I dated a guy in college who was obsessed with movie quotes.
He’d send me random text messages with lines from Jim Carrey movies and wait for me to guess the name of the movie.  He’d giggle if I got them right and strut if I got them wrong, impressed with his superior knowledge of movies [...]

I resisted at first.
“I’m just not into that goth crap,” I insisted months ago when people suggested I read a novel about vampires.
“I’m damn near 30, thank you very much,” I scoffed when I heard grown women were swooning over books written for teenage girls.
“Thanks, but no thanks,” I told Avitable when he offered to [...]

Spoiler alert: hints for this weekend’s contests are at the bottom of this entry!
Holy. Shit. You people really came through for me on last Sunday’s contest. I now have well over 30 movies in my queue (that’s British for “holding pattern” or “line”) over at Netflix. Which means I am probably [...]

I don’t know if you know this about me, but I am awesome.
In fact, I am so awesome that I recently won a movie trivia game on the BlogTalk Radio Show, “Turnbaby Talks“. And as reward for my awesome display of awesomenicity, Turnbaby sent me a gift certificate for Netflix!
I’ve never had Netflix before. [...]

I am not an activist by nature. I don’t get all Women’s Lib on you if you open a door or pick up a check, and I’d never march in a freaking parade because I tend to feel the best way to stand up for what you believe – and who you are – [...]

Today I will be spending the day packing, loading the U-Haul, and saying more good-byes.  There are a few who have put off “this is it” until today, promising to come help pack rather than say good bye one last time any sooner than necessary.
And then, after the truck is packed, and the house is [...]