A faithful reader from a city whose name is an anagram of VASHNILLE:

“[Husband] and I had a close encounter with Tim Robbins backstage at an

event he was hosting. We sat beside him off and on for hours. He never

once acknowledged our presence. He seemed to be playing the part of the

’big city movie star come to small hick town.’ He’s very tall and even

sitting, he can look over the heads of all around him, and that’s what he

did, except when he was fawning over Al Gore who also happened to be there.

On camera he was Mister Likable, What a Sweet Guy, but the minute he was off

stage, forget it, he was a total [expletive]. [A friend] went up to him and

told him how much he admired Shawshank Redemption and Robbins just stared at

him, looking like, who the hell are you? and walked away without a word.

He’s a jerk…”

Gotta love those folksy, caring liberals.