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To: The Philosopher who wrote (4220)	6/19/2002 7:35:05 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 51765

I'm glad. Maybe when we move there we won't be so obvious. Saw some good movies this week. Rented Orange County- had to see it, since I grew up there. It was better than I expected, but I'm glad I rented it, as opposed to going to the theatre to see it. Same with The Majestic. It isn't as maudlin and tear jerky as the reviews said it was. That said, it was worth a rental but not a full price movie ticket. Finally rented Playing Mona Lisa, which was cute, if predictable. Still have to watch the Heist- which all my friends said was really bad, but I'm going to see it anyway, just to see if I agree. Also rented Mystery Alaska which I have never seen and which one of my friends swears is good despite the fact that it is about hockey. We'll see.

To: The Philosopher who wrote (4220)	6/19/2002 9:30:44 PM
From: coug	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 51765

Hi Christopher, There is an author from Seattle, you might know of, Timothy Egan, that writes about the Northwest.. That I like very much,. He is a very readable writer, that was, still is maybe, I don't know, the Seattle correspondent for the NY times.... I have read two books of his.. The one I pass on to you is called "The Good Rain".. About your neck of the woods primarily.. The other is about an unsolved murder in the Spokane area during prohibition.. Also a good read.. But "The Good Rain" looks at some history but goes on to examine the current.. "The plight of the natives, the grab for land and water..and takes us into the lives of the Pacific Northwest- mountain climbers and wine growers, fishermen and timberman, the city dweller, the native and the newcomer" What he finds, and vividly conveys, is a land of unparalleled beauty caught in in a volatile struggle between conservation and development.. It is a world in which, for all it's conflicts, he senses the beginning of a "Pacific Century"...." Anyway I ran into Egan's book, while looking for and finding an old book from the "National Geographic" called "Greece and Rome" , I need for reference.. So I thought I might pass it on.. c P.S. BTW Tom Robbins gives him a nice rec on the jacket....