The Full Brontë

Mr. Rochester is a hard role for an actor to play. He must be, in equal parts, fearsome, winsome, tormented, provocative, intimidating and charming. The perfect Byronic hero, riddled with secrets and doubts, a living portrait of frustrated idealism.
If I may say so, Toby Stephens has proven himself up to the task.
This week we watched [...]

Re: "The Office" Season Finale

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

Embarrassing Confession #77

Wow, I can’t believe I’m going to admit this, but I’m running out of revealing secrets to share on my blog, so here it goes:
I have actually written fanfiction.
Yes, I realize this makes me a hopeless dork.
For those of you scratching your heads, I will explain. Fanfiction is what happens when a rabid fan of [...]

Who Needs Nun-chucks?

After her bath today, I was carefully combing the tangles out of Katie’s wet hair, a lengthy and delicate ordeal that usually leaves both of us frustrated. Fortunately, Katie recently asked to get her long hair cut short, a proposal I readily agreed to. We’re going to make an appointment as soon as possible.
“You know,” [...]

A Time for Heroes

Many of you know how exciting it is to bring a new life into the world. You come home from the hospital ecstatic, exhausted, and maybe a little overwhelmed at the thought of learning all there is to learn about loving and protecting this beautiful child who has been dropped into your life like your [...]

Our Handbags, Ourselves

As questions go, it’s a bit personal, but for Taryn, I’ll answer it:
What’s in my purse?

Where do I start?
In the movie How To Lose a Guy In Ten Days, Benjamin Barry tells his friends that a woman’s purse is her “secret source of power.” How right he is. Whether she carries a tiny clutch or [...]

Meme

Thanks to friends Sarah and Sandra Eileen, I’ve been tagged twice for this latest meme, which I’ll get to in a moment. First, I wanted to take a look at the word “meme”, which I (wrongly) assumed, from context, was pronounced “me-me” (as in “Look at ME! Let’s talk about ME! Here’s something you didn’t [...]

Brotherly Love

I was driving Katie to school yesterday morning when a longsuffering sigh rattled forth from the back seat. I shared the sentiments behind the sigh; it had been a pretty chaotic morning, due in no small part to the kind of sibling bickering that makes one seriously doubt the possibility of peace on earth.
“What’s up, [...]