"He is a very great loss. He had a large loving mind and the strongest sympathy with the poorer classes."

That was from Queen Victoria, taken from a journal entry two days after Charles Dickens' death in 1870. I love both the genuine feeling of the sentiment and the regal detachment of it. Of one major historical figure commenting on another.

So sayeth blogger That Little Round Headed Boy, "This list means nothing, except to me. It's a list of 50 movies that gave me pleasure over the past decade. I can say without reservation that I would watch any of these again. Would I say that all of them are great films, however great films are supposed to be defined? Probably not. But that's ( Read more... )

1. Reply to this post, and I will pick six of your icons.
2. Make a post (including the meme info) and talk about the icons I chose.
3. Other people can then comment to you and make their own posts.
4. This will create a never-ending cycle of icon glee.

mudpuppy83  picked a pack of:


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Merry Christmas!


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I got my birthday cake today, I'm saving it for tomorrow but I needed cheering up. I'm coming to a rather uncomfortable realization. America, it's going to take Sarah Palin eating a puppy whole on live national television for 51 percent of you to stop acting like she's the cutest lil' button Alaska ever thawed out isn't it? It is? Well good to know ( Read more... )

Back when AMC was worth a damn there was a summer where Long Hot Summer  was on constant rotation. And my dad got cable so on the weekends we would spend with him every time it played he, my sister, and I would watch it. They're doing a fiftieth anniversary showing of the film and Dad invited me over to dinner to watch it. It'll feel like I'm ( Read more... )

Rather than play catch up over the past month, I'll let Steve do the talking for this one...


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1) Are you currently in a serious relationship?

No.

2) What was your dream growing up?

That I would be an astronaut/paleontologist/archaeologist/actor/dancer/movie star/writer/director when I grew up. And have a house with a pool. I kinda fell short I must admit.

3) What talent do you wish you had?

I wish I could play the guitar.

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