Kathy, I just sent that story to my client who is a military lawyer. He probably couldn't help, and the fellow has probably been inundated with offers, but just in case, I asked for a referral.

I, too, worry for my country.

Arrested for wearing a "Veterans for Peace" T-shirt at a VA center?!?

According to Democracy Now, af yesterday the arrested veteran had to choose between multiple offers of pro-bono representation.

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There ya go. As it should be. Thanks TB.

Nattering away on a different subject, did anyone hear that they're doing a movie version of "Have Gun, Will Travel"? starring (gulp) Eminem? something I heard on the radio a few days ago.

And apologies if this has been discussed and I missed it.

"Have Gun, Will Travel"? starring (gulp) Eminem?

Bwahahahahaha! I'm remembering Richard Boone.

Richard Boone, Eminem.

Richard Boone, Eminem.

...AHahahahahahaha! Hoo. Hee.

Yeah, I remember the old TV show. And how he was an interesting character - living the life of an educated gentleman in ... San Francisco, right? and then going out on the road, dressed in black, righting wrongs and saving damsels in distress. Eminem?

The word gravitas has Boone's picture beside it in the dictionary. The Paladin character was a rock. He was more urbane and less ethical than John Wayne, but just as immovable on a decision. Boone may have not been the paragon Paladin was, but he was no pantywaist, either.

They must be planning a complete "revisioning." Why on earth don't they just start from scratch and make their own story, then? I don't get it. Then, I find myself saying that a lot, lately.

And why are they making movies based on old TV shows? most of them just don't work ....

Should I go see this?

CHICAGO TAP THEATRE Mark Yonally's latest tap-dance narrative, Changes: A Science Fiction Tap Opera, is even more campy than last summer's "The Tell-Tale Tap: Stories of Edgar Allan Poe." Set entirely to songs by David Bowie, the evening-length Changes begins where "Space Oddity" leaves off: Major Tom gets lost, then crash-lands on a planet ruled by cruel dictator Altego (played by Yonally himself, "glammed the hell out," as he says). Eventually Major Tom frees the planet's citizens from slavery in what Yonally calls a "rousing space adventure" with a subtext: the sci-fi angle allows him to satirize egotistical leaders and state-sanctioned torture. The dancing itself is straightforwardly satisfying, underlining or playing off the music's rhythms while providing the story's details and emotion. And its thunderous reverberations, especially when all or most of the 11 cast members are performing, magnify the saga, giving it an operatic scope.

I dunno - I'm kinda' afraid....

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It might be enjoyable, if you're in the right frame of mind. And don't have a headache to start with.