There is so much eating in those stories! Uderzo could draw food like no one else. When I was little I used to ask if we could have roast boar for dinner because Obelix makes it looks so good when he SCRUNCH SCRUNCHES them down, one after the other. Remember the cheese fondue in the Switzerland story?

This is a real sweet spot for me, I LOVE movie soirees! The great ball at the end of The Leopard is beautiful but I don't think I'd want to be there (see: the brief shot of the room full of chamber pots.) The big orgy as the meteor approaches at the end of Le fin du monde is visually exciting but not my sort of thing…

Now, if I had written that letter, I'd have surrounded the "on board" part of the letterhead with HA HA HAs. I'd have drawn little waves just below the White Star flag and blub blub blub air bubbles all around it. My text would also be accompanied by an illustration of the Captain with a RUH ROH expression and a…

Tomorrow night I'm watching Jason and the Argonauts. I've seen it lots of times but I'm not worried at all I'll get sick of it, I love it so much. On Tuesday I watched Pasolini's Medea again because I thought it might be interesting to absorb these two movies one after the other. I'm not sure why Medea isn't more…

Diskwiss, you just ate another post! Don't make me regret standing up for you!

I had soda tonight for my movie and I am very proud to say I didn't accidentally shake it or anything so ALL of it wound up in my glass. But I accidentally got the Pepsi with caffeine. Caffeine is no good for me, I get too alert and I can't sleep. I know you've said a few times that Coke makes you hyper! I'm going…

Maitland, you are of course right about Wind in the Willows, and about weasels, but I'm shocked you learned so little from Toad's selfish misadventures.

If this house wasn't haunted and it wasn't the middle of the night I'd be in the attic right now digging out my giant Richard Scarry board book with The Country Mouse and The City Mouse. The message of that story remains as strong as ever: cloche hats are a gateway to PERIL.

Diskwiss, you're not just going to stand there doing nothing while Kinja barges in and takes over, are you?

I'm so happy to hear how much you are enjoying your life right now! Don't even think about school, pretend there's no such thing as school. Except art school, that's okay. Will EB be taking time off school when Cocoa Puff is born?

Diskwiss, if Kinja is as bad as everyone says, then I am sorry for every rotten thing I've ever said about you! Unless you eat my last post, then I take it all back.

Claudia!!! I'm so happy to know that you are all right and that Cocoa Puff is healthy and happy!

I'm glad to know its true! I did a search before posting but couldn't find it.

I'm certain I once read the account of a survivor who was on board when the last bit of the Titanic slipped underwater and he described his disembarkation as merely stepping off! He didn't even get his hair wet! It didn't sound at all like a violent plunge. I might be remembering it wrong.

That's sad about your chickens. I discovered only this year how vicious raccoons can be. I came across one in the forest with what seemed to be a hurt leg. I called the wildlife people and then waited with the little creature for over an hour. It was chilly out and I wanted to put the poor thing in my lap to keep…

Floyd, regarding privacy, I just meant that about the internet in general! Of course I am always aware that everything typed online is searchable so I don't ever type anything I consider private. About chatting with Claudia though I think you'll find that while she is regularly very funny, I mostly just mention…

Hi Floyd! I do hope everything is okay with Claudia. I totally understand if she can't post anymore because she has so much going on now. It means a lot to me how much she shared here and I'm very glad that we were able to chat as long as we did!

A few months ago I became overwhelmed with the desire to sneak off for a hike in the middle of the night without a flashlight. But in the pitch blackness I couldn't find the entrances to my trails! So I had to stick to a road out of town which I could only follow by looking straight down at my feet which were just…

I've wondered about that because it is such an odd sight! I wonder if they thought having the movie's sex object arrive on horseback was too obvious? And that in any event they wanted to demonstrate that Mr. Dean was a practical man who didn't put on airs? They certainly succeeded in making his legs the centre of…

Kathleen Byron in Black Narcissus is the scariest nun ever, driven quite reasonably to madness by the lusty and hairy-legged Mr. Dean! When she appears in the doorway at the end, all waxen and red-eyed, I nearly jumped out of my skin! Its a terrifying moment. Anyone thinking of taking their vows should first watch…