Hello,

Partner and I just got back from the movies.  We saw Charlie Wilson’s War.  We went to dinner afterwards and discussed it so that means it was good.  Partner thought that Charlie Wilson was made up and a conglomeration of several congressmen.  I thought that he was a real person named Charlie Wilson.  So we looked it up afterwards and he did exist and he was a congressman from Texas.  Just like in the movie.  I love it when movies reflect reality.

Anyway the movie was good, you should see it.   It was funny and touching and sad all at the same time.  Well, actually all at separate times unless you have a personality disorder where all your emotions can happen at once.  In other words, schizophrenia.  But those emotions do occur through the length of the movie.  I think it was about 1.5 hours or so. 

The movie has Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and some other actors you’ll probably recognize.  Partner says its supposed to get some awards at that upcoming award show that is not the oscars.  I forgot what its called but it will probably be cancelled or else it will have a lot of ‘b’ level actors show up acting like they are ‘a’ level.  What with the writers strike and everything, ‘a’ level doesn’t want to cross the picket line and ‘b’ level sees it as their chance to be seen. 

So anyway, go see it.  And then go to the Taste of the Himalayas on Shattuck and have some dinner.  No alcohol though.  This movie is good but still not a choice for our top prize of ‘Slurred Intellectual Discussion’. 

At the restaurant order the Kukhuru Saag.  Kukhuru means chicken and Saag means curry.  For fun order it by the name and not the number and see if the waiter smiles like he did when I ordered it that way.  I couldn’t tell if he was laughing at me or just pleased that I was so good at Himalayan  Someday I’ll ask but anyway, the dish is very good. 

Also, if you see two guys sitting together, one with a beard and doughy and the other one a wide eyed pseudo intellectual type, try to get seated by them.  Their conversation is truly enjoyable. 

PI: “But I don’t have an emotional life like you do!”
Doughboy: “What do you mean.”
PI: “I don’t know, its like your life means something and mine….”
Doughboy: “Well your life means something.”
PI: “Maybe I’m just having a down day.  Is this the appetizer?”
Doughboy: “We didn’t order any appetizers. This is the meal.”
PI: “This can’t be the meal.  I can get a whole Chinese meal for $9.00.”
Doughboy: “But this is what we ordered.”
PI: “I ordered chicken with a cream sauce.”
Doughboy: “Well this has to be the meal because we didn’t order any appetizers, do you remember ordering any appetizers?”
PI: “Well maybe this just comes with what we ordered.”
Doughboy: “Nope, lentil soup and rice comes with what we ordered.”

And on and on it goes.  I don’t want to give the whole discussion away but let me know what you think after you sit by them.   Just leave a comment on this post and let me know what new life experiences the skinny pseudo intellectual guy is wailing about when you hear it.  I find his life to be pseudo interesting.

Well I hope that was helpful.  Tell your friends to check in here for all the best movie critique’s in the city of Berkeley!