Elsewhere thanks

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By saying yesterday that I hate eating big plates of food because of the way it makes me feel, I didn't mean to sound unthankful for a lot of things. I'd like to express thanks to the various forces -- parental guidance, genetics, fate -- for things having worked out for Hollywood Elsewhere as well as they have over the last couple of years. Those of us who are healthy and not too fat or (God forbid) affllicted with terrible diseases can be thankful for these things also. I'm very thankful for all the gifted people in this town and elsewhere who are making excellent films, or at least trying like hell to do so. I'm thankful for something that happened a couple of nights ago, and the idea that serene music sometimes floats down into our laps from time to time. I'm not exactly thankful that I work 14 to 16 hours per day, but on the other hand I am because at least I'm strong and healthy enough to do that. I'm extremely thankful that my laptop is still doing well (it's three years old and therefore on borrowed time), and that I will soon have enough ad revenue to go out and get a new 17" widescreen. I'm very thankful that terrible forces haven''t swooped down like Valkyries and destroyed my life (which has happened to thousands in Iraq and Darfur and elsewhere) -- I say that knowing that bad things can happen at any time. I'm grateful for a lot of things, but I still won't eat anything today.