Puttin' On The Ritz

Kay and I returned from our day trip to the west end of San Jose, the Winchester house, and Westfield Valley Fair, the lovely upscale shopping centre; ordered a pizza and opened a bottle of Merlot, and watched a movie called "Meet John Doe." It had been recommended to me by The Viking, who moonlights as movie reviewer Anton Sirius, after I'd emailed him asking for help planning a module on film for my Media and Society class.

There's a classic scene in the movie in which Gary Cooper's character plays an imaginary game of baseball in a hotel room with his sidekick and his bodyguards; which scene caused Kay to opine,

"Men are such simple creatures."