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First, if you don’t like the movie Mary Poppins, you can stop reading this. I’m not going to try and change your mind about the film. I think it is a wonderful film, charming, plenty of great songs and while Dick Van Dyke may have an accent that screams everything under the sun other than…
What do you mean I haven’t ripped my Aretha Franklin yet? If you’ve been reading my blog since the beginning in 2009, which, according to the numbers you haven’t, you would know that ripping my CDs to MP3 format is a multi-year process. We’re coming up on 5 years now. And today I learned I…
People were shocked with Henry Fonda portrayed a bad guy in 1968’s Once Upon A Time In The West. It was, however, not his first turn as a villain. In 1939’s Jesse James Henry Fonda portrayed Frank James, brother and coconspirator to outlaw Jesse James, here portrayed by Tyrone Power. The film was so successful…
Have I watched this before? I have vague memories of The Ghost And Mrs. Muir. The book was written in 1945 and this film version was released in 1947. The story would be then turned into a television sitcom in the late 60s. Widow Mrs. Muir (Gene Tierny) moves away from her ex-in-laws and finds…
Every year I participate in an exercise – Beatles Week. No, it’s not like NaBloPoMo, an organized event for bloggers, but it should be. At this point I’m the only one who does it. Originally created by Mark on his personal blog in 2008 I followed suit in 2009 and have been “carrying the torch”…
Nope. No pictures of Thanksgiving. Remember when I posted about Déla’s gymnastics championship? This week the next quarter of gymnastics started up and the final standings were posted. Her team tied for first, but for some reason was awarded second place. Note some of those great team names. Also this week at gymnastics Xavier was…
I was worried going into Despicable Me 2. The first film wasn’t exactly a “breath of fresh air” but it was somewhat original. It was funny and heartwarming. I was worried the sequel didn’t really have anything to say and would sort of wind up going in the Cars 2 direction of creating a decent…
I’m putting Xavier, age 3, down for nap yesterday afternoon. I wasn’t looking forward to his waking up with a Pull-Up full of solids.