Ah, Redhead, How I Have Missed Thee

All my favorite books read well aloud. I like sentences that find their own distinctive rhythms, while maintaining the cadence of the stories in which they are written. I despise long blocks of back-and-forth dialogue with no references as to who is speaking. I actually like adverbs. Most of the time. I appreciate writing that…

It was several years ago that I first fell into unrequited lust with Caitlin Keats. It was this Oil of Olay commercial that first carried her into the Realm of Riley™. Then came this Olay commercial and then this Olay commercial. She’s paying the bills with commercial work, because the powers that be are clearly…

Chocolate, chocolate, sweet decadent, melty-finger chocolate. What do I really need to say? Honestly, unless you have an allergy (my sincerest sympathies) or an abnormal palate, you already know the virtues of chocolate. Cocoa is simply one of the most precious commodities on earth. It’s one of those rare earthly substances that, when sweetened and solidified…

– OR – How Emma and Regina Learned to Stop Bickering and Love the Banter – OR – Anyone But Mulan It was kind of an unfortunate Sunday evening of TV. It all started with the opening minutes of The Walking Dead, which Daryl summed up quite nicely with his ‘It’s like a freaking romance…