Irreplaceable Treasures
I rented Leap Year last week and it’s a good thing I had a coupon and got it for free or I would’ve been stomping back to the store, demanding my money back. Load of formulaic crap with the same amount of originality, soul and entertainment as a paint-by-numbers rendition of a stag by a…
Great Lovers
Abelard and Heloise. Antony and Cleopatra. Tristan and Iseult. Cyrano and Roxane. Victoria and Albert. Wait… am I the only one who heard that screeching brakes sound of a needle scratching on a record? Whether historical or fictional, lists of the great lovers of our world don’t include Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. I certainly…
Like Me: Finding My RA Community and Why It Matters
Updated November 12, 2022. Being different is both external and internal. Being the only person who looks a certain way set you apart in a group, designates you as Other. Even when the members of the group are your friends, there is something that makes you feel set apart. Finding your community, the people who…
All or Nothing
The new season of Dancing with the Stars has started with what they call “the most talked-about celebrities ever!” and if you’re preparing to click right by this post because dear god, the woman is rabbiting on about reality shows again, please stick around, because DWS is incidental to this post. Much as I’m enjoying…
Forget About the Silly
I want to thank all of you for your comments on Wednesday’s post. They warmed at what is for various reasons a pretty bleak time. I’d like to email you all personally, but my blasted comment system won’t record your emails/URLs (I’m working on changing that, stay tuned), so this will have to do. Thank…
5 Year Plan
I was watching the Barbara Walters special before the Oscars – and can I just say how very awful the Academy Awards were this year? I’d rather have watched Rob Lowe dancing with Snow White for a couple of hours than watch that impersonal, rushed, yet dragging-into-eternity evening and where was I again? Oh yes,…
Sweet Boredom
I can’t remember the last time I had vacation. Of course, it could be argued that when you’re not working, you’re perpetually on vacation, but it’s not the same. Life fills up, regardless of what you do – or don’t do – and although you may lollygag for a few hours in an afternoon and…
A Matter of Perspective
When I was younger, I kept a diary. Or journal – is there a difference? Do they just call it journaling to make it sound less adolescent so adults can do it, too? Regardless, it’s what I did. I had a shelf near my dining room table where there were books and books of my…
Would You be Blue?
Like so many others, I am fairly fresh from seeing Avatar and aside from wanting to see it again and preferably on a bigger screen and in 3-D, it made me think. Particularlythe part about Jake, the paralyzed protagonist who is given the chance to use his body again in a 10-foot tall blue-skinned avatar…
Plotting Your Life
Last night, Stephen King hit Toronto as part of the promotional tour for his latest novel Under the Dome: A Novel and in addition to no doubt doing a gazillion interviews with various forms of media, he spent some time at the Canon Theatre in conversation with David Cronenberg. Yes, I know. Total geek fest….
Sea Change
I’ve been watching John Adamsand having an excellent time. It’s well acted, fascinating in its depiction of the tiny social details of late 1800s America and I’m learning more about the early history of the US than I ever have before. But this post is not a review – come to think of it, this…
Playing Nice
There I was, about a week ago, watching the words “yes, I know that’s not nice, but neither was his narration” show up on my monitor. I was writing about narrators and audio books and what a difference it makes to have a good match between the material and the voice, using a particular example…