Cleopatra Developments

A review of a new book out on Cleopatra, written by Stacy Schiff:http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-stacy-schiff-20101107,0,2749115.story.  The article says Hollywood is going to do a film version with Angelina Jolie reprising the Elizabeth Taylor role.  Hope it's good.  The famous Cleopatra version with Taylor isn't that great of a movie but worth the money to see Elizabeth in prime vamping mode.  Burton played Marc Anthony as a scrawny, pale, drunk Welshman.  Had a great voice, though.
Saw "Rules of the Road" this past Friday, which starred Robert Downey and that Zach Garaffuldududiddis guy with the beard who plays essentially Zach Garaffuldududiddis in each role I've seen him.  Downey deserves a better story, a better script, and a better director than he's getting.  Go see it if you want: some laughs here and there but once you've seen the greatest road movie, "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles," this latest treatment of the genre doesn't come close to measuring up.

Watched mostly crappy football--Texas, Baylor, Dallas all sucked wind.  At least Baylor's game was during a glorious fall day, which gave me an excuse at halftime to finally clean out the storage shed, something that Mrs. Bulba has been on my ass about for a good three months now.  Hers is a furtive motive: she didn't want it so much tidied up but rather envisioned space cleared in order to move current furniture out to the shed and newfangled stuff into the house.  Cunning creatures, women, and reading up on Cleopatra would be a good lesson out there for all of you young dudes thinking about throwing in with that hot honey of yours who makes all of those cooing sounds at the right times.  Anyway, the shed has room for a couch and easy chair and I hear there's a couple of items "on hold" at Pottery Barn.  Defeated again.