Good movie, except the plot twist about a Christian Palestinian suicide bomber, of which there have been none. Only Muslim Palestinians blow themselves up. The movie says that people just snap, that’s why they blow themselves up, but why do only Muslims break this way? Also, seeing the “massacre” of Jenin causes the person to become a suicide bomber, but there was no massacre in Jenin.
The underlying point of how we can’t always know what’s in another person’s heart, even in our spouse’s heart, is excellent.
* If you insist that there is a race war in this country, then it is clear that only one side is deliberately murdering people on the basis of race.
* I’m embarrassed by the number of JFK assassination documentaries I’m watching this month and how many more books I’ll probably read on this topic. I also can’t stop watching the National Geographic show “Seconds From Disaster.” This stuff compels me. As a kid, I’d always read the Drama in Real Life stuff in Readers Digest. Five years ago, I read a book on all the different ways people have died at Yosemite National Park. I find it difficult to put down a true crime book. I guess I have a ghoulish soul.
Three times on the night of Nov. 21, 2013, Lee Harvey Oswald pleaded with his wife Marina to come back to him with the kids. She refused him all three times. So in the morning, he took off his wedding ring, left it in a cup, left her all his spare money (about $170) and went off and shot the president. We don’t really know why, but I suspect he did it to feel important. Marina also knew that Oswald had tried to assassinate General Walker a few months previous, but she didn’t say anything to the police for fear of being deported.
* I heard a report on NPR’s Take Two program Monday morning that some Latino families skip their housing payment and sell their car to pay for a quincenera party. I’ve never heard of this sort of behavior by anyone I know to pay for a party.
* When I’m auditioning, I hate the question, “Why should we pick you?” I usually respond, “I don’t care. Do what you like.” I just don’t feel like arguing my case. I’ve obviously got chops. Make your own decision.
* I wonder if our music tastes will change as we get healthier? I can’t see myself marinating in these love addiction anthems once I get stronger. I’m only 47, won’t be a teeny bopper in my tastes forever.
* Almost all of the questions I’ve had about life have now been answered. For instance, all of my major questions about my love history were answered in this book ATTACHED.
