So, let's get
real about a couple of things.
Not exact matches
Since this will be my last
real installment in this year's Club except for a short valedictory post, I'll end not by quibbling with a master but by saluting a
couple of movies that did that
thing to me, sending me home in a happy daze, wanting to write and talk and read and, I don't know, draw
about them.
Nearly $ 100 million was spent to make
things blow up and fill the screen with loads
of fancy special effects, but all anyone talked
about at length when walking out
of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider is something anyone can figure out after shelling out a
couple of bucks on a video rental
of Gia (which offers
real dramatic substance in addition to ample nudity): Angelina Jolie is one hot babe.
And no ebook reader I've seen or read
about can match a
Real Book for the convenience
of going back a
couple of pages, putting my finger in as a marker while I check something, and that sort
of thing.
They have appeared on over two hundred radio and TV programs and are co-authors
of the bestselling book, 101
Things I Wish I Knew When I Got Married: Simple Lessons to Make Love Last (over 100,000 copies sold) and Secrets
of Great Marriages:
Real Truth from
Real Couples about Lasting Love.
Read
about real - life
couples who were on the verge
of marital failure, but who were able to turn
things around quickly with simple, easy to implement strategies.