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Monthly Archives: December 2006
Farewell 2006
It’s been a good year. Adam continues to be as lovable, funny, smart, sweet and gentle as ever and his achievement in passing his grade 2 piano exam with merit makes me especially proud. Andy and I have now been … Continue reading
Peonies nod in the breeze and while they wetly bow with hydrocephalitic listlessness ants mop up-a their brow
It is clear from my list of most listened to from 2006 that I like listening to female artists almost exclusively (although I do have Midlake, The Beatles, Pet Shop Boys, The Smiths and Sparklehorse hovering in my top forty). … Continue reading
Posted in Female thinking, Music
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According to last.fm
my artists of the year are: Aimee Mann 824 Audrey 588 Paula Frazer 530 Kate Bush 529 Tarnation 472 Espers 402 Nina Nastasia 315 Buffy the Vampire Slayer 312 Barbara Manning 304 Samara Lubelski 248 Tara Jane O’Neil 247 Sarah … Continue reading
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Comics update
I have just finished Strangers in Paradise Pocket Books 2 and 3. They sat on a shelf for several weeks until I was ready to read them and I devoured them in two days. They are utterly compelling if a … Continue reading
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You are Columbus, I am America, Discover me!
As the name of this blog suggests (other than what it literally suggests) one of my guilty pleasures is Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion which is not as daft and brainless as it first appears. Its miserable rating on … Continue reading
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Everybody calls me “ma’am” these days
Fantastic news: an interview with Joss Whedon about the season eight of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in comic book form. Can it be as good as The Chosen? Only if he performs the miracle Jet Wolf worked on Kennedy. And … Continue reading
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Buffy-whipped
Passion (Ty King) Ty King wrote two episodes of BtVS, this and Some Assembly Required. At first thought, there doesn’t seem to be any connection between them, particularly in terms of quality but as I wrote the best thing about … Continue reading