Tom Skerritt is the face of Windows Vista. He also plays the husband of Nora (Sally Field) on precisely one episode of Brothers & Sisters before his character dies of a heart attack. Tom and Sally were the parents of Julia Roberts in Steel Magnolias so throughout the first episode of Brothers & Sisters all I could think of was Tom shooting the birds, going to the bathroom and leaving his gun out, and other crazy hijinx. I'm not happy that someone died, but I am glad that the show didn't perpetuate the relationship between Tom and Sally's characters so that I didn't have to boycott the show. Don't get me wrong, I love Steel Magnolias, but you don't just throw two actors together because they worked in a movie 18 years ago. Sacred. Leave it be.
And, on a totally local level: It took us twice our normal commute time to drive into the town where I work because of a quickly passing* snow storm that caused really poor visibility, really backed up traffic, people to go off roads, and roads to be closed until the storm passed* while the roads were cleared to make them passable*. When we couldn't “get there from here” Hay turned around and brought me to his work until the storm passed* and the roads were cleared. We used to work together a very long time ago, so it was like old times. Ahh, memories...
Okay, seriously, why am I so hungry? I need to eat another burrito. I think 2007 is the year of the burrito for me.
*I like the word. What can I say...
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I'm trying to convince someone to bring me Burger King. Why don't they deliver?
Mmmmmm. Burrito. That's it. I'm getting one for lunch.
Oh, and when I used to eat McDonald's, I would often wonder why,
A. They don't deliver and
B. why they don't serve breakfast all day.
Avi - Spite.
DLil - It makes me angry when I get to the McD's drive-thru at 10:40am and by the time all the cars in front of me place their order it's no longer time for breakfast. I want my hash browns, dammit!!!!
Steel Magnolias was 18 years ago? I guess so, since it came out in 1989, the year I graduated high school. DAMN, I'm old!! Good thing I look like I'm 16 (OK, not exactly...). I do love me some Tom Skerritt, though.... And I love that movie. My mom was actually born right around there, and her brother is buried in that cemetary where they bury Shelby. Shir;ey MacLaine rocks in that flick. What kind of name is Ousier, though?? ;)
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