Presumably very few viewers (apart from us) would already be aware that she was German (Prussian, actually), and besides, there is an unwritten rule that in any costume drama not set in America everybody speaks with a British accent. Even if it’s ancient Rome.

Also he died. My juvenile biography of her (sanitized, of course), stated that she fainted when she heard of his death. “When she was revived she fainted again, and afterwards she had convulsions.” I always found that so romantic.

Sorry, I meant to type “Waugh”.

No, pantheism essentially means that God/the divine is in everything - trees, rocks, etc. - not that all gods are accepted. I believe, however, that the really correct term for what I described above is “panentheism”.

So did they allude to King Saul asking the Witch of Endor to call up the shade of Samuel? That’s the only Biblical ghost I can think of (unless you count the risen Christ).

I recently read a charming collection of essays and stories entitled “The Seven Deadly Sins” from 1962, edited by Ian Fleming. Each sin is examined by a different British writer, including Wauch and Auden. Dame Edith Sitwell opines that pride is not such a bad thing, someone else observes that envy is the one sin that…

To the show’s credit, Haley’s birthing was normal, instead of the emergency drama usaully portrayed.

Tattoo.

Our local art house scheduled extra screenings. As expected, everyone there was clearly a fan, in fact it was almost like watching it in someone’s living room. If you‘ve never paid much attention to the series it may not be of interest, but if you’re a fan, well, you have to go, and it is exactly as you imagine it. It…

I made most of the recipes in the book and they were pretty good. However, it was still a bummer to find out that the authors were not hip-hop types, Latinos from East LA, or tattooed hipsters from Brooklyn, but middle-aged and middle-class. The profanity was amusing at first but got old quickly.

Very true in the late sixties-seventies. In April 1969, when I visited one of the colleges I had applied to, “Oliver!” was showing, and it was still there when I returned in September. Eventually some of the venues became repertory theaters and just showed the Marx Brothers all the time.

I must have seen this on TV not long after it came out, because I recall some language censorship during the kids-confront-the-city-fathers scene. The scene that I’ve always remembered, though, is the rape perpetrated upon Billy Jack’s very tough wife. (I forgot it was Delores Taylor; I’d remembered her as Verna…

I wouldn’t mind that sight of Putin if he had a hairy chest.

I was one of those horse-crazy girls who developed into a boy-crazy girl. Strangely there is no term for being horse-crazy even though it is a well-known phenomenon. Hippophilia? Maybe that sounds more kinky than it is. I was bitten by one, too, which was a terrifying experience at the age of eleven. This was at day…

I’ve actually done that, but I wrapped the ice cube in a paper towel so it wouldn’t leak all over me.

Obviously a direct quote from a tweet.

I would assume it depends on whether the eyeball itself has been injured, in which case I’d rather get medical attention, or if it’s just swollen flesh around the eye.

Country music is not my thing, but actually I assume it’s not my thing, yet this history shows how truly varied it is. Blues, bluegrass, gospel, and songs I had always thought of as pop or rock & roll, and the development of one form of popular culture.

Ah, the new seasons, which would start around now or just after Labor Day, just like school. For old-timers it’s strange to have series begin in February, August, or October.

A class act all the way. R.I.P.