HAPPY BIRTHDAY RALPH ! ! !

   It's the 44th birthday of my favorite actor, Ralph Fiennes. Best known as "The English Patient", he's played everything from a horrid Nazi ("Schindler's List"), a shy tattooed serial killer("Red Dragon"), an Olympic fencer("Sunshine") to my absolute favorite, a wimpy priest in "Oscar & Lucinda"(see Cornerstone at left) .Plus, he does Ibsen & Shakespeare plays between movies. In 2007 he will return as Voldemort in the next Harry Potter film, as well as at least 2 other movies & a play in Australia.

  He is certainly blessed with both intelligence and good looks. No one else can do intensity and passion the way he can.

  That's why he makes my heart go pitter patter & the reason I'm celebrating today.