Ten Movies That Disappointed You

Posted by on Jan 15, 2008 in dish | 4 comments Ooo–tough one here. I tend to willingly suspend disbelief, so I can go for just about anything, movie-wise. I may have to drag DH into this discussion…The Remains of the Day – I’m all for repressed feelings and swooning and all, but I was ready to clock Anthony Hopkins upside the head with a salver at the end of this one. Just tell her you love her already!Star Wars...
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Beg, Borrow, or Steal?

Posted by on Jan 11, 2008 in dish | 1 comment If there’s one thing English teachers agree about, it’s that plagiarism is bad. Very, very bad. Kick you out of school and pile on the shame bad. Which is why most of us work ourselves into a bulging-vein froth when we INSIST that our students CITE THEIR FREAKIN’ SOURCES, for Pete’s sake. Doesn’t always work, but that’s not for lack of trying.So I have to...
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Musings: Stranger Than Fiction

Posted by on Jan 7, 2008 in dish | 4 comments Santa brought me this movie for Christmas, which became an immediate favorite after it reached the top of the Netflix queue. For one thing, it’s a fanciful view of the life of a writer, and for another, it’s an examination about the relationship between life and art (truth being, after all, “stranger than fiction”).In short: Harold Crick, an IRS auditor, begins hearing a...
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Gutsy Broad: Elizabeth Edwards

Posted by on Jan 4, 2008 in dish | 0 comments Okay, I admit it. I have a fangirl crush on Elizabeth Edwards. There’s just something about her I really respond to. Like her willingness to call out rude, mean-spirited behavior (yes, I’m talking about that Coulter woman). Or to keep on keepin’ on despite a cancer diagnosis–and recurrence. She lost a son in a car accident. She has two small kids at home and a daughter in...
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Ten Predictions for the New Year

Posted by on Jan 1, 2008 in dish | 7 comments Florida will not get hit by a major hurricane despite Apocalyptic reporting from The Weather Channel and nearly every Florida newscaster drawing breath.Hillary Clinton will win the Democratic nomination for President.Mitt Romney will win the Republican nomination for President.Get used to saying “Madam President.”Britney Spears will do something stupid. Oh, wait a minute....
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