The Winter Olympics are over and I am astounded at how much better they were than I thought they'd be... even CURLING, which I found out is not a sport for hairdressers on ice. How swell that the US brought home 37 medals, and I am truly glad that the gold for Hockey went to [...]
He won't win the OSCAR, but he must be seen: Colin Firth in A SINGLE MAN. Great flick starring the chicly buttoned up English actor as gay lit professor George Falconer; with his Yeatsian last name he stands on the brink of a cultural riptide, L.A. circa 1962. The film is adapted from the Christopher [...]
I spent this weekend at Foxwoods--NOT GAMBLING; instead, I listened as singers gambled on a shot at the big time: the chance to win the grand prize on COMMUNITY AUDITIONS, New England's oldest and Emmy-award winning talent showcase! I am the center judge, but more like Simon than Paula. We just kicked off the new [...]
It's unavoidable in light of today's big news conference. But I MUST blog about TIGER WOODS and how irritated I am at the notion that he thinks anyone besides his family, and perhaps his business associates(since this hurt his business) requires an apology--privately. I certainly don't, and neither does that idiot man on the street [...]
It opens tomorrow, but we saw it tonight: SHUTTER ISLAND will make you shudder. And think. And keep you guessing. And maybe bore you a little bit too--somewhere 2/3rd of the way through I found my attention going slack, but mostly it's pretty engaging, and this was agreed upon by me, Marji, my daughter and [...]
You may have seen this stunning piece of digital art already, but my friend Cindy brought it to my attention again, and I thought you'd like to be reminded. If you haven't seen it, you are in for a visual treat. In either case, it's simply lovely. Just go to this link: https://www.artgallery.lu/digitalart/women_in_art.html More later.. [...]
THIS JUST IN: Malaria killed King Tut! No kidding. The latest forensic tools have revealed this info, and it was just made public today. It may be the oldest cold case on record. What a relief--I thought it was his cat allergies. And speaking of cats--have you heard of "chatroulette"??? When I first saw that [...]
Today I was up for it: tackling my insurance companies, and cleaning the litter boxes. These tasks have a lot in common. They both require wading through loads of crap with only a burning resolve to clean things up, and a strong stomach. After a good night's sleep and a dark cup of coffee, I [...]
'Tis time to tweet. To wit, that's what they tell me. So I twittered my first tweet, and what do you think happened? Nothing. Something is amiss in the twittosphere--it kicked me out. And then in. And then back out. It never fails; whenever I try to do something technological,that everybody else has no trouble [...]
Just finished having dinner with internationally renowned Chinese cooking expert and cook book writer-- and dear friend Nina Simonds, and her delightful husband Don Rose, formerly of RykoDisc Records and now antique car afficionado and international trader. We are high on snapper, wine,and chocolate,and many stories from Andy Warhol to our crazy families--there's no difference [...]
