This is for the movies I’ve loved that juuuust don’t seem to fit into the regular categories, and with good reason. They’re not right. They’re a little – off. They got issues. And they rock. Feel free to list YOUR guilty pleasures in the comments. ______________________ Bad Santa – 2003 Directed by Terry Zwigoff Written…
If you haven’t read the book Life of Pi by Yann Martel, you need to be aware of a few things before seeing the movie. Although the previews make it seem like an adventure movie about a teenage boy stranded in a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger, there’s a great deal more to it than…
(Reposted – because you never read it the first time.. I once believed that giving a gift card for a particular retail store was stupid because it was like giving someone cash and attaching a note that says, “Oh, by the way, you can only spend this cash in one specific store. Enjoy!” In that…
I know it’s early, but I don’t know how much computer time I’ll have over the next couple of days, so forgive the early posting. Seems I’m not the only one though. Every Wednesday Rigby Wisoff-Fields posts a picture prompt to challenge writers to create a 100-word story or poem or anything that works for you. Then…
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because it has the spirit of Christmas but without the pressure of giving gifts. With Thanksgiving come three things – weight gain, football, and the start of Christmas music on the radio, 24-hour Christmas songs until a day or two after the 25th. Also happening on Thanksgiving, and happening only…
So, like last time, you can put your caption here as a comment. But better yet is to click on the picture, go to the New Yorker magazine website, and enter your caption in their contest. “Of all the things to ask, you want to know if his name is Jerry?” Now get on with your…
First – Apology for not reading anyone’s stories last week. I was on a plane for Mexico at about 7am, and I only had time to post mine and head for the airport. ______________________________ Every Wednesday Ramses Wisoff-Fields posts a picture prompt to challenge writers to create a 100-word story or poem or anything that works for…
This review contains one possible spoiler located at the very end. Stop after the short video of the author if you have not yet read the book but plan to do so.________ Every generation has someone who is “different.” Not a Forrest Gump kind of different, but more like an Einstein, Copernicus, DaVinci, or Edison…
Time for the family unit to sit and watch things together. C’mon, you can do it. Just post a Facebook update that says “BRB” and put down the cell phone for about an hour and a half. BTW – sorry about the absence. ran away to Mexico for about a week. Animation cartoons, stop motion,…
reposted in honor of the voters of Washington and Colorado and also because you probably never read it I spend a lot of time in an area of New Jersey in which hope, health, and happiness are low but drugs, hurt, and crime are high. This has brought me to a conclusion that will not be…
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