…yeah, i saw the movie before the book and i watched it three times before reading the book. three times! can you believe it? i always liked michael douglas, we share a name. and toby maguire was good too, remember him doped out with the dead dog? the point is, anyway, i was dealing with stuff then like circa 2000 and i’m like you know dealing with stuff now and THEN i was worried i would be the kind of writer like michael douglas was in the film adaptation of wonder boys. i don’t know what kind of writer that is unless you consider it that sad pathos of masculinity reaching and begging for fixing. but i only have screwdrivers i can’t use and i am only a “dude” per se in bed. anyway so yeah, what was i saying? michael douglas in wonder boys. i liked robert downey, jr better actually. glad it all turned out okay for all of us. including tobey maguire but not the dog.