Director's Cut

Usually, once I've posted something on this blog I tend not to revisit and modify it. Unless I spot a spelling mistake or a particularly bad grammar faux-pas, which I know Michelle would spot and critique me for, I will let whatever I wrote stand as a marker for what I was thinking about at the time. I respect the readers of this site and would never intentionally mislead you.

That's why I wanted to draw your attention to some changes I have just made to the 'First home-cooked dinner' post from a couple of days ago. When I glanced at it this morning I realized that there were a couple of grammatical errors that needed to be fixed and then as I read further it became clear to me that not only could I raise the quality of the English but that I had just invented a whole new punch line that was even better than what I had come up with at the first stab. And then another little joke that probably only Michelle will appreciate jumped out at me - can you spot it, M? - and try as I might I couldn't resist making the changes.

So, consider the version that is up there as of a few moments ago the re-mastered version of the post, the Director's Cut if you will. It is the version I would have posted the other day had I not been hampered by budget constraints, actor's guild strike threats, and the looming deadline forcing me to make quick decisions to satisfy 'The Man'. This is the version that I always knew I could make if left alone long enough. It is this version that my legion of fans have been clamoring for ever since the original was released. Their comments are all over the internet user groups, their disappointment and frustration expressed in late night bar discussions around the world, their anger expressed in sub-3-minute-protests-so-that-the-police-can't-arrest-them-in-Tokyo outside my apartment building. And it is only now that I have been able to vent my artistic passion through this latest version that I feel I can move on to create my next piece of work, whatever it might be.

What's that? You didn't get to read the original version? Oh...