I'm glad you liked Infernal Affairs. Not only did I think it was A LOT better than The Departed, but it's maybe the only time in history that a U.S. remake (The Departed) of a Hong Kong film was bloodier than the original. And for no good reason.

Other HK gangster films? Hmmmm. My favorite is The Killer - Chow Yun Fat / John Woo. I'm also very fond of Hard Boiled - the first shootout scene in the tea house with the birds (I used to hang out there sometimes) is one of the great scenes of all time. I like Bullet in the Head and A Better Tomorrow 1 and 2 - 3 gets a little stupid but Anita Mui is great in it. Of the more recent ones, there's one called On the Edge that I like pretty well.

I can loan you a bunch of them if you want. Let me know and I'll bring them along next Wednesday.

Thanks Naomi. Good suggestions all.

Too bad you are not going to Alaska but it is a good thing to attend the Baltimore con as Ruth Jordan will do a good job. Now that you are an Edgar Award winner I hope you will still speak to me. That must have been a pretty exciting evening.

Naomi...I sure was...one half of the reigistration chair..glad you enjoyed it.

Hi Naomi! Yes, I'm getting very excited about the upcoming launch! Lots to look forward to. Thanks for stopping by!

Hi, Naomi--thanks for being there for me. Now when I figure out how this works, I might be able to actually participate. In the meantime, if you don't hear from me in cyberspace, I am heading to Alaska for Bcon. See you there?

Hi Naomi - thank you for the invitation - nice to meet you.

Thanks for the invite, Naomi! Here's a newbie questio for you: If I "Click Here To Accept This Friend Request" do I need to do anything else when I'm directed to the person's Crimespace page?

Thanks for inviting me, Naomi! And, thank you for the nice comments about my report of Debby Atkinson's appearance at The Poisoned Pen.

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I happen to think I'm a bit of an "expert" when it comes to PowerPoint. I do a lot with it at work and I've done several workshop presentations. If you're looking for someone who can teach the basics to others, I'm pretty comfortable with that. Let me know and I can email you a few pages of one of my presentations.

So sorry about Tuesday. I live in Orange County and had a crazy day. So by five 5 p.m. I just didn't have the energy to make the drive. You should check out the great comments about the event on Kathryn Lilley's Crimespace page? Sounds like it went well.

Let's try for dinner, think I owe you!

Hey Naomi nice to be your friend...I'm in La next week, you around?

I left you a response to short-to-long question...

I blogged about my INS adventures privately but I won't be on Murderati...

Thanks, Suzanne. I'll rent it after I survive Edgar Week and the L.A. Times Festival of Books!

The few scenes I've seen from Borat look great, and I love the fact that people signed releases then tried to claim they got tricked. I'm just curious I guess. Plus Ali G kind of cracks me up.

I have a huge crush on Shia LeBoeuf, so Disturbia will be on my list at some point. We watched Rocky Balboa not long ago-not a bad ending for the Rocky saga if you've seen those. The Grudge 2 is also good. We're into B horror so we've been having some cheese fests lately.

For this weekend I've rented An Inconvenient Truth and Borat-I have a feeling the second one will be more for me than the hubby.