Old Books

I did a meme not long ago and one of the questions in the meme was: The Oldest Book on your Shelf.  I interpreted it to mean, the oldest book UNread on your shelf.  That would be Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.  Even that isn’t totally unread, I did read about 250 pages and set [...]

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Why Don’t Men Read Pern?

(This post is written by both Pat and Cath)
Ok.. don’t get me wrong, some men have read Anne McCaffrey’s books.  But, Cath and I were talking on IM the other day and the topic of dragon books came up and that, naturally, led to Anne McCaffrey’s Pern books. (..and Master Harper Robinton, which both of [...]

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Admit One

Admit One   by Emmett James.
 
 
Paperback: 220 pages Publisher: Wheatmark (December 30, 2007) ISBN-10: 1587369133
Product Description Set in Croydon, South London, in the 1980s, Admit One details how self-deprecating writer Emmett James escaped from the pains of adolescence by going to the cinema. Through wry wit and observation, the writer reflects, obsesses, and rages [...]

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My Very Own Award

First, I want to thank everyone who commented on my “older Generation” post..  I really am not sleeping well and I know part of it is stress… the rest is probably old age!  I will be calling AARP this week and I’ll let you know the outcome.  I probably will take whatever I have to… [...]

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Inkheart: the Movie!

Inkheart…..
Brendan Fraser …  Mo ‘Silvertongue’ Folchart Eliza Bennett …  Meggie Folchart  Paul Bettany …  Dustfinger Helen Mirren …  Elinor Loredan Andy Serkis …  Capricorn

It’s not often I get to the theater to see a new movie, but occasionally the impossible happens.  (of course it helps that I’ve been waiting nearly a year and a [...]

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Huckleberry Finn 1960

 

Huckleberry Finn
Tony Randall …  The King of France Archie Moore …  Jim Eddie Hodges …  Huckleberry Finn Patty McCormack …  Joanna Wilkes Neville Brand …  Pap Finn Mickey Shaughnessy …  The Duke Judy Canova …  Sheriff’s wife Andy Devine …  Mr. Carmody Sherry Jackson …  Mary Jane Wilkes Buster Keaton …  Lion Tamer Finlay [...]

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In Spite of Myself: Christopher Plummer

Now and then I really enjoy a biography, or autobiography, or memoir.  Over the years I’ve read a number of them.  Not a lot by any means, as I only read the ones I think will interest me.
And so I noted when Christopher Plummer released a book called “In Spite of Myself“, and immediately [...]

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The Older Generation

Ok, so.. you youngsters are going to tune this post out, and that’s ok.  But just remember one thing… no matter how impossible it seems to you now, one day, with luck, you will be old.   Sound like a depressing post?  Yep. It is.
It has to do with Social Security and the healthcare you get [...]

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David Copperfield. Masterpiece Theater

David Copperfield (a BBC production of Masterpiece Theater 1999)

 When I had seen this dvd and saw that Daniel Radcliff played the young David Copperfield and that Maggie Smith was in it playing the Aunt Betsy Trotwood and even Ian McKellan has a small part I knew I had to have it, and so I [...]

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Lifetime Achievement Award

The SAG Awards (Screen Actors Guild) has decided to give James Earl Jones a Lifetime Achievement Award! January 25, 2009.
Nominated and voted on by the Guild’s National Honors and Tributes Committee, the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award is bestowed for outstanding achievement in fostering the finest ideals of the acting profession.
 
James Earl Jones [...]

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