Wildlife: A huge bird flew over Middle Foy's Lake yesterday evening. A couple of small Cowbirds harrassed it from above, so I said "Eagle Alert!" WRONG -- it was a harmless Blue Heron. He landed at the top of a pine tree, and looked back over the lake as if to say "What'd I do?"



Visit: A Tale of Two Movies

Weather: Plenty of sunshine -- it's starting to look like June.

Charity Alert: The Animal Rescue Site Goal: 2.7 million bowls of food this month -- help them with a click please.

Media Watch: OK, I'll admit to watching Dancing With The Stars on ABC, and having fun with it. Bachelorette Trista Sutter and overly-intense Dutchman Louis van Amstel went away first. Hardworking model Rachel Hunter and Jonathan Roberts are doing well, even though she is about an inch taller than he. Versatile soap-opera actor Kelly Monaco and Alec Mazo are the best-coordinated couple, but the judges slam them hard. Former NKOB Joey McIntyre and snappy Ashly DelGrosso get better every time. (Note: The Blockheads were fairly good dancers.) Personable, but clumsy, boxer Evander Holyfield shouldn't have been on the show at all. He and his unfortunate partner, the elegant Edyta Sliwinska, seemed to have fun last night before the audience voted them off. John O'Hurley, the comic actor who's at least my age, has been superb -- but he over-mugged last night. His partner Charlotte (Shar-lott-uh) Jorgensen is a good teacher, and ought to slap some of that silly out of him. Dancing With The Stars' Website
I saw a documentary about Juliette Lewis touring with her rock band on VH1. (Much like Gina Gershon does -- remember when I wrote about seeing them both acting in the excellent movie Picture Claire?)
This film, the recording, and the touring looked like they were NO FUN for Lewis. Sometimes these career tangents seem to take on a parasitic life of their own.
BTW -- Gershon's once-buried movie, Prey For Rock and Roll, finally saw daylight on the cable/satellite movie channels. Gershon gigged on the toilet-bowl club circuit as a musician when it was first made, trying in vain to promote a film which lacked a distributer back then. She and her band were a minor success, though, and the video which was shot during that gruelling experience fit together well enough to sell as a cable TV series.
NBA Playoffs -- Detroit played a rousing game on their home court and beat San Antonio. Seven-game sports series can have their moments.