MYSTERY EXPOSED

SUCH MARVELOUS GUESSES!

SUCH WITTY RESPONSES!

Alas, everyone was incorrect. As you can see, our Mystery lad was none 

other than the recently departed bear, James Gandolfini. I'd always secretly hoped that one 

day scads of dollars would be thrown at James, Edie Falco, et al. and a Sopranos' movie would 

bring us back to New Jersey, but with James making a too early exit, it's all over.

Forever.

MYSTERY GUEST

AND NO CHEATING!

if you do cheat, i'll eat four pounds of asparagus 

and come and pee on your front door.

JOAN'S KITCHEN

I ALWAYS THINK OF THIS WHEN THE 

SUBJECT OF CRAWFORD'S KITCHEN COMES UP.

FOR MR. MAGO

Dear Mago requested some snaps of Mouse & Alvy 

and I am only too happy to accommodate his request!

Out of the last three shows that Alvy's been entered in, 

he's managed to get a BOB (Best of Breed) in each one of them! 

Pretty darn nice.

As for Mr. Mouse, he just gets to stay home and be adorable. 

And Bark.

REVELATION

Yes, Muscato & Jason 

(who commented at precisely the same moment) are correct. 

This is in fact the once magnificent Claudia Cardinale.

I know I'm shallow, but when I came upon that current shot, 

it floored me. I recall a old friend telling me that Italians don't age well. I feel I may have begged to differ with him, but in this case...

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Of course, I do give dear Claudia a standing 

ovation for letting time cum all over her and she 

resisting the urge to wipe that time off.