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Monday, November 29
Pass the tissues
In the days of my callow youth, I once took great pride in my ability to be unmoved and dry-eyed at movies. Stoically, I would watch, while some around me would weep at any and all maudlin film moment. "It's just a movie," I would think, aloof in my detachment. I was too cool. Now, that I am older (though hardly more mature) I find my empathy, or at least my sentimentality must be growing at a geometric rate. At my recent third viewing of Truly, Madly, Deeply I still found myself getting very choked up. Damn those Brits. But things are really getting out of control when I find myself tearing up while listening to a contestants final answer on the last episode of "He's a Lady." What's next, sobbing over long distance commercials? '; } else { if(stristr($filename,"archive")) { $dir=$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']; $template='_01_archive.html'; $tail=strlen($template); $thisArchive=$filename; //$files=scandir($dir); $dh = opendir($dir); while (false !== ($filename = readdir($dh))) { $files[] = $filename; } sort($files); $earlyarch=""; $laterarch=""; $prevarch=""; $next=0; foreach($files as $file) { if (substr($file,-$tail)==$template) { if ($next==1) { $laterarch=$file; $earlyarch=$prevarch; $next=0; } if ($file==$thisArchive) { $next=1; } else { $prevarch=$file; $earlyarch=$prevarch; } } } $link=''; $divider=''; if(file_exists($earlyarch)) { $link='< Earlier Archive'; $divider=" | "; } if(file_exists($laterarch)) { $link=$link.$divider.'Later Archive >'; } $link=$link.' '; } } echo($link); ?> |