I'll get you, Ralph di Bricassart!
Genius folks at Oxygen had a miniseries marathon yesterday. I am thankful for stumbling across the Thorn Birds: the Missing Years right after it started. Richard Chamberlain looks really weird in it - too much plastic surgery? I have only watched the first tape and a half of the original - up to the the scene on the beach. It just got too disgusting for me - not because he's a priest, but because he was her father figure. But a person who reads the ends of books first couldn't bear not to know what happened, so I had a long conversation with a co-worker who filled me in. But on a snowy Thanksgiving morning with a pile of knitting, the sequel was just the right thing. Trash-tacular!