India still has a big Muslim chunk even without Pakistan I think. Could be the chunkness that's useful to the film -- and the English speaking population.

Reese's dress wasn't vintage after all:

Witherspoon, who won Best Actress for “Walk the Line,” wore a white-and-silver “vintage” Chanel dress - only to find out it was a mere 3 years old and that Kirsten Dunst wore the same frock to Globes after-parties back in 2003. Whoops!

Witherspoon’s rep, Nancy Ryder, is said to be so angry at Chanel for giving her a recently recycled gown that she’s vowing not to accept anything from Chanel again - or let her other clients, including Jennifer Lopez and Renée Zellweger, wear anything from the French couture house.

Ryder said, “Reese was told the dress was vintage. It was not. I’m not angry - just a little disappointed, but the big deal is Reese won the Golden Globe.”

AB said that he tried to film in Pakistan, but couldn't, and ended up filming really really close to the Pakistan border. It's a plot point to the movie that he triggered an international incident in doing so.

I did some googling after asking the question, my (inefficient) SOP. I guess I'm not the only person to ask that question of the movie by far. But apparently it is noted in the movie that India has 150 million Muslims and noted elsewhere that it would have been impossible for an American Jew to shoot anywhere more Muslim than that.

I've also read that the movie doesn't do much to concentrate on "Muslimness". I guess the title is suggesting one thing but the movie is about something else. That does bug.

I've also read that the movie doesn't do much to concentrate on "Muslimness". I guess the title is suggesting one thing but the movie is about something else. That does bug.

Well, it's an Albert Brooks movie. No matter the title of the movie, the subject is going to be his (inevitably neurotic) reaction to it, not the subject itself. It also sounds like he's getting back to the kind of film he used to do in the 80s (aka pre-DEFENDING YOUR LIFE, which I loved, but signaled a big shift in direction and tone for him).

stabby stabby FUCKING STABBY stabby

That's the one I got! Even though I don't feel like I can wear it outside the house.

I love the cell phone cards. For more general purposes there are Glark's Urban Asshole Notification Cards. I think the "not making more coffee" item was my suggestion.

I'm trapped at home, waiting for the phone repairman to come and tell me that he has to get into my neighbor's place to fix whatever's broken, so that then I can spend a week trying to track them down. And I can't go run to the store or even take a shower in case he comes. I bet he comes at 6. Sigh.

I guess I could do laundry.

I mean, I assume there are hundreds of thousands of Muslims in India, but can it really be representative of "The Muslim World"?

I thought that was part of the joke, actually. Not that I've seen the movie.

So, on re-read, I actually believe I might be a genius. I seem to have taken many piles of crap and turned them into something not-bad. Huh.

I actually believe I might be a genius

Didn't you believe you were poisoned yesterday?

The neurologist's assistant just called back to relay an answer. I didn't even listen and told her I needed to talk to the neurologist instead. Hopefully not during my two hours of meetings this afternoon.

Didn't you believe you were poisoned yesterday?

I was poisoned! Just a little, though.

Possibly what I really am is over dramatic.

I HAVE MADE MAJOR STEP IN DEALING WITH THE SCHEDULE FROM HELL!!

Take That, Schedule Monster!