Early movies again

Not since the days of the ten-o'clock movie at the old Westgate have there been showtimes for people like us. Now that we've found our way to the Pflugerville Tinseltown, we'll go back. Movies before ten, even. We've been surprised to see the long lines and sold-out showings all over town for the LotR movie. Bad Santa was selling well, though. We saw Billy Bob Thornton in A Simple Plan, but I'm not sure about others. Bad Santa had the audience laughing up a storm. Critics seem to dislike it for its vulgarity, but it is truly funny. Bernie Mac is wasted in it. The movie really belongs to Billy Bob. At Taj Palace there was very good seekh kebab, good dal, lukewarm dal makhni, lukewarm naan, and a new menu item that seemed to have spinach, cashew nuts, and fresh mint and ginger making up the contents of a deep-fried ball. It was called hara kebab, and there are lots of recipes out on the 'Net for it; the only thing they all have in common is spinach or spinach-like greens, plus the deep-frying. There were no pakore or bhajia. Being there was worth it for the seekh kebab.