One note before we get into it. There is a scene at the beginning that serves as a sort of preamble. In my opinion, that's a hit-or-miss way to
start a story like this, and in this case I wish they'd resisted. - md Some boogie men turn out to be deranged murderers and madmen, others are legit non-human entities, but the boogie man in Before I Wake is a different kind altogether. The Canker Man occupies our real world in a physical way, a…
Dear Mom,
Happy Monday, and Happy October. Isn't October always so weird?
I'm sorry I missed your call yesterday afternoon, and I'm so glad we got to talk this morning, if just for a quick minute. I hadn't been able to get to sleep Saturday night, and so Joe let me
sleep until past three o'clock. That's why I missed your call. I was sleeping. He came padding in for a
cuddle when he heard me stirring, and when he told …
It's
not a great movie by any stretch. Still, between the haunted children, the woods, and some
vaguely-explained local lore about what's lurking therein, The Hollow Child will satisfy your desire to "watch something scary" in the spirit of the season, will keep you entertained, but without keeping you awake all night.
I'm among those who did not tune in to the Kavanaugh hearing today, because I've had enough. Of everything. And all these old white men. But I see from all of your posts and tweets that the "honorable" (that's laughable) judge had himself a little mantrum today, is that right? This reporting has been countered by a great deal of "...and they say women are too emotional" memes and wisecracks. It is on this point th…
Sometimes Lawrence O'Donnell could stand to slow the liberal roll, don't you think? Yeah, you read that right, this is me. No, I haven't been kidnapped. I'm not blogging at gunpoint, although now that I say that, in Trump's America, why can't that be true. Well it's not, not right now. We can work out a code phrase or something later. This is real. The
whole point of being liberal is you've got to be able to say …
In high school, I had a good friend invite me to come babysit with
her. Unbeknownst to me, she had also invited two older boys. I knew
these guys (small town) but we weren't on a first name basis. Before
long, my friend went into another room with one of them, leaving me
alone with the other guy. Sitting far apart, he and I made uncomfortable
small talk within earshot of what was clearly wildly enjoyable sex. My
free-spirited friend w…
My college drama club did the female Odd Couple . My role was, as always, backstage, as I have zero talent and don't like when people look at me. I was drama club co-chair and stage-managed most shows. I love dressing a show! Even though my 5-member crew had no "on stage" roles, we did get applause...may I boast...? I hate to boast, but I loved this soooo much...here's what we did.🎥 The Challenge
In our theatre we had no curt…
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip was a solid show. It was on during a dark period in my life when every TV show that I loved was getting canceled. I made a list at the time, it's probably in the old blog archives. Studio 60 was Aaron Sorkin's first project post- West Wing , so it had a lot of the Aaron Sorkin players, and the overall look of the show (cameras, lights, titles) was very West Wing . Studio 60 was funny and smart. So of course it …
but first I had a silverman. I think this went well.😀 8-string bass 5-string bass Headless bass with David Letterman sticker and no frets Baby grand piano Juno 60 keyboard DX7 keyboard (I'm blanking on the other keyboards) The Arturia thing The Beatstep KAOSS pads Acoustic guitar Electric guitar Drums V-drums Djembe Buffalo Drum Doumbek Uda Rock tambourine Other tambourine Thu…
“Amazing. So after Trump’s public praise of Vladimir Putin, his attorney general’s meetings with Russians, his campaign chairman’s money laundering, his deputy campaign chairman’s tax fraud, his personal fixer’s secret shell company, his national security adviser’s lies to the FBI, his son’s attempt to get dirt from a foreign adversary and his son-in-law’s secret back channels with that adversary, the person who could end up taking down the pres…
Nuns
🌞
