I'm learning to say 'y'all' and I like grits. Strange things are happening to me."
~ Mitt Romney, in Pacagoula, Mississippi quoted on Huffington Post"He (Romney) had blue jeans on, he likes grits. I like to see a man when he’s holding a baby, and he looks like he’s held a baby before ( Read more... )

Cross-posted Here @ severmore

You'll be happy to hear that AR has now been added to the Actors Who Were Snubbed List on American Movie Classics. I wrote an email the other day to the Film Historian, Tim Dirks, who handles their impressively large historical database, and he wrote right back to me. He said they might even consider my idea to have an Alan ( Read more... )

Reviews for Deathly Hallows Part Two are raising eyebrows because people from outside of fandom are refreshingly blunt and to-the-point about what they see in the movie. It's like a breath of fresh air (to Snape fans at least)  to see the series through the eyes of the newbies, who aren't hobbled (or beaten down) by years of nonsensical going ( Read more... )

Continuing our lengthy discussion from My Previous Post which is getting up towards 120 posts. Anyone may still post on that thread as well, if they choose to keep slugging it out. But I was beginning to miss posts and lose my way, so here's a new roll of parchment for all of you.

Every spring in the U.S. we see "Senior Superlatives" for each high ( Read more... )

Is my title too obvious?  Apparently not for some readers. Someone posted a message on my Livejournal today about that line in the canon, but before I could respond, they deleted it.

Perhaps they realized their message contained erroneous information. However, since they did not choose to return to correct themselves, I think it's a good idea to do ( Read more... )

You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd.
~ Flannery O'Connor

The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true.
~ Carl Sagan ( Read more... )

Some thoughts about recent Oscar-nominated movie portrayals compared to Snape's characterization.

Are complex and unhappy characters just naturally more interesting?  And why are they fascinating even when they aren't sweet, understanding, PC, "normal" or nice? Can imperfect characters still teach us something important?

The two movies I will ( Read more... )

"I think it's important to realize that I was actually black before the election,"
~ President Obama to talk-show host David Letterman, who had asked him about people who seem upset about his race.

"How long have you been a black man?"
~ Letterman's response to Pres. Obama

"I know why they wanted me in this last film, which was to create a bridge ( Read more... )

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You can now watch the documentary "We are Wizards" online in it's entirety on HULU. Fascinating stuff. Can't wait to read the comments on this one! There is some bad language and the F-bomb.

If you haven't heard alot of Wizard Wrock band lyrics, this is a good introduction.  I admit to knowing almost nothing about the phenomenon.

Couple of ( Read more... )