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Well in my case and my defense I was working last night. I got on for a little bit Friday (my time in Arizona) but couldn't get on yesterday (Sat.) because I had to work all day. Not that I am complaining mind you, I am just glad to be working at all. Things aren't good job wise over here in the States.

Welcome! I too am fairly new but you will find that you will love it here. I know that I do!

That is so true Yvette. I am still waiting for my copy of your book. And if I can get my mom to publish her children's book that she wrote about me I shall give you a copy in trade. Who knows maybe I might even publish it myself.

I remember Fraggle Rock and Grizzly Adams. I also remember watching the Electric Company, the Muppet Show. As a care giver, one of the person's that I care give for, his grandpa provided the voice for Pappa Smurf (which I remember watching) and also did was the actor that played along side the horse in Mr. Ed. I have never met this person's grandpa but he has a lot of photos and memorabilia from his grandpa.

Good for you Yvette! My mom is working on turning her book into a movie and she wants.....well I don't remember who she wants to play lead in her movie. I wish that she would publish the children's book that she wrote about me. She still has it in rough form, at least I think she still has it. We have moved around so much I don't know any more.

Yes I agree with you (again) on the Les Miserables (if I have spelled it right) the book was way better. Saw the movie with Liam Neesom(?) in it and had an easier time understanding what was going on with the book than I had with the movie.

Yes I quite agree with you on that one. They are something different. Me I am not that much of an action movie person. Some is fine but too much fighting I don't like. And I agree again with Lucky Strike, some great books make lousy movies and some bad books make great movies. I guess it all depends on who writes the scripts and who is directing the movies. I have yet to see "Avatar" along with the "Twilight" series even though I read the whole "Twilight" series just to see what it was all about. It was good. I am not sure about Avatar but I would like to see the "Twilight" series to see if its anything like the books.

I respect your opinion Esperia but I for one found Lord of the Rings very long and very boring and the book more so. I paid to see LOTR found out that the theater over booked the theater showing LOTR at the time. My mom, my sister and my brothers stayed to watch. My dad walked out after the first half hour of the movie, me I went and switched theaters and ended up watching the first Harry Potter which was also out at that time. I asked my mom and my sister what they thought of LOTR and they both said they wished they had snuck out of the theater and into the theater showing the HP movie. They said they were bored with the LOTR movie after the first hour and half of fighting. And wished that they could just steal the ring and toss it into the nearest fire themselves. Again that is mine and their opinion but it just goes to show some things pleases some people and other things appeal to others.

Books are good. I will admit that, but there is something to be said about the movies too, on that I will agree with Lucky Strike. It depends on the movie.

So what do you think? Do you think that the books (any books) are better than their movie counterparts? Do you prefer the movie counterparts to the books? Me I think they are both good in their own ways. Books are good for things that they can't put into the movies or don't want to due to plot reasons. Movies are great for the entertainment they provide. I know that somethings will have changed, look at the Harry Potter books compared to the movies for example.

Now not all American t.v. is that bad to watch. On the Discovery channel they have been showing Blue Planet, also they plan on showing something called "Life" which they say is an 11 part series. Also there are many competition shows. I like "Dancing with the Stars" and they have shows that are doing some good for others like "Extreme Makeover". I watched one episode that guest stared Kelli Pickler, (a country music singer) helping to build a house for a family that had two children that were autistic. And what they did was to rebuild the house from the ground up in a autistic friendly environment for the kids and made it open for the mom so she could keep an eye on everyone. It was cool.

Hey hon, not only is American t.v. into "scripted" reality t.v., its also into so called "family" shows. Meaning it takes a famous family and puts it on t.v. and follows them around showing us their day. One of which is " Keeping up with the Kardashians". Or something like that.

I do to. Am so looking forward to the final movie. It will be hard to wait for the second part next summer. What I am curious about is how they are going to split the final movie into two parts and where they will split it.

Oh it is. Sadly it required having lung surgery two years ago. But I am better off now that I have had it. I only wish that the doctor's had discovered what was wrong a long time ago.

Cool. I am actually not from Arizona. My home state is Texas but I came to Arizona via Wisconsin for health reasons. My own and to help take care of my grandma. Have lived in AZ for going on 6 years now.