Hm… gosh… what to make this week’s Weekly Question Of The Week about… Ummmm…. Jeez… If only… if only there was something happening today… something that’s a big, national event here in the US that people had to pick sides over… then… then I’d have something… Hmmmm… Oh, wait, isn’t there some sort of televised sporting […]
February 4, 2012
My Garbage Man, My Enemy
This is Clancy. Clancy is our beagle. He’s just about the sweetest, kindest-hearted animal you can imagine. He doesn’t even bay – the only time he howls is when he hears a fire engine or wild dogs. The things that matter to Clancy are chewies, chasing his Squeaky Monkey, making sure that no one is […]
February 2, 2012
Hey, Blogdramedy, Let’s Play 20 Questions!
Today’s installment of 20 Questions features Blogdramedy. Blogdramedy is one of my very first blog buddies, and I couldn’t be more pleased to feature her. I like to picture Blogdramedy in black & white, like a female reporter in an old Howard Hawks movie. Gumption. Moxie. Sass. Chutzpah. Also, she lives on a boat at […]
January 30, 2012
Why Glee Is, Seriously, Just So, So Awful
Jules, over at Go Guilty Pleasures, and I get along great. We both like things that are funny, we both live in states where, bizarrely, you can’t pump your own gas, we both have had people reach our blogs because of searches related to chipmunks. Birds of a feather. But there is one thing we […]
January 29, 2012
And “Don’t Worry, Be Happy”? Makes Me Sad And Anxious
Over at H.E. Ellis, she’s been celebrating her 100th post with 10 lists of top 10’s. In one of them, she mentioned the song “Goodbye Horses” being forever rendered creepy by the movie The Silence of the Lambs. Now, it’s not a particularly good song, really, but it got me thinking about songs that, because […]
January 27, 2012
The Temperature Isn’t The Only Cool Thing In Barnaul, Siberia…
A special note in my Cool Book today for the protesters in Barnaul, Russia. People in the Siberian city are protesting corruption in politics, both in the region and at the national level (I know, you say Whaaaat? Government corruption? In Russia??). Specifically, they’re protesting the impending switch Vladimir Putin is making from the parliament […]
January 26, 2012
Worst Childrens’ Books
Moderate publicity is being given to the American Library Association’s announcement of the Youth Media Awards (highlighting the best books, videos or audiobooks for children). Among them, the Newberry Award went to Jack Gantos’ Dead End In Norvelt, and The Caldecott Medal (for picture books) went to A Ball For Daisy about a dog who […]
January 24, 2012
And The Award For Biggest Grump About The Oscars Goes To…
The Oscar Nominations came out today, and you know what that means! That’s right! It’s time for my annual rant to my film students about the meaningless crassness of the Oscar awards! Hurray! And this year, you can share in the crabbiness! I know, they seem fun and harmless, but the thing to understand about […]
The Byronic Man 
February 5, 2012
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