"The Blind Side" is more than a feel-good movie based on a true story. With a director who takes his time, an excellent cast throughout, and Sandra Bullock leading the charge, it's an affecting and warm-hearted portrait of the modern American South. [...] 
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It's a great Hank Williams song. My favorite version is by the Notting Hillbillies, but that's because Mark Knopfler was in the Notting Hillbillies. He plays here with Tom Jones on the vocal, and that pairing works wonderfully, too.
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Oh, she makes me laugh. I take that description as a badge of honor.
I would not ordinarily connect those two things either. But Reluctant Scribe did, to very good effect (as friend Bookworm noticed). Then Julie went and quoted from Kevin Knight and his astronaut analogy, which also fits. [...] 
Gerard at American Digest brought this tweet to my attention, and it strikes home as much for its perceptive analysis as for its pith. 
"Sometimes you have to play through the ugly to get to where you want to be."
Prayers for the Assassin, by Robert Ferrigno (recommended)
Robin of Berkeley on 
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