for starters, i'm pregnant and i just found out that it's a girl! her name will be temetria jenkins sumner.
second, i never knew the extent of roger ebert's illness. i just remember him as being "sick." no, no...he's not just sick. he has throat cancer and he hasn't been able to eat, drink, or speak for the last two years. wow. and then i saw his picture and about fell out of my chair:
i had no idea. no idea whatsoever. and shame on me because he's a fellow chicagoan. i love and respect ebert's reviews as i believe him to be fair, unbiased, and rather genius. he's recovering well and will soon have an electronic voice mechanism to allow him to once again communicate. may the force be with you.
but i also had no idea of his family dynamic either:
didn't see that coming.
it's amazing what you can learn in a couple minutes time.
