Incoherent Rambling
YHB happened to be watching television the other day (for the next month or so, I will be with satellite television and without broadband; for the last year I had broadband but barely had broadcast TV. I prefer the other…
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Charlie and Mr. Willy Wonka
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YHB doesn’t see a lot of movies, or at least hasn’t seen very many in the last few years. I did see the Tim Burton Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, though. I’m a big fan of Mr. Burton’s flicks, and…
Book Report: James and the Giant Peach
Your Humble Blogger had forgotten how short James and the Giant Peach is. That’s not bad, actually; I prefer a skimpy book to a padded one. Other things I had forgotten about James include the Cloud Men (who take up…
Puff Piece: Countdown
Richard Whiteley has died. Now that might not mean much to you, Gentle Readers, but it gives me a chance for a bit of a Puff Piece, such as been sadly lacking round these parts. In addition to being the…
World Famous, in Poland
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I’ve had a soft spot for the late Anne Bancroft ever since I happened to see An Audience with Mel Brooks on cable in 1983. He was pushing his new film, To Be or Not To Be, which as it…
Card, playing, right?
So, Gentle Reader, I’m sure that you have already decided that you have better things to do than to worry about that essay everybody keeps blogging, where Orson Scott Card debunks the Force. Or something. His conclusion appears to be…
Films, Actresses, Roles
OK, so one of the things about being a nerd, is that when Your Humble Blogger looked at the results of the Oscars, the immediate thought was “how often does that happen?”, followed by research to see whether the perceived…
Puff Piece: Between the Lions
Your Humble Blogger should remember to do puff pieces with much greater frequency; I’m not really as cranky as I seem on-line. And, as it happens, my Perfect Non-Reader is learning to read Between the Lions. Now, just the title…