This is a love letter, of sorts. I love watching the State of the Union. Even if my party isn’t in the White House – and my party is…Sidebar: This is entirely new to me. In my lifetime, my party has never really been in the White House. “What?!” you say. Bill Clinton? Hello? But [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Chicken Salad on Rye, Untoasted, and a Cup of Tea
Posted in Inspiration, tagged Dolly Parton, George Costanza, Inspiration, Politics, POTUS, State of the Union, Super Mario Bros on January 29, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Movie Hero of the Week* – Edie McClurg
Posted in Midwest, Movie Hero of the Week, Movies, Receptionists, tagged Movie Hero of the Week on January 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
So much of the pop culture of my childhood has the stamp of Edie McClurg. Even before I had seen Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, she was voicing characters on “The Snorks”, “The Smurfs”, The Secret of NIMH, “Tiny Toons”, “Darkwing Duck”, “The Addams Family (cartoon”, and many others. She’s even the voice of Carlotta, Prince [...]
These Boots Weren’t Made for Winter
Posted in Beauty, Chicago, Fashion, Midwest, tagged Boots, Celebrities, Rachel Zoe, Shopping on January 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I need a winter boot. For most people, this would be the sort of thing you say breezily on a Saturday afternoon. Then you wander into the kitchen to make a sandwich. Then you say, “Well. I think I’ll go to Target and buy some boots.” And that’s that. Not for me. I have to [...]
If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull – WC Fields
Posted in Uncategorized on January 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I checked two movies off The List this weekend. The first was my first forray into the work of WC Fields. As with many of the old iconic comic legends, I bumped into the parody before the person. I had hesitated on seeing a Fields movie. From all accounts I’ve read of this guy, he [...]
Semper Fi
Posted in Movies, Projects, tagged Alternative Movie List, Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Writing on January 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday was jam-packed with preparatory loveliness (One of my favorite things to do is form a Plan.) I’m not ready to reveal everything I was up to yesterday, but I shall reveal one juicy tidbit…after this movie discussion. So, first things first. Yesterday evening I watched the movie Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison starring our Movie [...]
The Alternative Movie List Project – Reviewed, Reorganized and Updated
Posted in Movies, Projects, tagged Alternative Movie List on January 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
My Alternative Movie List is old news to my nearest and dearest, but it’s come to my attention that through my Movie Hero of the Week series, I’ve gained a few new Readers! Welcome! I encourage you to subscribe! I can’t promise regularity or sanity, but I do think you’ll be entertained. I wouldn’t call [...]
“I’m learning real skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life … Procrastinating and rationalizing”
Posted in Uncategorized on January 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I say I haven’t blogged in a month. That’s not entirely true. I have blogged. I just haven’t posted. Usually, this is because the posts I write aren’t fully formed. Or they may contain more vitriol than a subject is due. Or they are incomprehensibly weird and belong in a journal, not online. There are [...]
Movie Hero of the Week* – Robert Mitchum
Posted in Movie Hero of the Week, Movies, tagged Movie Hero of the Week, Robert Mitchum on January 20, 2010 | 3 Comments »
He made a calypso album. You have to know that. You have to know there is more to Robert Mitchum than playing bad guys…and having enormous pectoral muscles. *Fanning self* And that voice. *Fainting* Okay, okay. Of the 136 films IMDB credits Mr. Mitchum, I have seen a piddly 7. But trust me when I [...]
Deep Breaths and Robert Mitchum
Posted in Movies, tagged Movies, Robert Mitchum on January 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Well, it has been awhile. I spent the rest of December and much of January thinkin’. I haven’t come to any conclusions. The older I get, the less concluding I am able to do. In my Rain Man defense mechanism fashion, I made another movie list and am pile-driving my way through it. And this [...]
