It's so weird, life. A week or so ago I was entirely focused on looking for a new job. Now this week, I'm entirely focused on scheduling the film festival. It looks like I'll be going to Pittsburgh and Miami in April. There's things in the works for the summer and fall, too. I can almost feel my brain actually, physically shift when my focus changes like that...

And it's more than that. I thought I needed a new career and more money. Now I'm thinking my job is perfect because I can easily do all this film stuff. I can do both at once. Did I tell you? My new boss called and told me I'm eligible for another week of vacation. That's six weeks I have now. If I left, I'd lose all that.

Do you ever wonder about the evolution of man and society? I sometimes wonder if we're on the cusp of a new age. Sometimes I worry that we're on the edge of a new Dark Ages. Take sex for example. Before 1970 it used to mean something, you know? Now it's considered a necessity, more like food or shelter. And people just take it for granted. Is that moving forward or taking a step backward?

Maybe you've heard about the new biography of President Lincoln where they make A Big Deal over the fact he slept in the same bed with another guy for 17 years. That might not mean anything. They did things like that back then. It's revisionist history, I guess.

I read another book review -- in the New York Times or someplace -- written on a biography of Henry James. I love reading those reviews! And it was the same thing: That book made much of Henry James' "close friendship" with some Supreme Court Justice from back then. But the reviewer seemed to think the same way. I like how he put it: Prior to a generation ago, sex was not the only game in town.

Like my trip to Miami. Miami was a great time. We don't have to talk about this all night, but there was a lot of sex. But there's nothing to tell you except a recitation of positions and to tell you the truth, it was kinda boring. Do you think that's weird?

No, Miami was a great time for different reasons -- I wasn't expecting to like it at all. The architecture was pretty cool. Not just the Art Deco district (which was pretty incredible), but the modern stuff, too.

And the food! Oh, the food was *amazing* -- no vegetarian fare there!

It's kinda funny. Whenever Grace goes to the 'spa,' she always gains weight -- she loves it there! After only four days, it looks like she swallowed a small child. So this week we're both in detox...