Happy birthday to ......A-MAN-DUh, starfish11, loose records, tomstrosity,daniella and nathan. I hope that it is .a .........sound one. anyway Heres something positive that I thought of while in transit on the lovely baltimore MTA the other day, a day when I guess I woke up on the wrong side of the sofa bed and asked myself what the hell I am doing? I thought of what I have since named futterman's rule (no relation to the Beastie boy tune)........Dan futterman played Amy Grey's brother Vincent on Judging Amy,( let it be known that I fucking hate that show and the only reason it recieves any airplay at all in this house is because it comes on right before Law and Order) Now If i was an actor on some shlock show like judging amy simply racking up a paycheck every week (albeit probably a fat one) while simultaneously sucking my soul dry, not furthering myself at all but in a semi-primetime comatose state, I would be asking myself >>>What the fuck am I doing with my life? However, Dan Futterman, brother Vincent, much I am sure to everyone's surprise, has since penned the movie Capote which was great, won tons of awards and was nominated for best screenplay I believe. Who knew that he had it in him? you certainly wouldn't guess it from watching that awful show. I guess what I am trying to say is that noone is ever completely aware of whatever greatness can come from anyone...and therein lies the hope........or something like that.......sounded a lot better while watching some twitchy guy fall asleep with a half eaten banana in his hand next to you on the bus............have a good day.....mike