When he gets very emotional … when he gets very emotional indeed.

"I once saw an alien playing with a space ruby the size of a tangerine . . ."

It was only 16 eons old!

B'oh!

Oh no, he's dishing out the strawberries!

I love The Giving Tree. It's depressing, bleak, and sentimental.

HEH, that's excellent Jimmy. It's like your grandparents grew up in a Peanuts strip!

I reread The Westing Game a few months ago, and damned if it isn't just as smart, funny, and enchanting as ever. I've heard that Raskin's The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I Mean Noel) is quite good too, but I haven't read it.

As a Southern Californian who had never experienced snow, The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena was a particular favorite of mine.

This might have been mentioned already, but as a kid I loved The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, and still do! That there is some excellent comedy.

Pete Postlethwaite is in both!

Amistad is far from Spielberg's best, but the production values are high and seeing the 1830s recreated is pretty neat, oh, AND Nigel Hawthorne plays Martin Van Buren, which, for me, is very exciting.

Aww, it's cute! And HEH, it's described as a "small, stocky wader" - how adorable is that?

Friends, friends! I've got barnacles on my toches!

There's an idea! Thanks!

Niiiice. What's the program?

You know, I've spent a lot of time thinking about the bow tie. I've even worn one on occasion, but I just can't fully commit to it. I wonder if, perhaps, it's just not my thing.

This news item caught my eye yesterday, and almost made me wistful for New Hampshire. Almost: http://boston.cbslocal.com/….

The kind British folks at Charles Tyrwhitt sent me a $20 voucher! I plan on using it to purchase a new necktie,  and have it narrowed down to the following three, I think:

They're ungulates.