Bleeping Hallmark Channel

I’ve been watching 7th heaven on the hallmark channel since this January. I have to say that they’ve finaally crossed a line of illogic. When any character on the show says ‘butt’ or ‘hell’, the word is at best muted, at worst spliced out altogether. On the other hand the movie ‘bridges of Madison county’ [...]

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Lost: Better If You’re On Drugs

Biographical Interlude Yesterday at 1:30 I called my husband and said “I think it’s time to go to the hospital.” Now, in the movies that means we’d be having a baby. On television it means we would get stuck in an elevator and have a baby there. In real life it means that I’d finally [...]

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Listen Up, You Bastards

I don’t know exactly who you are. I suspect you might be a campaign official or an intern or just a garden-variety wiseass. But I’m now the proud recepient of an email routed to me which claims that Barack Obama is Satan’s right hand and has a tattoo depicting America’s destruction by nuclear attack stenciled [...]

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My Oscar Thoughts Almost A Half Week After The Event, Thus Flouting The Timeliness Of The Internet

I watched 2/3rds of the Oscars Sunday night. I’d only seen one of the Best Picture nominees, and I knew Tilda Swinton would be on there so I had thought I wouldn’t watch. But as luck would have it, I missed the idea of watching The Oscars®. In that way, viewing the Acadamy Awards is [...]

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How Pop Culture Is Killing Me And How Diets Are Making Me Mad

About three or four weeks ago, the losers pop culture mavens I read at places like TWOP and EW and Slashdot etc. started talking about that whole “I drink your milkshake!!” scene in There Will Be Blood. The result of this non-stop jokery was my craving for milkshakes. I’m not normally a milkshake-drinker because they’re [...]

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Hugh Laurie, A Piano And Stuff

I’ve been kind of on the outs with God lately. Not serious “I quit this religion” outs, but more like how when you and your best friend have a falling out over a book club choice or something and you then speak either grudgingly or in too-polite formalities. For one reason and another I’ve just [...]

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Lost Marriage

I have a great marriage.   My husband and I rarely keep secrets from each other, and if we do they’re of the non-threatening variety.  (Don’t tell him I ate ice cream at midnite a couple of days ago.)    We’re open and honest and after 19 years together we have pretty good communication overall. I thing [...]

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The Whole SBC Molester Thing

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t mad about this business in the Scene about the way the Southern Baptist Church is handling molestations of members by church officials. I’ve been discussing the larger issue over at Tiny Cat Pants but it was only after R(eading)T(he)F(word of your choice)A(rticle) that I got my knickers [...]

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THE WIRE

major spoiler after the jump.  do not click through if you haven’t seen episode 8 of Season 5 of the Wire. Seriously.  Just don’t.

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Another Instance Of The Fingerpost

So this morning I gave into temptation and finally dove into Ken Follet’s World Without End. I was a little more than freaked out to see that many of the elements of that book–including characters’ names!–are either identical to or similar enough to my own work to be indistinguishable.   Granted, Follet’s the better writer [...]

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