Love the man.  May he rest in peace.

Thank you for that summary Jimbo.  I went to the Paley Center website a few days ago where I read about the Vampire weekend. And of course I went on Jonathan's website and he mentioned that he got a call from JP and Marie Wallace fron New York so I figured they were letting him know about the weekend.  Sounds a bit rushed and rude though..the panel discussion that is.     

Congrats to Jonathan!! A well-deserved recognition.

Thanks for the report Miranda.  I hope everyone has a great time. 

My bookclub decided to read The Strain by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan.  Guillermo did Pan's Labyrinth and HellBoy I and II to name a few movies he has written and directed.  In any case, he was on Charlie Rose on PBS a couple of weeks ago talking of his fascination with monsters, vampires, comic heroes..things or charactors that require imagination to create.  In this book, The Strain, (although I am only on pg 88 and there are 401 pgs.) the premise is that a vampire strain of a virus is going to infect NYC or so far that is what the NY Times review stated.  I'm not that far into the book yet only that its kinda scary right now.    One of the characters carries a cane with a silver wolf's head that is a family crest and one of the characters mentions that he feels he is in a Dan Curtis TV horror show from the early 70's.  Although the quote he used i am sure is from the movie HODS.  Has anyone already read the Strain?  Any similarities with DS?

Frid in drag??? Hell to the  No.....I can't see that...especially not as Julia or Elizabeth. He does not seem to look good in orange. I'm not sure of green.  However green would draw out his eye color which look hazel to me.  But what do I know? How about as a Mr. Braithwaite?  Nah not even that loony character.  I guess the question would be what would draw a large fan base to the movie?  Frid definitely would.   

1795 storyline has always been my favorite in the entire series (save for some parts of the 1897 storyline).  However, i was always a bit upset with the fact that Vicky ends up being the accused.  It certainly was a distraction but in hindsight suspician had to be diverted agaisnt Angelique and who else with knowledge of the future would have that except Victoria Winters with her ever revealing mouth?  I will certainly try to get a copy of A message from Charity.  Anything that relates to the 1795 storyline is of most interest to me.

Sara send Victoria back?  I thought that was part of the entire seance thing?  You know[spoiler]the real governess is replaced by Victoria[/spoiler]  Oh well I guess I'm missing something here.  In any case, 213 years of marriage!  People actually recognize that?  It was a marriage made in hell for BC to put it bluntly. [spoiler]BC is depressed, Naomi appears happy but you know she is really not happy with his choice, and Joshua didn't even show up.  There was a small celebration if i remember (and I should since I saw the episode last week) several glasses of bloody champagne for a bloody marriage!![/spoiler]
Speaking of bloody, through one of my JF yahoo groups, I came across this interview of Sam Hall.  Its quite disturbing I think.  The link is www.tvparty.com