Goltese Falcon

When Ricky Gervais was presenting one of the Golden Globe awards today, he made a remark to Kate Winslet ( audience ) : "I told you about WW-II movies and awards..." ( or something like that ).

This actually is a reference to a scene in his brilliant series Extras. Ricky is a struggling actor and real actors play a twisted, evil version of themselves. Kate appeared in one episode where she talks about how she agreed to play a part of nun in a Holocaust movie because she wanted to win awards.

Here is the youtube link.

She won two awards at the Globes - one for Best Supporting Actress in a movie set in WW-II era - Reader.

The difference between Boston winters and Ann Arbor winters is that, Boston winters are more sunny. There are a lot of sunny days in midst of winter storms. Sunny days are brigher in winter because of the reflection from the snow and it's a lot less depressing. Anyway, I am developing a liking for them. I dread shovelling, still.

But if I were to give only one advice to people moving to wintry lands, invest in quality attire. They make all the difference.