I was doing some research about the now-disfunct Belchertown State School in Massachusetts, and that led me to read about the history and work of the Danvers State Memorial Committee. That page mentioned the filming of a Hollywood movie on the grounds of Danvers State Hospital. The movie was called Session 9, and when I looked it up at IMDb I was tickled to find that David Caruso and Paul Gilfoyle starred together in that film. I found this amusing because Caruso stars in CSI Miami, and Gilfoyle is a regular on the original CSI. I suspect that if I were a member of Netflix I could get a copy of this movie, but it’s probably not at my local Blockbuster store.

Incidentally, the DSMC’s work is really fascinating. If you have an interest in history, cemeteries, and grassroots activism, it’s worth reading their entire website.

Oh no! According to an article from Agape Press (a Christian news service), PAX will be halting production of Sue Thomas, F.B.Eye at the end of the current season in January. I would count the show among my favorites currently on the air - yes, it’s intensely cheesy, but it’s not overly religious: the God references are kept to once per episode, don’t impact the plot, and aren’t even in all the episodes. (They’ve been making more God references lately than they used to, but they’re still just the moral at the end of the story.)

I was fortunate enough to meet Deanne Bray and Troy Kotsur (her husband) in September 2003, on the closing night of his Broadway appearance in Big River. I got to chat with both of them; she is as fluent in ASL as she is with oral English. I would be terribly disappointed if the show went off the air! This is the first TV show I’ve ever heard of that not only had a deaf main character, but also starred a deaf actor. (Shoshannah Stern played a minor character on the short-lived series “Threat Matrix,” but she was almost never shown.) There is reportedly a campaign to save the show underway at stfbeyefanfic.com, I’m going to check it out. (I had no idea people were writing fanfic about this show!)