I’m up late tonight…Having a hard time falling asleep. I watched a movie tonight I remember LOVING as a teen called "The Best of the Best"[They just released it on DVD]. Yeah, It’s one of those crazy mid-1980 kung-fu movies. But BOY I remember thinking that movie was wonderful…Enough so to make me want to try and karate-chop my hand through a layer of bricks

This was back in the day when Eric Roberts started that groovy "let’s pull my hair back in a pony tail sumo-hair-style" … It was also the days when people saw Julia Roberts and said "Hey, she’s the sister of the guy from that movie The Best of the Best"–at least in my group of friends.

The reason I even bring this movie up is because one of the leads in the movie [Sally Kirkland] is a good friend of mine. I was also fortunate enough to be a guest on her talk show here in Los Angeles a few months ago.

[Bob Gentry and Sally Kirkland at The Key Club in Hollywood].

What’s strange is, I HAD NO CLUE SHE WAS EVEN IN this movie…And here it is as one of my childhood favorite Kung-Fu Flix! How could this have slipped by me? Sally’s been in a gazillion other great films as well and is a WONDERFUL actor…Anna, JFK, ED TV, the list goes on and on. (For a complete list be sure to check out SallyKirkland.com).

I’ve been noticing quite a few things in my life that have been more just a little more than ironic, coincidence and borderline mystical. [cue the spooky music]
Maybe it’s because I live in "tinsel-town"…I’m not really sure. All I know is there’s been quite a few occasions in my life that just seemed like I was destined to meet certain people…And talented people I’m glad and honored to have befriended.

Included in what I call the "Bobville Wall of Weird" is meeting Rod Mckuen. The fact that my old Detroit band Moisture used to cover the song "Seasons in the Sun" before I even realized who the writer was is one of those reasons. I mean, seriously…What are the chances of these types of things happening to people?

I’m a strong believer in that we make our own luck and fate, but something strange is going on here. I could list numerous other events in my life that get clumped in this list. Some I’d like to keep private though

And so..I’m not sure what point I was trying to make….Other than it’s interesting what an older movie(that I remember like it was just yesterday) can do the hamsters spinning around on wheel inside this head of mine.

No wonder, I can’t sleep tonight. Maybe I drank too many Chai Tea Lattes …arge…And who says I have to figure it all out anyway? For now, I’m just going to roll with it. SLEEP!