Carole and I went to Ireland for our 28th anniversary in June, 2008.
June 2008 Archives
Carole and I leave for Ireland on Monday. Actually, we leave for Newark on Monday with a stop in Seattle, then leave JFK on Tuesday night for an overnight to Dublin, where we arrive at 9am Wednesday morning.
I've got my checklist pretty much in place. We're going all carry-on, which makes packing more challenging. The only choices left to make are the mix of clothes, how many books to bring (it looks like three right now), and what jacket to bring.
Carole and I have been reviewing electrical needs, to see if we really need to invest in a transformer. It's a toss-up right now.
I watched LA Confidential last night and this morning, and it's full of really good lines. Here's my favorite.
Straight-laced Lt. Ed Exley (Guy Pearce) and hard-nosed, volatile Bud White (Russell Crowe) follow leads about their case to District Attorney Ellis Loew himself. They meet him in his office, and he rebuffs their attempts to get information about his connections to their crooked captain. After some give-and-take, he tells them to leave, and goes into an adjoining bathroom. Bud White follows him in, and looks menacing, until the DA tells them: "Come on, don't try this 'good cop-bad cop' crap on me. I practically invented it..."
Bud White slams his head against the mirror a couple of times, then pushes his head into the toilet for repeated dunkings and flushings. When the information still isn't forthcoming, Bud drags him back into the main office, slams him through some protective wooden railings and holds him by his legs out the seventh floor window. As he dangles there, screaming in fear, the DA finally gives up the information. Bud drags him back in and dumps him on the floor of his office, where he lays there quivering in distress.
Ed Exley delivers the line with understated calm: "Was that how you used to run the good cop-bad cop?"
