Saturday, November 24, 2007

No Country for Old Men (2007)


Blood. Guts. Vomit. Lidocaine. Betadine. More Blood. Cotton Balls. General Mayhem. Even More Blood. And Tommy Lee Jones to secure the premises. Yes, it's another frothy romantic comedy from the Coen Brothers! Based on the novel by Cormac Mccarthy, it features an excellent cast, doing their thing, excellently. And if you're asking me what you should see next (in my spare time I dabble in film advisory), I would have to say:
Fargo (if you haven't seen it yet, but I know you have)
Kill Bill
A Simple Plan
Shallow Grave
and you MUST see:
Before Night Falls (to catch the ever amazing Javier Bardem in a totally different kind of part, in the role that put him on the cinematic map).

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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Bestsellers I'd like to see

1) Harry Potter and the Wheel of Fortune, by I.M. Rowling Endoe, as told to Alex Trebek

2) Conversations with God: He doesn't exist by the way, by Christopher Bitching

3) Meditations for Women Who Shop Too Much, by Deepokit Shoprah

4) The Little Black Book of Little Black Books, by Vera and Wang

5) How Starbucks Made Me Change of a Dollar, by J. "Kick" Backus

... and the future of reading is here!

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Monday, November 19, 2007

People Who Read People


People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive issue has arrived (the next best issue to Best-and-Worst-Dressed) and they finally got it right this time. Not in their selection (Matt Damon), but in their tongue firmly-implanted-in-cheek attitude. In addition to tributes and platitudes from Ben Affleck ("I've know Matt for 27 years and being Sexiest is the only thing he's ever truly cared about") and George Clooney ("I believe in the event that he can't serve, the former Sexiest Man can take over, so if he slips up, I'm ready to take back the crown"), there's a letter from the anointed one himself ("Ditching Clooney as a campaign manager and going with Brad for the final push was an emotional decision") and an article from Jimmy Kimmel on what he would do if he were chosen ("I would dedicate my life to helping people in other countries to be more sexy...I'd lay claim to Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Jennifer Aniston and all future Jennifers."). Cute. Very cute.

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Sunday, November 18, 2007

The Talk of the Biblioblogosphere


It has recently come to my attention that Library Journal has listed the top 25 library blogs.
Keep on plugging away, Disorganized Librarian, you will reach the top!!

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Sunday, November 11, 2007

Seriously, the funniest book, ever


I am reading what must be the sickest, most politically incorrect, most fun (if not for all the tragedy) book ever, Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth, 73rd Edition. a parody of reference atlases everywhere, complete with maps, map keys, pie charts, and line graphs.
Excerpts:
Rhode Island, the basic unit of geographic measurement, exists solely for the purpose of describing how big other landmasses are.

A rich and chronologically arranged land, where flash photography is expressly forbidden and cell phones must remain turned off at all times, Egypt is bordered by a collection of medieval manuscripts to the east, Greek and Roman sculptures to the west, and Renaissance art one floor up.

Buy it today!

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Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Another show I'm sorta into...


Am currently wending my way through Season one of the DVDs of Nip/Tuck (or, as I prefer to call it, Snip/Stuck), looking forward to getting to all the cool guest stars in Season three (or is it four)? Would love to have sat in on the pitch meeting for this show: "ER meets Two and a Half Men" or perhaps "Six Feet Under meets The Odd Couple?"

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Monday, November 05, 2007

Runnin' Down a Dream


Last night I watched a documentary directed by Peter Bogdanovich, of all people, on that Sara Lee of rock 'n roll bands, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Their (and his, solo) back catalogue of hits is near to amazing: Runnin' down a dream, Free Fallin', American Girl, Don't Come Around Here No More, Refugee, Learning to Fly, I Won't Back Down, Gimme Some Money, uh, no, wait....(:) What I liked about it most, was that, unlike many a rockumentarian, Bogdanovich didn't cut away in the middle of a song, and let us hear the whole thing. Fan-tastic!

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Sunday, November 04, 2007

Thoughts while watching the New York City Marathon


If Gore had been elected, the leaves would have turned by now....

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Saturday, November 03, 2007

Post-Halloween meltdown


My Favorite Halloween Candy:

Butterfingers
(Awesome!)
Cadbury Fruit and Nut Bar (Delish!)
Ferrero Rocher (the Best!)
Hershey's Kisses (Lipsmackingly Great!)
Kit-Kat Bars (Yummo!)
Lindt Peanut Butter Truffles (Amazing!)
M & M's (a Timeless Classic!)
Mounds and/or Almond Joy (Vacationy!)
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (a Taste Sensation!)
Carob Covered Rice Cake (Well, anyway, it's organic!)

...and just think, Thanksgiving is right around the corner....

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