Tuesday, October 24, 2006

A Book & Movie Recommendation

It isn't everyday we have read or seen something so worthwhile as to pass it on, but dear friends I just finished a very interesting touching book by Neil Peart~Drummer & Lyricist for RUSH.
After having lost his 18 year old daughter to a fatal car accident. She had just said goodbye and drove off to her first year of college. He then lost his wife Jackie to cancer one year later.
He decides he has to do something before he goes crazy and realized if he kept moving the momentum will give him time to figure things out.
So he packed his bike up-BMW RS and, with map in tankbag, headed off. He toured much of his home country of Canada and then hit the states and headed for Mexico.
While he was gone his Property caretaker contacted him that his dog had a bad tumor growth and had to be put down.
Soon after he finds out his best friend had done some business in illegal substances and was caught driving a truck loaded with the happy weed. So on top of all else now his best buddy was in jail!
He even mentioned how his life sounded like a twinny country western song: My kid died, my wife died, my dog died and my best friend is in jail!
He speaks of his inner being as the baby soul that needs repair.
I enjoyed mainly the traveling portion of the book and I do not believe you need be a motorcyclist to enjoy it!
As for the movie-I just saw "Inside Man." A Spike Lee film with yummy Clive Owen as the lead character-bank robber, Denzel Washington as the detective, Christopher Plummer as the bank owner and Jodie Foster as financial mediator of sorts.
Captivating action and drama that really leaves you wondering. Well performed and written, "Inside Man" is a 2006 movie not to be missed!

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