It Could Only Be Better If Tom Cruise Spoke Klingon

Az the Husband and I have a penchant for terrible sci-fi movies. We love them. Occasionally, a movie achieves a nadir of badness so perfect that it inspires almost religious fervor in us.
Battlefield Earth was one such movie. We rushed out to see it in the theaters after reading a review that [...]

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My Mother and the Tooth Fairy

My parents always told us that Santa was pretend. Same with the Easter Bunny. They wanted our holy days to be about real miracles rather than fairy magic, a decision they made despite a host of unpleasant social consequences. Our society may embrace multiculturalism in other areas, but NOT in Santa.
Given [...]

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My Reading Painbow

I learned another of my limitations recently.
Ages ago, I signed up for Sycorax Pine’s Unread Authors Reading Challenge.  The idea was  to read six authors we’ve never read before, but had always meant to.  The goal was to read and post about the books by the end of February.
I came up with a list and [...]

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Palm Sunday

When he came near the place where the road goes down the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of disciples began joyfully to praise God in loud voices for all the miracles they had seen: “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory [...]

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The Bright Side

Me: I would be really heartbroken if any of our close friends got divorced.
Az the Husband: Well, the nice thing is, since we had kids, we don’t have any close friends.

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