Redhead Sighting

Nothing says Happy Holidays like a little misery. I’ve been told that I love this next special because it’s so sad most of the way through. It even has a title song with such uplifting lyrics as: “Nestor was a donkey who seldom laughed or played ‘Cause no one ever used him in the stable…

There is a rare, bittersweet joy in watching the unfolding of a love story that will never be allowed to fully blossom. It’s what makes movies like Malena and Never Let Me Go so poignant, what makes songs like Almost Lover feel so lonely. That stated, the subtext in Going Home was so-not-even-subtext that I will…

The black comedy. What a delicious combination. Fargo. Shaun of the Dead. Death at a Funeral. So I Married an Axe Murderer. Yes, So I Married an Axe Murderer. What can I say? I was young and impressionable and it stuck like spinach between my teeth. Plus, you’ve got to give a bump in watchability to…

If-then statements. How awesome are they? Because they swing both ways. There’s your geometric, deductive-reasoning style ‘If (blank), then (blank)’, which is factual. As in – If all squares are boxes, and all boxes are black, then all squares are black. – OR – If all super-sexy dancers are Latinas, and all Latinas are hot,…

We were totally lovin’ on the post-Thanksgiving sales… online, of course, though we did make a mad dash out on Black Friday to pick up one gift we’d already bought for someone at a considerably lower price. The parking lot wasn’t even half full and we got in and out of the checkout line in…