Now I remember. That was unfortunate.

That series instigated my OTP of Storm/Wolverine.

Christmas dinner was completely outsourced: tamales, refried beans and rice from a local pupaseria and a Mexican grocery chain.

The famous Marcella Hazan tomato sauce recipe throws in half an onion that gets thrown out at the end. Maybe that will help mellow out the acid?

But it wasn't a Failure Bowl.

A shame … I'd spot you.

Did I mention I put together a freakin' desk? Because I did. 26 pieces of wood, infinite plastic and metal bits. 2 1/2 days (not every minute, of course). There's still the cabinet door & hutch and USB ports to put in, but it's mostly done and quite usable.

Condolences …

Coolness!

500 Days!
500 Nights!
To know MLA's heart …
500 Days!
500 Nights!
To know MLA's heart …
And a little more
Before she gets a chip

I still don't get the backlash to Shakespeare in Love, but I would have to look up what it went up against. Then again, maybe I don't really care to understand because TOM STOPPARD IS WONDERFUL.

The heck you say?

I think the odds of full-on race war and concentration camps a la Nazi Germany is practically nil. However, Nazism embraced eugenics and forced sterilization, and they looked to how they were put into practice in American states. And let's not forget that over 4700 people were killed via lynchings in the U.S. over an…

Appropos of nothing at all, I tuned into TCM near the end of The Whales of August to see if I could catch the TCM In Memoriam video. Just a couple of things:

Upvoted for Cupid.

Now, how did Lucasfilm avoid a C&D letter from Frank Herbert's estate?

But what about the Spice?

I love that movie, and that role - you are right, Carrie would have made an awesome wise-cracking sidekick in a screwball comedy.

Last I heard, he was pretty ebullient over the Cubs' victory.

I can't say whether his scores are memorable as pieces of music separate from their films. I can say that his scores are iNCREDIBLY EASY to imprint on while watching and listening to a film.