsion were a comedy.  Really because I'm joining Mitch on