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There's an old story about the interpretation of preordination. Two soldiers are using a brief respite during combat to wax philosophically. One of them comments that surviving a war is purely chance; one can't control it. The other says he's not worried, because he believes in predestiny - that his fate has already been decided. Suddenly, shells starty exploding around them and they both dive into a fox hole. The first soldier turns to the other and says, I thought you believed that your fate was preordained. So why did you jump into this fox hole with me?" The other replies, "I believe that fox hole was preordained to be there to save me."

Explore away, Max! All the best to you, my friend.

Thanks, Dags! And thank you, Janet - Looking forward to reading your comment when it's posted!

1. George Clooney - From Dusk Till Dawn - Ocean's Eleven ( OE is his best crime movie, caper-wise, but Out of Sight, with its great supporting cast, is worth watching)
2. Denzel Washington - A Soldier's Story - Training Day (He did a number of crime movies, including the remake of Walter Matthau's Taking of Pelham 123)
3. Jeff Bridges - The Last Picture Show - The Big Lebowski, of course! (Thunderbolt and Lightfoot is probably my favorite crime movie he did)
4. Sean Penn - Fast Times at Ridgemont High - Mystic River (also his best crime movie, IMO)
5. John Travolta - Saturday Night Fever - Get Shorty ( The General's Daughter was probably his most straight crime movie, but both Get Shorty and Pulp Fiction were great)
6. Clint Eastwood - Fistful of Dollars - Dirty Harry (All the Dirty Harry movies were his best cop movies, though The Gauntlet and Absolute Power were good crime flicks)
7. Jack Nicholson - Easy Rider - Chinatown, of course (Chinatown is not only his best movie, but his best crime movie, bar none)
8. Bradd Pitt - Thelma and Louise - Ocean's Eleven (Toss-up for his best crime movie between OE and Sleepers)
9. Leonardo Dicaprio - This Boy's Life - Titanic (Catch Me If You Can I'd rate as his best crime movie)
10 Tommy Lee Jones - Coal Miner'sa Daughter - U.S. Marshals (I'd give the nod to Natural Born Killers, No Country for Old Men, and U.S. Marshals for his best crime films)
11. John Cusack - Stand by Me - Runaway Jury (Grosse Pointe Blank is my favorite crime movie of his)

So that's why I haven't seen any new Virgil chapters. I'll have a look at the new stuff.

Good luck, Tom. I had a recent spell with multiple PVCs, at times going into bigeminy. But the cardiologist told me it wasn't serious enough to warrant treatment, and it passed. Are you taking any "blood thinners" in case the a-fib comes back?

Just one more note. Going to the Solstice Publishing website link will only get you the e-book version. The hard copy has to come through Amazon.

Oh, and the publisher informed me that the print version is available, too.