Category Archives: Entertainment

Zombies, Vampires, Vulcans, and Aliens — They May Be Make Believe, But We See Them Everyday

Posted on October 21, 2011 by This Woman Writes

College Girl and her friends toss everything else aside, including homework, when The Walking Dead comes on, and they sprawl about chomping popcorn while grisly ashen, ratty tatty skinned Frankenstein things lurch on screen, making the same sounds little kids make when they’re playing cars. Continue reading →

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The Golden Compass in My Head Is Made of Plastic

Posted on October 13, 2011 by This Woman Writes

This latter is odd since the directional compass points of North, South, East and West only make sense when I’m looking at a globe, which isn’t something you carry around in the car. Continue reading →

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Home Decor for the Rest of Us Who Aren’t Martha Stewart

Posted on October 5, 2011 by This Woman Writes

Only in a place where there are no children can one arrange textiles, and books, dishes, even toys, as if they had been indifferently set down by an actual fun-sized human — it gives the place that dynamic, vibrant, lived-in touch. Continue reading →

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Dating Richard Gere

Posted on September 8, 2011 by This Woman Writes

So I did an experiment, wandering through our village with eyes open for sightings of Richard, the real one or substitutes, and discovered that, at least in our little town, most men in their 50s do not look like Richard Gere. Continue reading →