tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30551842011-04-21T20:11:44.107-04:00The News From Storybook FarmNews of New Jersey and elsewhere, reviews, rude commerce-- all in one placezoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comBlogger3081100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-1118079154145815002005-06-06T13:25:00.000-04:002005-06-06T13:32:34.150-04:00Well, it's been a long time since I've posted anything, but I decided to re-activate this blog--even though the whole blog frenzy thing is pretty nauseating. I'll now add some knitting obsessional stuff to the stew of things.Such as this, a scarf I just finished. It's Shape It from Sally Melville's book--I think it's Knit Stitch. I wanted to make a light summer scarf for my mom who lives in zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-1066515407777115502003-10-18T18:16:00.000-04:002003-10-18T18:20:01.083-04:00The Boy by Germaine GreerOh, this looks like so much fun to read--and an excellent, entertaining review here, too,\.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-1066514864851955602003-10-18T18:07:00.000-04:002003-10-18T18:07:44.920-04:00The Money Trap
Has anyone seen this? I watched it last night on TCM--sorry but it's not running again in Oct., but look out for it.
I'm not a big Glenn Ford fan, but do like him in this--he's not smug the way he often seems--he's weary and disoriented, and making VERY BAD choices because he's married to Elke Sommer. He drives one of those big aircraft carrier convertibles that I love, and hiszoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-910643932003-03-20T11:02:00.000-05:002003-03-20T11:02:49.250-05:00Where is Raed ?Here's the weblog of an Iraqi guy in Baghdad--will be worth checking in on him to see what's happening there.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-909955822003-03-19T10:43:00.000-05:002003-03-19T10:43:00.750-05:00Noam Chomsky: The case against U.S. adventurism in Iraq A cogent description by Chomsky of both Bush's reasons and goals for an attack on Iraq and why this is wrong politically and morally.It seems a done deal, now, but I don't want this blood on my hands--and it is on my hands, all of our hands--even if we get into our cars and drive away, we can't drive away from responsibility.What to do? zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-909416602003-03-18T14:54:00.000-05:002003-03-18T14:54:51.733-05:00Thirteen/WNET - Online PressroomDomestic Violence by Frederick Wiseman on PBS Tonight. Frederick Wiseman is a long time idol of mine--he has been making straightforward, un-narrated cinema verite docs for almost 40 years.
PBS has been his funding for all those years and is running Domestic Violence tonight and tomorrow night (on my affiliate, anyway).
His docs can seem a little like watching zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-898442502003-02-27T11:16:00.000-05:002003-02-27T11:16:55.936-05:00CBS News | Sad Day In The Neighborhood | February 27, 2003 09:34:51It truly is a sad day in the neighborhood because Mr. Rogers is dead.My daughter called me up to tell me he had died--it's so weird--I don't usually have the TV on during the day, but yesterday I was flipping and came upon Mr. R.--he was changing out of his sweater and getting ready to leave--and I watched him with such pleasure.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-838294262002-10-31T11:19:00.000-05:002002-11-21T10:10:48.000-05:00GIST TV Listings Grid Here's a listings grid for tonight's movies. Since I get no trick-or-treaters, my Halloween is usually spent eating all the Halloween candy and watching scary movies on tv. This year there are way too many of the really gory slasher type films--not my cup of tea. But there is something for everyone tonight: Arty types can watch Kill by Inches,
Spiral and Ghost Actress zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-836058642002-10-27T15:44:00.000-05:002002-10-27T15:59:56.000-05:00Statue of falling woman censored This statue, "Tumbling Woman" is by Eric Fischl , an artist whose paintings I like very much. The statue is rather disturbing, and is surely meant to be--in contrast to those horrible, ugly chairs in Oklahoma City it forces us to consider the actual flesh of those who died that day, and the effect of violence on that flesh. I read an interview with him in the zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-828537872002-10-11T15:09:00.000-04:002002-10-11T15:09:10.466-04:00Newsday.com - Real-Life Absurdity If you've been watching The Sopranos this year you'll already know that there was a plot thread about Christopher Columbus-- a source of pride to some Italians, a colonizer and oppresser of Native Americans to others. The writers had a lot of fun with the whole Italian American image thing--with the Mafia stereotyping, Da Vinci, Dante--the whole cannoli. Well, zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-827477712002-10-09T13:21:00.000-04:002002-10-09T13:21:23.510-04:00On-line Resources Catalogue: Government Here's the link for legislators.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-827475172002-10-09T13:15:00.000-04:002002-10-09T13:19:11.000-04:00Speak Now..... You have the chance to tell your elected representatives how you feel about the resolution to move against Iraq. Every legislator who voted against Operation Desert Storm was out in the next election, so if you are against going to war--and I do hope you are--those politicians need to know that you will support what is a difficult vote politically. Here's a link to get info about zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-823147912002-09-30T10:54:00.000-04:002002-09-30T10:54:29.586-04:00Somebody Blew Up America - Copyright (c) 2001 Amiri Baraka. All Rights Reserved. Her's the text of the poem discussed below so you can read it for yourself.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-823143742002-09-30T10:45:00.000-04:002002-09-30T10:47:30.000-04:00NorthJersey.com - North Jersey NewsPoet Amiri Baraka Stirs The Pot This is too interesting to pass up--I don't agree with what Baraka says in the poem --that 400 Israelis stayed home that day, and as far as I know the people who made money selling airline stock before Sept. 11 were connected to Al Quaeda, not Israelis, but I'll defend Baraka's right to say it--there is no debate in this country zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-782424112002-06-26T18:26:00.000-04:002002-06-26T18:26:21.450-04:00Hard-Boiled and Still Hot Here's a nice bit of attention being paid to Raymond Chandler, the god of the California morality play--better known as the hard boiled detective story. It is happening because of a re-issue of his novels--but if you can, read them in old editions--the musty smell of crumbling yellow paper is essential to their enjoymentzoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-777475342002-06-14T14:02:00.000-04:002002-06-14T14:02:28.326-04:00Part 5: Planning to save open spacezoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-777209872002-06-13T21:33:00.000-04:002002-06-13T21:33:56.680-04:00Spirits make their home in county sites, some say The person who is collecting these tales, Beth Glosinski, lives just down the hill from me in Glen Gardner. And Maude Kenyon lives over in Tewksbury. I know about Hookerman over in Long Valley (see link to Weird NJ), but these stories are new to me--I'm always fascinated with Supernatural Tales, although I'm kind of a Doubting Thomas--but zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-765817492002-05-15T13:14:00.000-04:002002-05-15T13:15:27.000-04:00 The Gleaners and I--Agnes Varda--1999--Sundance Channel--5/26 6:00 AM and 6:30 PM, 5/30 7:00 AM Do watch this doc--it is so good--Varda covers the history of gleaning in France--the right of the poor to come into the fields after harvest to pick what is left. She examines the different reasons people glean--out of need, out of a desire to reclaim what is wasted, out of a compulsion to create zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-765634782002-05-14T23:45:00.000-04:002002-05-14T23:45:40.603-04:00Guardian Unlimited Books | Extracts | The food of love Some rather unusual recipes to inspire amour--maybe.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-764973172002-05-13T11:11:00.000-04:002002-05-13T11:11:23.666-04:00New Jersey History's Mysteries Here's an interesting little site covering mysterious NJ--I don't think it's been updated lately, but still worth a glance.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-764967352002-05-13T10:52:00.000-04:002002-05-13T10:52:36.496-04:00"Why Can't the Democrats Get Tough?" by Paul Glastris Isn't that the big question?zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-763045222002-05-08T10:24:00.000-04:002002-05-08T10:24:37.193-04:00The New Yorker: Fact This is an article about Alex Sanders, a Democrat running for Strom Thurmond's seat in South Carolina. He sounds like a character--someone whom his friends compare to Mark Twain for his story-telling ability.. Maybe he'll come and live in New Jersey if he doesn't win in SC. Of course another fact in his favor is that his wife's name is Zoe, pronounced the proper Amurrican zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-760846852002-05-02T12:53:00.000-04:002002-05-02T15:03:46.000-04:00 Martha Inc. by Christopher Byron (John Wiley & Sons 2002) I'm about 2/3 though this book and I confess I feel kind of dirty reading it. There's a little more than I wanted to know about her private life. Byron is a writer and columnist with good credentials according to the jacket blurb--but in my opinion he is a completely crappy writer--with a totally tin ear-- and his attempts to add a zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-760270442002-04-30T23:54:00.000-04:002002-04-30T23:54:41.173-04:00PBS - Frontier HouseIf you haven't started watching this fascinating three part series which ends tomorrow night--April 1, at 9:00, check your local TV listings, as it is most likely being rerun--on Channel 13 from NYC part 1 reruns at midnight tonight (April 30). Frontier House is a reality series, but a little more "real" than Survivor. Three families set out to homestead in Montana in "1883"zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-756340752002-04-20T20:26:00.000-04:002002-04-20T20:26:08.030-04:00Owner Wonders If Car Is Possessed Rather an odd story--mysterious locking and unlocking of car doors. If this is possession, I'm a little disappointed in the spirit world.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-756224882002-04-20T12:46:00.000-04:002002-04-21T15:40:23.000-04:00 Atonement by Ian McEwan Doubleday 2002 This is a really good book--I urge you
to read it. It begins in 1935 just before WWII and ends in the present. It's about a family, and the events that occur
over a period of several days, and the effect that they have on the rest of the lives of
those present. The second section occurs during the beginning of the war, partly during
the retreat from zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-755886982002-04-19T12:19:00.000-04:002002-04-19T20:22:50.000-04:00CNN.com - Police: 'Robert Blake shot Bonny Bakley' - April 19, 2002> This is not really a surprise as it seemed likely that it was Blake who killed Bonny Lee Bakely--who was a Lebanon Township (my brother in law taught her) girl. I wrote more about her after the murder. What a sad and sordid end to her life. zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-755539542002-04-18T14:25:00.000-04:002002-04-18T14:25:04.470-04:00Beliefnet.com This is an interesting site--you can take a quiz--the Belief-o-matic-- that lets you know in number order what religion your beliefs are aligned with--I'm 100% with the Quakers, and my number 4 is Paganism--isn't that neat? Try this quiz--just to force yourself to decide what you do believe--not a part of many people's lives nowadays.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-755246932002-04-17T19:53:00.000-04:002002-04-17T19:53:44.693-04:00 America Undercover HBO Documentary Series I've recently seen two exemplary docs from HBOs America Undercover series. Didn't watch the Monica Lewinsky one which was the season opener--I got queasy at the last minute. Southern Comfort (Kate Davis) is the story of a man who was born a woman--a person who is trans gender. He is dying of ovarian cancer, and the film is an account of his last yearzoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-753687522002-04-13T17:45:00.000-04:002002-04-13T17:45:29.140-04:00Newsday.com - Hick-Hop Blends Bluegrass and Rap I don't know if I'm ready for this--I'm afraid to actually hear it. Amazing story.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-753607142002-04-13T12:07:00.000-04:002002-04-13T12:07:22.460-04:00BookCrossing.com - Home - READ and RELEASE! This is a great idea--after reading a book you stick a BookCrossing label in it and leave it somewhere for someone else to find--then they can post about finding the book to this site.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-753328192002-04-12T14:12:00.000-04:002002-04-12T14:12:02.213-04:00The New Yorker: The Talk of the Town Honkus--haikus about honking.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-753322522002-04-12T13:53:00.000-04:002002-04-12T13:58:02.000-04:00ajc.com | Living | Peach Buzz Steven, the Dell dude, gets a haircut. Why am I not interested?--I just got a Dell, under protest as I've written here, because I think Steven is annoying-- no one else in the universe agrees with me, apparently--even my husband, someone who hates advertising on principle and won't wear anything with a logo on it, thinks he's funny-- he comes to the door and tells zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-753318122002-04-12T13:40:00.000-04:002002-04-12T13:40:51.953-04:00Coke: It's What's for Breakfast (And Not Just Down South) (May require registration to read). My sister is extremely fond of Pepsi for breakfast--with a TastyKake, preferably, and I did drink Coke for breakfast when I was in college. I prefer coffee these days, but I confess that after a wild night there is nothing like a freezing cold vanilla coke for breakfast.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-753308472002-04-12T13:11:00.000-04:002002-04-12T13:17:05.000-04:00Salon.com Arts & Entertainment | Let's talk about "Sexaholix" And then I have to buy them big Christmas presents. Even family has a price. I love it--John Leguizamo on his family's response to his one man shows that examine his life--and mention them. His new special Sexaholix is on HBO on Saturday at 10:00.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-752603882002-04-10T17:54:00.000-04:002002-04-10T17:54:53.916-04:00The Atlantic | February 2002 | Being Abe Lincoln | Shenk This is a really hilarious article--Shenk has a great dead pan writing style and he is no stinking observer--he jumps right in and becomes a Lincoln impersonator himself. The funniest bit is the Abe and Mary couple who for a fee will come to your wedding and bless the Union. Or as one of my students said, "Abe and Babe". zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-750772502002-04-05T11:59:00.000-05:002002-04-05T11:59:40.663-05:00SatireWire | "Egan's Law" Passed - POLICE MUST WARN NEIGHBORS WHEN CATHOLIC CHURCH MOVES INTO AREA Couldn't resist this.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-112298292002-03-28T19:36:00.000-05:002002-04-07T17:05:12.000-04:00Eating Mofongos in Style: Four San Juan Restaurants This article brought back so many memories of my trip to Puerto Rico a few years ago. It is a beautiful Island with great climate, wonderful people, super music, a rain forest, mountains, Colonial cities and fabulous food. We were camping at the beach at Luquillo and didn't eat at any trendy restaurants--just beach shacks and small zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-111575612002-03-26T21:17:00.000-05:002002-03-26T21:17:30.510-05:00Drought feeds growth concerns This is an informative article about the growing concern over water issues in New Jersy and explains very clearly why that concern is valid. zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-110991422002-03-25T10:00:00.000-05:002002-03-25T10:49:22.000-05:00 Cintra W ilson's critique of the Oscar broadcast I'ts a little extreme, but has some good points. Last night, watching the Oscars, I felt as though I was witness to the ceremonial funeral rites of the Pharoahs--the preservation of the dead was eerie.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-110129342002-03-22T13:23:00.000-05:002002-03-22T13:23:34.456-05:00Houston Press | houstonpress.com | News : Columns You might be interested in Tom DeLay's reasons for not enlisting in Vietnam (all those minority groups were enlisting to get the salary and benefits and keeping the Whities from Fighting). This is the guy who excoriated Clinton as a draft dodger .(via Cheesedip.com)zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-110121902002-03-22T12:00:00.000-05:002002-03-22T12:00:13.330-05:00The Internet Movie Database: Awards Season 2002 Coverage: Oscar Nominees Here's a listing of Oscar nominees for this year--I'm amazed--I've seen every Best Picture nomination except one ( Beautiful Mind)--the first time ever, I think that this has happened. I'm not sure what this means--I've always made fun of the Oscars and in fact just had a big discussion with the dishwasher repair guy Georgezoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-110101552002-03-22T10:56:00.000-05:002002-03-22T10:56:40.820-05:00 Oh, by the way, I'm back online, praise the Lord. Dude I've got a Dell. And this is pretty ironic as I've been ranting about those dumb Dell commercials for months, claiming that I wouldn't have a Dell if that kid gave me one. I mostly watch movies on our satellite TV so I don't see too many commercials, but I've somehow seen about 2,000,000 Dell commercials. What you are witnessing is the zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-110098582002-03-22T10:45:00.000-05:002002-03-22T11:28:41.000-05:00Creators.com - Creators Syndicate My angel girl, Molly Ivins, wondering why we should feel sorrier at the prospect of Arthur Andersen going to prison than for all the poor souls who are already there.. By the way, I watched The Execution of Wanda Jean the other night on HBO, apropos of prison--a harrowing documentary about a woman in Oklahoma who was on death row for the shooting of her zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-90150292002-01-24T17:05:00.000-05:002002-01-24T17:25:46.000-05:00 Waking The Dead (1999) Keith Gordon-- Sundance Ch 1/26 5:35 PM (and other dates in Jan and Feb) I first saw Billy Crudup in a pretty good production of Bus Stop at Circle in the Square in NY a few years ago and thought he was fabulous. He's really getting around in Hollywood these days--I hope the best for him. He was almost the only good thing in Almost Famous , as the horrible lead zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-84082732002-01-04T13:01:00.000-05:002002-01-04T13:01:14.900-05:00 My Computer Is Dead--RIP Fatal error! That's why I haven't been posting here--hope to be back up next week. In the meantime I'm at the library to use computer and don't have time to do my web travelling--I am in withdrawal.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-79017282001-12-13T13:52:00.000-05:002001-12-13T13:52:30.316-05:00Books and Talks - Entertainment - Dublin Live Interesting account of the Wrens--a group of 19th century Irishwomen outcasts (whores, single mothers, freethinkers) who lived in an encampment on the plains of Kildare for over fifty years (found at MobyLives)zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-78564572001-12-11T23:29:00.000-05:002001-12-11T23:29:18.453-05:00Faith Hubley Interview with Faith Hubley, who died today ( see link to her obit below). Fascinating--don't miss her account of her and her husband John getting the job to animate commercials for Maypo (only ye of a certain age will know what this is)--hysterical.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-78560102001-12-11T23:13:00.000-05:002001-12-11T23:13:14.910-05:00Faith Hubley, 77; Groundbreaking Film Animator A nice tribute to a woman whose life was spent doing a very wonderful kind of art--both as a team with her husband John Hubley and on her own.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-77158002001-12-06T22:29:00.000-05:002001-12-06T22:53:11.000-05:00 Cops: Wife Threw Toaster Into Bathtub Headline from The Hunterdon County Democrat--a weekly-- the edition for Thursday Dec. 6, 2001. The Democrat has the worst website in the universe--never has an article you're interested in on it, so I'm typing this in--you'd better appreciate it .CLINTON TWP.--A woman who police say wanted to electrocute her husband was charged with aggravated assault.Policezoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-76678732001-12-05T12:04:00.000-05:002001-12-05T12:04:41.863-05:00A Roman Muse for America's Great Chefs Paola di Mauro--I'd love to make a pilgrimage to her kitchen.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-76674612001-12-05T11:46:00.000-05:002001-12-05T11:46:35.880-05:00Self-Help Wisdom in a Television Night-Owl Spot Have you seen Iyanla? She sounds intriguing-- a Yoruba priestess--I'm going to check her out.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-76669032001-12-05T11:25:00.000-05:002001-12-05T11:37:56.000-05:00 Almost Famous--Crowe (2000) Well, I've seen my winner for the worst movie of 2000--this movie stinks big-time. And there isn't even the excuse that the director ruined the screenplay! He wrote it based on his experiences as a budding rock critic in the 70s. A question--why does a movie about rock music have a sucky sound track? Almost Famous is narcissistic, sentimental and ugly all at oncezoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-75464842001-11-30T21:30:00.000-05:002001-12-04T17:13:42.000-05:00 Long Time No See--Susan Isaacs ( Harper Collins 2001) Man, here's a serious question for you--how often does the sequel that you've been waiting for satisfy you? Never, in my experience. But Isaacs' new book put the kibosh to that . I found it better, deeper, more nuanced, and most importantly, it didn't have a crappy, contrived ending--the ending was completely organic, and just, and kind ofzoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-75322902001-11-30T11:11:00.000-05:002001-11-30T11:11:18.786-05:00New Jersey Online: Star-Ledger News An unsentimental account of conditions in Afghani refugee camps. As it gets colder it will only get worse.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-70965172001-11-13T16:05:00.000-05:002001-11-13T16:05:49.370-05:00Home Movies for the Self-Absorbed Sorry--more Ab Fab--had to link this--it's about people in the fashion world loving the show because it's so true to life.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-70963552001-11-13T16:00:00.000-05:002001-11-13T16:00:09.066-05:00 Ab Fab Redux My opinion--not very good. Read interview (which I believe was posted here) with Jennifer Saunders saying that she had written it too hastily--understatement of the year. It's really too bad because it's just an amazing cast. Seeing them all do their stuff is almost good enough. Patsy and Edina are six years older, but man, those have obviosly been some tough years--they are zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-70171382001-11-10T12:47:00.000-05:002001-11-10T12:47:49.083-05:00 Hotel Sorrento( 1995) Richard Franklin Aus--IFC--many times over next two weeks. This is an excellent movie--takes place in an Australian seaside town. You will be pleased to know that there are no ABBA songs, no drag queens--none of the Australian whimsey that we've grown to fear. It's about three sisters with unresolved feelings about the past--sounds dreary--but isn't that a Checkhov zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-69988832001-11-09T15:48:00.000-05:002001-11-09T15:48:48.870-05:00Actually it will work--but you have to put your newspaper in--I put New Jersey Online--then click on science news and the story' s in the other news section.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-69988252001-11-09T15:46:00.000-05:002001-11-09T15:46:16.926-05:00 Rats--the link below for the Advil story won't work! Anyway, researchers have known since 1995 that people who regularly take Advil have lower rates of Alzheimer's Disease!zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-69987402001-11-09T15:42:00.000-05:002001-11-09T15:42:22.190-05:00News from the Associated Press For all you fellow Advil addicts out there--another reason to love 'em.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-69986652001-11-09T15:39:00.000-05:002001-11-09T15:39:22.590-05:00 Safe--Todd Haynes (1995) IFC tonight 9:45 This is one of my all-time favorite movies--I'm so excited to see it again. It is somewhat puzzling--induced major head-scratching in me when I saw it. I'm hoping for enlightenment this time around. Julianne Moore is in it--always worth watching.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-69763542001-11-08T18:16:00.000-05:002001-11-09T13:46:57.000-05:00New Jersey Online: Star-Ledger News Man, 80, Drives Himself to Funeral Home and Dies I don't know whether to laugh or cry at this one.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-69736332001-11-08T16:29:00.000-05:002001-11-08T16:29:07.006-05:00NaNoWriMo !How I'm spending my days (and nights)
Decided to join National Novel Writing Month after reading about it in MobyLives. The commitment is to write 50,000 words in November. Thought it couldn't hurt. I am a notorious non-finisher of whatever--anything longer than an article, short story or paper. I'm also a sucker for gimmicks and I'm fascinated by the way that communities spring up zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-69136942001-11-06T11:57:00.000-05:002001-11-06T11:57:18.400-05:00Literary agents Litopia's Seven Deadly Sins Good list.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-69127672001-11-06T11:16:00.000-05:002001-11-06T11:20:18.000-05:00New Jersey Online: Star-Ledger News If you didn't read the great election guide that the Star Ledger put out take a few minutes and educate yourself before voting--the polls are open til 8:00 so you can go after work. The big dilemma for me this year--it looks as though the Dems may regain the state legislature, but should they really want it? I think the state is in the same shape as it was whenzoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-68861772001-11-05T13:17:00.000-05:002001-11-05T13:17:50.250-05:00Urban Legends Reference Pages This is the best of the rumor and urban legend debunking pages--there's the usual stuff---the one telling women to take their clothes off when faced with Islamic terrorists is one of my favorites, but there's stuff I didn't know--for example, apparently actor James Woods flew from Boston to LA in August and reported six men acting oddly on the plane--apparently they zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-68165762001-11-02T13:42:00.000-05:002001-11-02T13:47:29.000-05:00This is a draft of an article that my friend Wilma Caffentzis' ex-husband George wrote in response to the events of September 11. I thought that it would be of interest, and George very kindly gave his permission for me to print it here. His explanation for why the attacks occurred now is very convincing.
A Essay on the Events of September 11, 2001 Addressed to the
Antiglobalization zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-68127432001-11-02T10:43:00.000-05:002001-11-02T10:43:33.020-05:005 Win Stephen King Writing Contest (washingtonpost.com) Remember that King told his readers to send in their work? Here's the five submissions he liked best.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-67864682001-11-01T11:00:00.000-05:002001-11-01T11:03:38.000-05:00 Halloween Post Mortem First, a few mistakes on my Halloween movie list--of course, F.W. Murnau was the director of Nosferatu--I wasn't thinking when I was typing. Also, Vampyr wasn't silent, although mostly it was--there is some dialogue--it's weird to see subtitles on such an old film. I loved Vampyr--even though the film quality was hideous--you could barely see what was happening at times-zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-67671852001-10-31T16:31:00.000-05:002001-10-31T16:31:31.320-05:00Horror Movie Sites - Links A-ZHere's a comprehensive list of Horror Movie sites on the web--don't look at them alone after midnight!zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-67665142001-10-31T16:02:00.000-05:002001-10-31T16:06:21.000-05:00All Hallow's Eve Well, it's Halloween, usually my favorite holiday--not so much this year, but I'm starting to get into it--I think I'll go pull out the Halloween decorations that I wasn't going to put up. Since getting a satellite dish a few years ago, Halloween has also been the best TV night of the year--lots of spooky movies to watch. I don't like the gorefests that pass for horror now--the zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-67375702001-10-30T15:51:00.000-05:002001-10-30T15:51:35.590-05:00The New Yorker: On-line Only An outstanding interview with Pauline Kael--not long before she died in September--wide-ranging and intelligent --she's tops on my list of people to have for dinner at the ideal dinner party. She almost convinced me to watch the Godfather movies finally--she says she thinks they are the best American movies ever--and she loved Sex in the City.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-67061342001-10-29T14:08:00.000-05:002001-10-31T15:45:17.000-05:00Salon.com Sex | Ripping yarns As much as I love Johnny Depp, I'm not planning to see From Hell because I don't like Jack the Ripper stories and the film appears to be yet another instance of using the Victorian era as a screen to project some creepy ideas about sex and violence in a time of repression. For your info, the Victorian era was not closed down--it was a wide open time--the beginning zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-66644222001-10-27T18:10:00.000-04:002001-10-27T18:10:20.746-04:00The Joe Bob Report Hey--check this out--Joe Bob has a web site--here I've been worrying that he was in a depression after having Monstervision cancelled--not Joe Bob--he has some great stuff--a story about a Georgia State Lagisltor who has been channelling Chandra Levy?!!zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-66640782001-10-27T17:52:00.000-04:002001-10-27T17:52:35.570-04:00TVNow TV and Entertainment Journal..Stars On TV This is TV Now--an excellent resource to find movies on TV.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-66630712001-10-27T16:54:00.000-04:002001-10-27T17:51:17.000-04:00 Films of Dario Argento--Tenebrae(82)-October 30-9:45 PM IFCInferno(80)-October 29-9:30 PM IFC Phantom of the Opera(98)-October 29-2:15 AM TMC An Eye for Horror (doc about Argento) October 31-9:30 PM IFC Dario Argento is an Italian filmaker of supremely stylish horror films. He's been called the Italian Hitchcock, and although he doesn't agree, and people interviewed in An Eye for Horror zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-66411472001-10-26T15:24:00.000-04:002001-10-26T15:25:32.000-04:00NaNoWriMo ! Here's your project for November--not generally a very interesting month--write a 50,000 word novel. You only have to write 1,600 words a day (found at Moby Lives). zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-66116392001-10-25T13:24:00.000-04:002001-10-26T14:33:57.000-04:00 Mystic River by Dennis Lehane (William Morrow 2001) I was reading this book on 9/11--had to stop for a day or so, but then gladly dove in again as I realized that there was going to be no happy ending --I think I believed at first that if I looked hard enough, switched channels creatively enough I would see a report on TV that explained that everyone had gotten out of the Towers.... I'm zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-65963292001-10-24T22:13:00.000-04:002001-10-26T13:50:50.000-04:00 The Peppered Moth by Margaret Drabble (Harcourt 2001) I've been reading Drabble for years, have read every novel, and even though I think she's a bit show-offy, she is pretty entertaining about her world and the concerns of people like her. I'm laughing at myself as I remember my first visit to England 15 years ago when I thought I would be meeting and having conversations with Drabble zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-65587182001-10-23T15:04:00.000-04:002001-10-23T15:04:10.756-04:00New Jersey Online: Star-Ledger News Queer, Yes--Sissy, No! This is a stereotyping squasher, indeed--in case anyone thinks there's a need for one.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-64727962001-10-19T21:23:00.000-04:002001-10-19T21:23:54.736-04:00The tenets of terror | csmonitor.comzoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-64724462001-10-19T21:04:00.000-04:002001-10-19T21:04:57.793-04:00In These Times Oil--Texas--the Mid East--this article makes a connection between two big oil families--the Bushes and the Bin Ladenszoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-64634412001-10-19T13:27:00.000-04:002001-10-19T13:27:48.226-04:00Salon.com News | The "traitor" fires back Sontag has been trashed for her (in my opinion--and I don't always agree with her) cogent response to the events of Sept. 11--here's her response to the hoo-ra.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-64093342001-10-17T13:14:00.000-04:002001-10-17T13:14:53.700-04:00Defining a Just War (1) Well-thought out discussion of the possible responses to the attack of Sept. 11zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-64091822001-10-17T13:08:00.000-04:002001-10-17T13:08:05.880-04:00Defining a Just War (1) Excellent discussion by Richard Falk of different responses possible to the attack of Sept. 11.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-64090032001-10-17T13:00:00.000-04:002001-10-17T13:00:33.243-04:00New Jersey Online: Star-Ledger News Jersey Women Still Earn Less Than Men Discouraging results from a new study on women and economics.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-64088082001-10-17T12:50:00.000-04:002001-10-17T12:50:36.936-04:00 Beautiful People(1999)--Jasmin Dizdar--HBO Sig Oct 18 7:00PM You NEED to see this movie RIGHT NOW--if you don't have a satellite dish go and rent it. I'm taping it and inviting people over to watch it and have either spaghetti or chili( haven't decided yet) on Sunday. It's set in London and Bosnia in October of 1993. It is episodic in format with people from different episodes intersecting, zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-62923952001-10-12T14:05:00.000-04:002001-10-12T14:05:12.970-04:00Star-Telegram | The Middle East is tough, but not undoable Apparently Molly Ivins was in Yurp for the month of September. Thank Heavens she's back home again and offering her brand of intelligent commen sense.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-61561022001-10-06T16:19:00.000-04:002001-10-06T16:19:16.993-04:00Interview | Dennis Lehanezoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-61068802001-10-04T11:31:00.000-04:002001-10-04T11:31:48.180-04:00Imagining the Unimaginable - The terrorist in my novel versus the real ones. by Jennifer Egan Egan's new novel, Look at Me has a character named Z who is eerily like the terrorists of September 11.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-61065402001-10-04T11:18:00.000-04:002001-10-04T11:20:42.000-04:00Salon.comPremium Salon? Well, this is the end of Salon as far as I'm concerned. It's been half dead for quite some time, but I checked it out pretty regularly out of affection for its early days when there were truly good pieces--I remember especially a 3 parter by Debra Dickerson about Whitewater that was absolutely brilliant. There were all kinds of eccentrics writing for Salon--but gradually zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-61059852001-10-04T10:51:00.000-04:002001-10-04T10:51:20.963-04:00New Jersey Online: Star-Ledger News Hope for Those with Long Term Lyme Disease This is great news--we know too many people who are really disabled due to what seemed to be intractable Lyme Disease.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-61057942001-10-04T10:40:00.000-04:002001-10-04T10:40:52.423-04:00The New York Review of Books: Notes on Prejudice Isiah Berlin responded to a friend's request for some guidance on how to address the issue of prejudice with these somewhat "telegraphic" notes. zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-60850512001-10-03T13:33:00.000-04:002001-10-03T13:33:27.483-04:00Modern Humorist - Fortified With Irony Guidelines for entertainment in a changed world.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-60356702001-10-01T13:04:00.000-04:002001-10-01T13:14:29.000-04:00Guardian Unlimited | Archive Search The Algebra of Infinite Justice Article by Arundhati Roy--the wonderful writer and activist--this was quoted in Chomsky's interview below.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-60355952001-10-01T13:00:00.000-04:002001-10-01T13:05:23.000-04:00Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Not so fab Kind of a mean interview with Jennifer Saunders whose series Absolutely Fabulous has some new episodes which will be on BBCAmerica in November, I believe. Saunders' comments don't bode well for the series. She sounds sort of Bette Midlerishzoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-60353882001-10-01T12:51:00.000-04:002001-10-01T12:51:22.070-04:00What Noam Chomsky with answers to some urgent questions and his usual deep insight into what underlies world events. zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-60350252001-10-01T12:34:00.000-04:002001-10-01T12:34:14.930-04:00Questions for Martin E. Marty, a Scholar of Religion Marty, who is doing work on the subject of Fundamentalism has some clarifying points to make.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3055184.post-59872282001-09-28T22:42:00.000-04:002001-09-28T22:42:47.256-04:00Just finished watching Vanishing Point--please--I'll take Car Wash any day. If anyone wasted their time watching this because of my review--deepest apologies. Actually it wasn't too bad for the first half. but the second half stank big time. As long as nothing was happening it was ok, but after the snake handling revivalers it was all down hill.zoehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14719723480566630318noreply@blogger.com