Monthly Archives: June 2014

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Waiting rooms, as I’m sure you know, are small rooms with plenty of chairs for waiting, as well as piles of old, dull magazines to read and some vapid paintings—the word “vapid” here means “usually containing horses in a field or puppies in a basket”—while you endure the boredom that doctors and dentists inflict on their patients before bringing them in to poke them and prod them and do all the miserable things that such people are paid to do.

A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Ersatz Elevator – Lemony Snicket

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Miles O’Brien: Four weeks? Are you telling me I’ve been hanging around a Changeling for over a month?

Julian Bashir: And you never even suspected it wasn’t me?

Miles O’Brien: No. And the worst part is, the clues were right in front of me.

Julian Bashir: What clues?

Miles O’Brien: Well, for one thing, he… was a lot easier to get along with.

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Season 5: Episode 15 – “By Inferno’s Light”

Tonight’s Movie: Saving Private Ryan

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Not Exactly a Book Review: The Fault in Our Stars

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The Fault in Our StarsIt would be next to impossible for me to write a review of The Fault in Our Stars at this point.  The book has become a part of the pop culture landscape, an iconic work that will forever be a part of a generation’s vocabulary.  It’s also been out for two years and has surpassed the point where any review that I could write would mean anything to anyone.  So instead, I decided to do one of my “not quite a review” posts, with some general thoughts about the book and my experiences with it, because the last thing it needs at this point is one more review.

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“AHA!” screamed a voice from overhead and both of them jumped; unnoticed by either of them, they had just passed right underneath Peeves, who was hanging upside down from a chandelier and grinning maliciously at them.
“Potty asked Loony to go to the party! Potty lurves Loony! Potty luuuuurves Looooooony!”
And he zoomed away, cackling and shrieking, “Potty loves Loony!”
“Nice to keep these things private,” said Harry.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince – J.K. Rowling

Review: Maleficent

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Maleficent tries to do for Sleeping Beauty what Wicked did for The Wizard of Oz.  It strives to take a villain and reexamine her life, giving us context and an explanation for her actions and making us question our preconceptions.  Yet it lacks the grace and power of Wicked.  Maleficent is occasionally shockingly old-fashioned, it has a mediocre script and an inconsistent tone, and it trades one shallow villain for another while leaving few of the characters with any depth.  Yet Maleficent shines in spite of all that, defying expectations and rising above the things that might hold it back.  It’s truly more than the sum of its parts, and it owes any success it finds to its two charismatic lead actresses.

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Giles:  That’s all he said? Fork Guy?

Buffy:  That’s all Cryptic Guy said: Fork Guy.

Giles:  I think there are too many ‘guys’ in your life. (laughs at his own joke)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 1: Episode 4 – “Teacher’s Pet”

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“I couldn’t find any ropes at all,” Violet admitted, as she rejoined her siblings. “But I did find these extension cords, which might work.”
“I took these curtain pulls down from some of the windows,” Klaus said. “They’re a little bit like ropes, so I thought they might be useful.”
“Armani,” Sunny offered, holding up an armful of Jerome’s neckties.

A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Ersatz Elevator – Lemony Snicket