Favorite book: The Hunt For Red October

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How does it compare with the film?

(Sorry for interrupting all the poo/pee stories!)

Thanks Al--I almost spit out my Diet Coke!!! LOL

Jody,  I've been going to Disneyland about twice a year for the last twenty three years.  There is something about that place that keeps me smiling.  I'll never forget my first trip.  I was 15 and went with my Uncle and his family.  I thought I was waay too old and far too cool for "Babyland".  I was kind of an ass for a big chunk of the trip.  We went to Fantasyland, and my Uncle and I climbed aboard on of the Ships for "Peter Pan"--as soon as we "flew" over London at night---my eyes opened and and I said to my Uncle, "I'm sorry--I didn't know".  I know that a lot of people will look at that ride, and think low tech crap--but this kid got a big time dose of the old time Disney magic and it never went away after that.  The Indiana Jones ride is wonderful, exciting and pretty dazzling to the eye, but Peter Pan's Flight is still my very favorite by a country mile.  By the way, I proposed to my wife in the Blue Bayou Restaurant which is right next to the Pirates of The Caribbean ride.

I did go to Disney World some years back--I liked it alot.  It's so much larger and somehow less intimate than Disneyland. 

I am dying to see it Marc - is it out yet?  I thought it was coming out in November??

Tom is gay because of Mean Grandma.

She was Psycho Grandma, believe me.  Never had a nice thing to say, and if she did, she'd stick the landing, you know?

Favorite book: The Hunt For Red October

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How does it compare with the film?

(Sorry for interrupting all the poo/pee stories!)

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It's basically the same as the film, though Ramius' motivation for defecting is different than the movie and Ryan isn't directly involved with the Dallas and the Red October prior to the off loading of the crew.  There's also more time devoted to the tensions between the US and Russia. Ryan is funnier in the film too.

Just to add one more funny (well, the wife thought so), while driving for a small company we were running late, I was the passenger in the truck, the place we were heading to was closed but the person driving had the key, was not feeling good from the beginning and had the cold sweats going, holding the stomache and gritting my teeth, trying to hold everything down, we pulled up I grabbed the key shot to the back area looking for the bathroom, found it fumbled for the light switch on the wall, could not find it, to late, belly emptied EVERYWHERE, string hit me in the head, when I pulled it the light came on and found I managed to hit everything but the toilet.

Dave.