Something about the shape of curly fries makes them more delicious than regular fries.

Especially good at Rustico in Alexandria, VA, with bourbon sauce!

I am of the opionion that you MUST add pineapple. Otherwise you’re basically wasting a kebab. I’ve never had a brand of kebab, as I’ve only ever made them from scratch.

Yum!

I agree this album is overproduced, but when forced to listen to Christmas songs every day for the two months leading up to Christmas, it’s nice to have something new and exciting to listen to on Christmas day. I am so sick of ALL the prepackaged crap that the radios, stores, and even the gas station have jammed down my ears.

I could listen to many of these songs without thinking about Christmas. Wonder how many years it’ll be before the stations ruin these.

This is one of the wierdest movies I’ve ever seen.

I would like to point out that parents may want to watch it before giving it to their kids, as the little creatures’ privates factor into a large portion of their magic.

I refused to watch this movie when it first came out, because I HATE the art. It’s ugly, and the people definitely sit within that “uncanny valley” for me. I ended up watching it because it was here and I wasn’t feeling so great.

There are problems with this movie, but because I ended up liking the story SO much, and the art (other than people) ended up being really beautiful and interesting, I could forgive them all. EXCEPT: I canNOT forgive the use of Eddie Deezen as Know-It-All. All of the other children had voices that sounded like children. Why, oh why, does the know-it-all have to destroy any credibility the movie had? I was a know-it-all, I still had a child’s voice when I was small. I didn’t sound like a nasally adult. Not only that, but his voice is recognizable as a cartoon nerdy kid. I felt that this movie was trying to be better than a cartoon, and this kid kept bringing me back to the cheesiness of a bad cartoon.

Anyway, I ended up really enjoying this film and feeling very sorry for poor Billy. I could see it becoming a REAL classic, rather than just the “classic” we keep being sold it is.

This story is NOT about a family whose 9-year old son is killed years before the story takes place. It’s about his sister, but beyond that I can’t tell you what it is about. Two thirds of the way into the book I was with it. I was excited. The climax, I was there. I LOVED the way Tartt drew me and had so subtly made me care for the “villain” and everyone involved. It was wonderful.

But the end offers no answers to questions raised at the beginning. A character comments “well, that explains so much,” but NOTHING has been explained. It is just a sadistic book which draws you in, emotionally invests you, only to abruptly end.

If you have read this book, but not The Secret History, you should really not give up, The Secret History is an amazing book.

Wow.

It’s such an old picture that everyone is normal looking. I love the way Danny always sounds like he’s shouting…

I don’t recommend this movie to everyone. It’s a great movie, but, as I said, it’s old. We don’t tell stories the same way anymore.

Still, when Normal cinches his robe and “bucks up” as he approaches the crying Vicki, near the end of the film…it gets me right here, you know. It’s a great film, in it’s way.

Wow.

It’s such an old picture that everyone is normal looking. I love the way Danny always sounds like he’s shouting…

I don’t recommend this movie to everyone. It’s a great movie, but, as I said, it’s old. We don’t tell stories the same way anymore.

Still, when Normal cinches his robe and “bucks up” as he approaches the crying Vicki, near the end of the film…it gets me right here, you know. It’s a great film, in it’s way.

Robert Altman died today. It made me think of all of his movies that I’ve seen.

I loved this movie, though it wasn’t as good as Gosford Park. I realize it isn’t for everyone, but I thought it was great. There were issues (ghost? c’mon), but on the whole I was completely enthralled by seeing The Prairie Home Companion, which I listen to rather often, in the flesh. Also, Meryl Streep can SING! and Lily Tomlin is so wonderful in every way I’ve decided I need to see if I can’t find her in other serious movies (has she been in any?).

I’ve blocked the fact that Lindsay Lohan was in this movie. She’s not worth remembering, except that I wish people close to her would tell her that she can’t sing. Poor girl.