And she wins, big.

So, I’ve been reading Jenny Lawson’s blog, The Bloggess, for years now. Learning that she was writing a book was cool – a whole book filled with stuff like her blog? Yes, please, sign me up. I lived vicariously through the editing, through the picking out of cover artwork, through the tales of time spent [...]

Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Part 2

SPOILER ALERT – I discuss actual movie scenes – SPOILER ALERT  – Read at your own peril.   OK, as evident by the post below, I had some demands to make of the movie making peeps. They did good. This movie was by far the most “stick to the story” of them all. They did [...]

Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 2, a few demands…

OK, as I type this the movie is currently premiering in London. I will do my best to not see / read spoilers before I see it myself next Friday, 7/15. I just want it on the record ahead of time  – directors, please don’t F this up. Don’t add too much crap – I’m already [...]

Lord Voldemort is similar to Justin Bieber…

I was just on Twitter and was reading Lord Voldemorts tweets, as I try to do on a regular basis, when I saw this: Apparently, Lord Voldemort is similar to Justin Bieber, or at least to his fans. I don’t think I’m surprised by this revelation, either. http://twitter.com/#!/Lord_Voldemort7

Being a Twihard

A couple of years ago, my daughter (18 at the time), talked about a book she’d read. “It’s called Twilight. It’s about a Vampire, but he’s good, and a girl falls in love with him. She’s not weird or anything, she just loves him and she’s human.” She gave me the book to read and [...]

The penis, according to Nora Roberts

The following is from the Nora Roberts book Black Hills. * “Good. The penis is here to stay, so those of us without them must learn to appreciate, exploit, ignore, and/or utilize them, depending on our needs and goals.” This is a great theory, and one I could have put to much use when I [...]