One of my teenage male psychotherapy clients brought me the following excerpt from "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", very concerned, asking whether J.K. Rowling had done this on purpose or whether he was just "a big pervert for reading it this way". It was all I could do not to crack up in his face.

I'll let y'all be the judge:

(Mr. ( Read more... )

A belated "Happy 35th" to our beloved Gale Harold -- inveterate hottie, (mostly) undiscovered talent, and wildly inconsistent interviewee ( Read more... )

I suddenly realized in clearing my desk this evening that, although I had written my thoughts out longhand while watching this ep, I had not in fact posted them anywhere. So to avoid the embarrassment of posting them in a public forum two hours before Sunday, I'm putting them here...where it's almost guaranteed no one will see them. Here goes ( Read more... )

OK, I am not a big believer in the merits of searching for the love of one's life on-line -- despite the fact that a close friend from college is marrying someone she met just that way in August -- but I'm putting in a plug here. You've probably seen the ads on TV -- grandfatherly/preacher type talking about finding your soul mate. Checked it out ( Read more... )

Went to see a screening at the Walters Art Museum, hosted by the Maryland Film Festival, and (much to the gladness of my QAF-loving heart) met Charlie Hunnam -- aka Nathan from the UK series -- who was there to do a Q & A. Met him, shook his hand, and he's just as yummy close up. In person, anyway; in the movie, he's evil and nasty and nigh unto ( Read more... )

OK, this rant started to be included in a movie review I was going to write, until I realized that the actual details of the film were rather irretrievably lost in the sea of commentary. So I'm subjecting you to it ( Read more... )

Just caught this again on the Sundance Channel; I say again because I saw it at the Tribeca Film Festival last spring. Very special. Rather amazing, really, given that it's an indie film from a first-time director. It covers 48 hours in the lives of two deeply flawed people who are drawn to one another immediately, and who help one another to heal ( Read more... )

And this is what I get for trolling around the Internet at quarter-to-six in the fcuking morning. Real Person Fic. And I read it. All the way through. And it's all Roz's fault.

I can at least be comforted by the fact that she's in the handbasket right next to me.

S.

Hmm, my own private forum to talk about whatever I want, whenever I want. Why do I feel this sudden surge of power coursing through me? And why do I think people should be frightened ( Read more... )