I don't see many movies any more. I don't have the patience. It takes actors much longer to spek the lines in the script tan it would take me to read the script. I don't like to wait. I do like doing things, but waiting for the actors is tough. I almost 50, and conscious of the passing of time.

The last movie I watched was The Ugly Dachshund--a Disney film from twenty or more years ago. It surprised me. I laughed. When it was over I felt entertained and I want both a Dachshunmd and a Great Dane. The Great Dane in the movie reminded me of my own dog, Max.

Most movies that come out today are movies I don't want to see. I read reviews; I listen to people talk; I commonly resolve not to go to the movies I read and hear about. Unlike some critics, I am not put off by sex or violence. I am put off by films that have little to do with my life.

I've never seen an android. Serial killers rarely visit my kitchen. Beautiful women in skimpy clothes do not flock to my dooor. My friends are not scum. The members of my family are good people.

Most modern movies are not about me. It isn't that I require movies to take moral and social stands on high ground; that ugly dachshund didn't seem to be sermonizing. I people want to watch the movie makers are dishing out, let 'em. Give 'em what they want. They don't have to watch The Ugly Dachshund any more than I have to watch Terminator 13 or Freddy and Jason Do Dallas. We choose how to occupy our lives. I prefer reading.