If you haven’t yet, go see this movie. My friend Kim lays out all the reasons I would give, so go read her assessment. And then go. The one point in which I disagree with Kim is on the title. The original Swedish title of the book and the movie is Män som hatar kvinnor, [...]
Entries from April 23rd, 2010
Quick Thoughts: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
April 23rd, 2010 · 11 Comments · movies, reviews
Tags:girl with the dragon tattoo·man som hatar kvinnor·men who hate women·steig larsson
Thoughts on Lost – The Last Recruit
April 21st, 2010 · No Comments · lost, television
I’m just jumping right in. I mostly liked this episode, though I grow increasingly tired of the way our group comes together and splits up, comes together and splits up, and all anybody ever seems to do is wander around the island. It’s a wonder they ever got off the island in the first place. [...]
Tags:flash sideways·jack shephard·lost·man in black·season 6·smoke monster·smokey·sun and jin
In which I actually go out and meet people
April 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments · writing
I went to the Brooklyn Blogger Meetup at the Bell House last night and I have to say, I think it proved that Brooklyn is the bloggiest borough. (Or at least the food bloggiest.) The place was so packed that it was actually hard to meet people, but I still managed to have a number [...]
Thoughts on Lost – Everybody Loves Hugo
April 14th, 2010 · 6 Comments · lost, reviews, television
Well, now. Well. I didn’t take many notes as the show aired — compared to last week’s “Happily Ever After,” this was a relatively uncomplicated, straightforward episode in which characters move, the plot moves, and no new mysteries or questions crop up. In that, it was highly satisfying. There were still a few things I [...]
Pollen woman
April 12th, 2010 · 3 Comments · stuff
Hoo boy. Today’s to-do list (or TeuxDeux list — great l’il web app that would be even greater with iPhone support — did I mention I got an iPhone last week? I’m one of those people now) is as long as my arm and I’ve only crossed two things off (the first one wound up [...]
Farewell, My Caturday
April 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment · photo essays
Caturday started out like any other Caturday. Like any other day. I was working an important case. But my whiskers were twitching. Something in the office wasn’t right. I suspected my office had a plant. One plant I could handle. Two plants just made me mad. They think they can occupy my sill and I’ll [...]
Tags:cat noir·cat pictures·caturday
How Attractive are You to Women?
April 9th, 2010 · 4 Comments · books, seriously?
Being the Handbook for Hosts companion quiz to “How Attractive are You to Men?” First things first. You can click for a larger image, but what I want to point out first is the illustration chosen to accompany this quiz. Please compare it with the illustration accompanying the quiz for women. The woman is a [...]
Thoughts on Lost: Happily Ever After
April 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment · lost, television
Why are Desmond episodes so good? It’s partly because Henry Ian Cusick is just so good, so fun to watch, but it’s also because Des eps always have to do with the timey-wimey stuff, the scientific explanations for why the island is like it is, its powers and limitations. It’s the same reason the Locke [...]
How Attractive are You to Men?
April 6th, 2010 · 3 Comments · books, seriously?
The Esquire Handbook for Hosts has a list of questions you can ask yourself for self-diagnosis, followed by tips on how to modify your behavior, if necessary. Let us enter the world of delightfully antediluvian heteronormativity! (click to embiggen) Ha ha! Look at the illustration of the unattractive woman! Her hair is stringy! Her teeth [...]
My new go-to party handbook
April 5th, 2010 · 6 Comments · books
You guys. On the right, one of my new plants, as yet unnamed. (I name my plants. What?) On the left, the greatest book ever. It’s Esquire’s Handbook for Hosts, published in 1949. Dan found it while cleaning his apartment. He says it belonged to his grandfather, and Dan took it a long time ago, [...]
Tags:1940s·cocktails·entertaining·esquire·mad men era·recipes