Jumping the Carville

Barbara Nicolosi and Karen Hall art both quite enthused about the new movie The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Though they both have just one caveat - the casting of James Carville. Barbara quips "I think "casting James Carville" is going to replace "jumping the shark" as a new euphemism for doing a stupid thing just because you can." I really recommend reading Barbara's review of the movie.

The book the movie is based on was written by Catholic Deacon and novelist Ron Hansen. I have read several of his book including this one, though oddly I have not yet read his Mariette In Ecstasy about a nun who receives the stigmata while in a convent. I really enjoyed his novel Atticus which has the theme of the prodigal son.