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Normally,I don't discuss my personal life on this blog but something has recently happened that will have some impact on what is written...

So,Little Sister and I went to see our last movie of the year,Brokeback Mountain. I feel slightly redundant in summerizing the plot,given th...

Dear Alyson, First off,congrats on your post Buffy career;your reoccuring role on Veronica Mars as Trina Echolls rocks and altho I haven...

With the holidays drawing near and my being able to avoid the current MTA strike due to being off for a few days,this seems like a good time...

What makes a Christmas movie? Sure,this may seem obvious but if you're sick of the same old stuff to watch(I love A Christmas Story but ...

The Golden Globe nominations were announced this morning(click blog title for link to the list)and while I am glad to see certain folks get...

As I sit here by the window watching my neighborhood turn into a winter wonderland of Narnian proportions,I felt the urge to skip the usual ...

So,I'm eagerly awaiting the big two-hour season finale of Nip/Tuck,where the true identity of The Carver(who has his/her own MySpace acc...

So,I ventured forth alone to the multiplex(Little Sister teamed up with Mom to commense the household holiday shopping)to check out Aeon Flu...

Well,it's that time of year when folks decided to celebrate the season of winter's arrival by divebombing into the stores and fighti...

Suzanne Strempek Shea is one of those authors you discover while browsing thru your local library or well stocked bookstore on a quiet day t...

I must share the pain here,folks-someone not only let Nicole Richie write a book but decided to publish it for all and sundry. More than one...

I've been in a reading rut lately(starting and then stopping with some books,leaving off for abit with others)so as a jumpstart,I decide...

Jarhead hit the big screen yesterday and my usual partner in crime,Little Sister,joined me at a rather well attended early showing(the trail...

Well,the new Anne Rice book,Christ the Lord,is out and about-will it give Anne the literary respect she craves or be the book equalivent of ...

I went to the first showing of Saw II with Little Sister and it was quite a wild ride. S2 opens up subtly with another death mask trap that...

Ok,one of the best holidays of the year is fast upon us and I felt it was a good excuse to write about some of my favorite scare flicks to r...

Well,Matea Gold's write-up on the Quills is now online(conviently linked for your perusal)and it's a pretty good article on the whol...

Little Sister has a new way of mocking me(the province of younger siblings)by reading aloud passages from my paperback copy of Incubus Dream...

This just in-I was interviewed today by L.A. Times reporter Maeta Gold in regards to the Quills Awards(guess I was Googled!)and I should be ...