The other night I was looking for some fiction to read before bedtime, but everything that was close to hand was either fairly dense or in small type, and by the end of the day my eyes are tired. I went rummaging among my daughter’s pre-teen/YA books and found “The Music of Dolphins” by Karen Hesse (in large type!), a…

Also the fact that they never had to replace any of the actors, except for the one who died, which was a reasonable excuse.

I thought it was pretty good. It felt much more like a story told from the inside instead of the outside.

Bound has a cameo by Susie Bright, who was the sex consultant for the movie.

I don’t remember the daughter, but I do remember the Count kissing his dead fellow prisoner goodbye before he makes his daring escape from the ship.

ven though the central character has a ridiculous relationship with a femme-to-the-max Southern belle (in red, no less), I was pleased to see a couple of lesbian characters who *actually looked like the lesbians I know*.

I always wonder how the weathercasters get to the places having terrible weather. If travel is a nightmare, how do they make it?

He was truly an actor’s actor.

This did cross my mind. “Taken 4"!

I read on the internet (so it must be true) of bars where there is a sign in the ladies’ room to the effect of “If you are feeling uncomfortable ask for Rhonda [or some other name]”. You ask the bartender for Rhonda, he says “She’s working in the kitchen,” and he shows you out the back way where they have called you…

It sure looked to me like that had done the deed, which pleased me, but how come guys have their T shirts on after they’ve had sex?

Right - if it pops up and down, it’s lost its vacuum. I had a canned ham that when I investigated had turned into a canned ex-ham. Recently while decluttering the camping stuff - haven’t gone camping since 1997 - I found 2 cans with no labels. One was clearly a sardine/kipper can, the other, who knows. I opened both:…

I’m glad that baby is happy about the chimp, but I wouldn’t be.

You don’t necessarily have to fall asleep. If you can be in a place where your body and mind get to completely relax it will help.

Good advice on sitting up straight. The first time I tok yoga the instructor said “If you want more energy, lengthen your spine.”

The Wachowski brothers, who are now the Wachowski sisters?

And I thought SJW meant “single Jewish woman”. At least it did back when personal ads were in the newspaper, not the internet. Back in the 20th century...

I had never heard of Oshawa until I discovered I had great-great-grandparents from there. Then I found out it’s a city of 140,000, the Detroit of Ontario. This is a dark day indeed for our neighbours.

Skip “Mary Queen of Scots”. Great costuming, of course, Margot Robbie gives a new interpretation of Elizabeth, but basically this movie is filled with angry people being angry and outraged over everything, as well as its being wildly ahistorical. I’m not talking about Mary and Elizabeth never meeting in real life — I…

This episode was so noir I could barely see it on my TV. On the other hand the lighting, or lack of it, made the actors’ eyes glitter. I don’t know if that was intentional.