Strange connections
Just for grins, I did a search on IMDB for Emily Deschanel, the actress who stars in the TV series Bones (see older posts). It turns out she is Zooey Deschanel’s sister. Zooey is one of my favorite young actresses. She was the depressed teen girl in the movie Mumford (which I’m sure very few people saw but was written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan, who also wrote Empire Strikes Back); She played Trillian in the movie Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, one of my other favorites. Unfortunately, she was also the female lead in The Happening. We won’t go into that.
And more strange: Emily and Zooey are the daughters of Mary Jo Deschanel. Her limited credits include the portrayal of the kind and slightly sad Eileen Hayward in the Twin Peaks series. As we all know, this is the greatest TV series ever.
Unrelated information provided by the great and powerful oracle: lupus is an autoimmune disease. Monica was asking me about this today because it’s come up a few times when watching crime/science television shows like CSI and Bones or doctor shows like Private Practice or Grey’s Anatomy. The Lupus Foundation of America provides a quick overview of the disease which is not life threatening in every case. However, all auto-immune diseases are a bit disturbing. Much like having an unsanctioned civil war occur inside your body.