If I Were Scripting the DVD Commentary for Half-Blood Prince…

So, I saw Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince shortly after it came out. I have mixed feelings about the film, as I found plenty to both love and hate about it. I figure the movie has been out long enough now to safely post details, but if you haven’t seen it and are [...]

When Query Met Sadly: Can Agents and Aspiring Authors Really Be Friends?

This something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately, in the wake of Agentfail fallout regarding agents making themselves (as people, not just as agents) accessible online. Because in the course of “establishing an online presence,” I’ve encountered quite a few agents who are funny and fabulous. People whom I enjoy interacting with as much [...]

Mummy Dearest

So, my husband and I went to see the most recent Mummy movie. It was highly entertaining and the kind of movie that really makes you think… Highly entertaining because so much of it was ridiculous beyond suspension of disbelief. And because of the enormity of the suck-itude of the majority of the acting on [...]

Musical Musings

Someone today mentioned great “Dance Movies”, one of which was West Side Story. This reminded me of an inspiration I had for a silly project back in medical school… A parody of West Side Story, about rival insurance companies. The sweet young couple love each other dearly, but cannot wed as their preexisting conditions prevent [...]

Heartstrings

Music is extremely important to me. All types of music. I love the melody and the rhythm, but they are mostly a vehicle for me to mainline powerful lyrics. So, I recently watched “Easter Parade”, being as the season was right for it. And, as always, Fred Astaire sang about how he was “Drum Crazy”. [...]

Open to Interpretation

I saw Juno last night with my husband and enjoyed it immensely. The main character’s repeated questioning of “‘Sexually active’… what does that even mean?” reminded me of an incident during medical school. During a rotation in the ER, one of the medical students I was working with saw a teenage girl who came in [...]