Okay, I’m going to be that person. Immaculate conception refers to Mary’s conception, not Jesus’. It does not mean that a conception occurred without sex. Mary’s parents had sex and Mary was conceived but her soul was not marked by the stain of original sin. That’s where the “immaculate” part of immaculate…

Apropos of nothing, I don’t like Mario Batali simply because he’s friends with Gwenyth Paltrow and calls her by some ridiculous nickname like “Pals.”

The time frame is January 1-December 31 of the precious year. The movie does not need to be distributed nationwide to qualify. It only need to be shown in a commercial movie theatre in L.A. for seven consecutive days to qualify. That’s why you’ll see smaller indie films have a limited release (usually New York and…

Libel also refers to the audio or video broadcast of the defamatory statement so she would have a libel and slander case. To win, she could convince a jury that he had assaulted her (and the burden of proof on this is much lower than in a criminal case nor does it require a unanimous jury). Not as impossible a task…

Elizabeth Montgomery will always be Bewitched to me but she also starred in a made-for-tv remake of Dark Victory with Anthony Hopkins that was so tragically romantic. There’s a scene where Hopkins go to caress the side of Montgomery’s face and the yearning and despair and love in the gesture is heartbreaking. It…

A friend of mine worked on a short film she showed during her concert in L.A. last year. I don’t know if she still shows this film or,if it was just a one off for the concert. Anyways, she says that Barbra Streisand is every bit the control freak her reputation says she is. My friend called her “crazy.” But the…

Also, it doesn’t address the fact that women suffer from mental illnesses as much as men do but you don’t see them shooting up schools and churches. So it’s obviously NOT just mental illness.

I remember being so annoyed by that door scene because all I could think was “If she’d stayed on that damn lifeboat instead of jumping off, he would have had that whole door to himself and nobody would’ve had to die.”

There’s also Renee and Ramon, both of whom also have good reputations. Sheen wasn’t always such a good guy, though. He was an alcoholic until his late 30s, early 40s. So he probably wasn’t an ideal parent for during his kids’ early years. That being said, having an asshole father is no excuse for being a rapist.

I love the small things he does. Like he noticed what book a woman was reading and commented on how he had enjoyed the book and asked her opinion about the book. He’s not just going through the motions.

As someone who worked in the legal field for over 35 years, I can tell you that there isn’t an attorney out there who would’ve picked Obama to be on their jury, and it’s not because he was a lawyer. It’s because he would’ve had undue influence on the rest of the panel. Chances are most of the panel would’ve voted…

A boss of mine once told me I needed to change my attitude (he had yelled at me over a mistake I made and I walked out of his office, telling him he knew where to find me when he was ready to talk to me in a normal tone of voice). He warned me “You need this job.” I responded “No, I need A job. I don’t need THIS…

You can find Seasons 1-4 on Dailymotion.

You’re absolutely right. They are.

PBS does not have the first 4 seasons that aired in the U.K. Forsome reason, they started airing GBBO in the U.S. with Season 5 of the show but called it Season 1. The only way to see the first 4 seasons is through bootleg sources.

Go to Daily motion for Seasons 1-4. Search for Great British Bake-off Season 1. Then scroll down to the bottom of the page for playlists and there will be a play list for each season. Do this for each season. Sometimes you’ll have to click on”more playlists” for the season you’re looking for. After you’ve finished…

Goddammit, white people. Can you just quit it, already?

In most states, a 25 year sentence is what you’ll get in the U.S. for 2nd degree murder.

I love the story she tells of Brooke Shield’s mom at Brooke’s wedding.

Last week’s episode had a storyline where the engineer nerd was freaking out that he was going to have a boy because he didn’t know how to be a father to a boy since he was inept at playing sports. There was a whole discussion on what it meant to be a man that was rooted in sexist stereotypes.