A heavy rainstorm has just passed by the weathercasters have been on TV all morning.

Today I finished watching Titus, Julie Taymaor's adaptation of Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus. Devotees of the Bard have often tried to claim that Titus should not be included in his cannon of work. I will not wade into this fray except to say that I notice elements of all four of Shakespeare's 'Great Tradgedies'present in Titus.

Last night I watched Mystic Pizza. Vincent DeNofrio is credited as Vincent Phillip DeNofrio. It also features a cameo by a young Matt Damon, who has one line: "Mom, you want this green stuff",or somthing close to that.