This will be coming out in March, apparently.

Alan Rickman directs and plays Louis XIV and, overall, the cast looks promising. This looks to be an interesting watch - perhaps even a good one:

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If you are of a certain age, you are unlikely to have escaped that oh-so-unmistakeable hairstyle known as the mullet ( Read more... )

Three thanks are in order -

1. Thanks to all the lovlies who joined in the very enjoyable discussion on the post on fan fiction I did the other day - I had a very busy day after posting, and came back to find all these great observations and to's and fro's... with tangents going off in a chocolate direction for good measure!  How perfect is that?!

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The erotica writer's meme that's been going around has gotten me thinking about period slang, what's used today, and it's history.

( An example of slang that goes WAY back )

I'M PIMPING AGAIN!

(that yellow fedora and purple caddie are looking more and more appealing...did I mention it had leopard print upholstery?)

YES! ..... You MUST check out the latest round of the oh so addictive and so much fun

HP CAPTION COMPETITION!            Lucius insists! and what Lucius wants.... Lucius gets!


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I felt I should apologise to Severus as well, for being distracted by other yummy men for a while,  but when I did, he curled his lip in a sneer, looked me up and down as if I was something he'd found on the bottom of his boot (it makes me go all weak when he does that!), told me not to call him Severus,  and said he didn't give a flying hippogriff ( Read more... )