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Hell A

The time has come again for me to make another post on my blog after eons of busyness. That "busyness" has consisted of several projects going on at the same time, including the launch of apparel for Walmart.com, tons of IndyMac Bank branding work, redesigning the website for my chiropractor Josh at Cafe of Life, and attending the gala Group101 screening at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood (which was awesome).

Natalia & I spent the weekend in L.A. and it was packed with stuff. We went to the Getty (which is an architectural marvel), the comparatively small Museum of Architecture & Design, and visited friends of ours from Germany, Jan & Katharine. We'd hoped to visit our friends Pat & Angela (another American-Slovak couple), but our hectic schedule (and theirs) didn't mesh so well. There are some nice photos in our gallery, even having lunch with Paul Sorvino on Sunset Boulevard.

Commuting by bus into the city to Nimblefish has given me more time with my laptop and, hence, more time to clean up this mess that has accumulated over the last few months and catch up on stiff that's been lingering on my desktop. I came across my Top List of Actors and Actresses. Whenever someone asks me who my favorite actor or movie is, I'm always stumped so I compiled a list. Two of the greatest films of all time star Gene Kelly; An American in Paris and Singin' in the Rain. As for contemporary actors, here's my short list:

Kevin Spacey
John Malkovich
Michael Caine
Alan Rickman
Donald Sutherland
Sean Connery
Stellan Skarsgard
Chris Noth
Robert DeNiro
Jack Nicholson
Patrick Stewart
Joaquin Phoenix
Matt Damon

And then I was thinking about actresses who may or may not be beautiful, but have talent and everything else all in one package. Then I came up with this short list:

Emma Thompson
Gwyneth Paltrow
Helen Hunt
Carrie-Anne Moss
Jodie Foster
Judi Dench
Kate Beckinsale
Helena Bonham Carter

And then there's just the hottest, sexiest women on the planet, regardless of talent or anything else:

Catherine Zeta-Jones
Liv Tyler
Jeri Ryan
Laura Prepon
Chulpan Khamatova
Melinda Clarke
Jessica Biel

So that clears this old file off my hard drive.