Daily 5: A Personal Confession, Dr. Seuss and a Chance to "Speak Out"

Good morning, South Windsor! Today is Wednesday, April 10, 2013. There are 265 days left in the year.

Friends, if you were to poll Patch employees in Connecticut on who their favorite co-worker is, chances are they’ll say Windsor Local Editor Julian McKinley.

In addition to being a talented journalist and writer (no foolin’, if you aren’t getting your Windsor news from him, you’re doing it wrong), Julian is, without question, one of the nicest people you’ll meet.

Just a great guy.

So it pains me to announce this. I’m not into public shaming, but this needs to be known.

Julian admitted to me that he’s never seen Star Wars.

You read that right. You can’t be a human in America without having seen the pop culture phenomenon.

Julian assured me that he loves movies. Which makes this all the more puzzling.

The original trilogy was re-released in theaters in the mid 1990s, not to mention that the original three movies have been available in something like 500 different box sets.

Oh, and don’t forget the 1.3 million times they are shown on cable.

All Julian can offer as an excuse is, “I dunno, I’ve just never seen them.” That, my friends, is a dodge.

I tried to come up with a list of movies that I haven’t seen, but should. (The list of movies I shouldn’t have seen, but did, is wayyyy too long.) It took me 35 years to finally watch “The Godfather “from end to end. But I got there.

Anyhoo, the only movie that I could come up with (barring recent installments that I know I will get to, like “The Hobbit”) is “The Big Lebowski.”

In my defense, I tried watching it one day and found it fantastically boring.
What about you? Any movies you haven’t seen but really ought to have?
Here’s your Daily 5:

1. Tonight's the night to support a great organization helping local residents keep and feed their four-legged family members. Friends of Windsor Animal Care and Control will hold a Burger Bash at Wendy's on Ella Grasso Turnpike, and a percentage of all sales to toward the organization and its efforts.

2. History is an important part of our lives here in Connecticut, but it gets even better when you can get hands-on. The Connecticut Historical Society will serve children and families Thursday at 10 a.m. with a special story and crafts event. Children are free with regulare adult admission.

3. Is your child interested in the theater? They can enjoy acting and Dr. Seuss with Hartford Stage's Summer of Seuss, a four-week program enhancing acting skills for young actors.

4. Have something to say? Visit our "Speak Out" board and sound off on what's bugging you or celebrate something you're happy about.

5. Our parks are an asset, to say the least — providing the pleasure of the outdoors and plenty of great family time. State Representative Chris Davis (R-57th District) recently announced his "adoption" of East Windsor's Scantic River State Park. Read more here.