"Finally, if you were concerned that there was only one campy

film called "Trapped by the Mormons," that unintentional silent classic

from the 1920s has been remade by a group of Washington hipsters

(now relocated to Brooklyn, N.Y.). You don't want or need a learned

treatise on this topic, but apparently Mormons were perceived in

early-20th century Britain as a murderous cult that abducted young women

into polygamous sexual servitude."

Even before the early-20th century...

The evil villians of the first Sherlock Holmes story, 'A Study in Scarlet' were Mormons.

Sr. Rojo

Sui generis? English is a healthy living language with a wide selection of words. I'm pretty sure we can find a common English word or phrase without having to reach for an uncommon Latin import. Might I suggest "unique?" I'd suggest "in a class of his own", but that would be redundant with "unclassifiable," which you've already used.

In the summer of 1995 I took a trip to the Copper Canyon in Chihuahua, Mexico. There was a guy that looked just like Tommy Lee Jones staying at my hotel. I had seen Tommy Lee at a restuarant in Houston once before, so I knew he was even more handsome in person. I have always been a fan, way before he became a huge star. Anyway this guy claimed that he lived in Texas City and worked in the Oil industry. He was traveling with a man named Gene, but he never told me his name. At the time I was reading the book, Lonesome Dove, which of course Tommy Lee had starred in. This guy spoke spanish very well. In the back of my mind I have always wondered if that was Tommy Lee Jones I had met. I have tried to find out through internet searches if Tommy Lee spoke Spanish, with no luck. I usually read Salon for the political articles but I am happy I read this article. Yes, Tommy Lee speaks Spanish! Thank you! Maybe I will never know if that was him, but it adds one more piece to the puzzle.