sidney_poitier epitome of incomprehensibility I just heard about his death on the 10 PM news. Talk about stage presence - okay, movie presence. Okay, sounding important when you talk, but in moderation - not like The_Lord_of_the_Rings, where some characters seem to say EVERYTHING in portentous tones and that dulls the overall effect (though I love LOTR in general). Betty_White a few days ago, too. What is with these past few weeks, with all the actors and writers dying? 220107 ... raze back when my sleep was a mess all the time, i did this thing every few weeks where i would go thirty-something hours without sleep and then crash to get back on some semblance of a normal schedule for a while. i was about to turn in on one of those recalibrating nights when i saw "in the heat of the night" was about to start on tv. i'd never seen it before. i thought i'd watch for a few minutes before i collapsed. an hour and forty-nine minutes later, i was still awake, and i had no regrets. 220108 what's it to you? who go blather from