the end was just the beginning
I just saw Hope Springs. It's about a couple in their 50s who've forgotten how to touch, love or connect with each other. It made me laugh and cry. Steve Carrell asking Tommy Lee Jones about his sex life was pretty entertaining. Meryl Streep's abject unhappiness in her marriage was pretty devastating. The movie has... Continue Reading →
The Mag I Bought This Week Award winner is ... I must be getting old. When I saw the latest weekly magazines at my local newsagent, the one I really wanted was Hello! magazine, with John Cleese's 4th wedding on the cover. John Cleese! I'm blaming it on lingering sentimentality after weeping my way through Hope Springs last night... Continue Reading →
Sprog 1 has informed me that she wants a "roadkill toy with all its guts hanging out" for Christmas. She's obviously recovered from her psychic distress over the book about the guy who wants a tan so badly he cooks himself in the sun. I couldn't believe someone would design a soft toy that looked... Continue Reading →
I went to a pub on Friday night to meet some friends from the '80s. Wang Chung's Dance Hall Days was playing on the sound system. Oooh, I thought, how funny! So I started tapping out a Tweet to that effect when a bloke came up and said hello. I stared at him blankly for... Continue Reading →
This recipe was inspired by an over-supply of oranges in the fruit bowl. I cooked a batch earlier this week and Husband raved about them, saying they were DELICIOUS and more like cupcakes than muffins (a big compliment, apparently). Super easy too. Pureeing the orange with the sugar gives them a really fluffy texture. Recipe:... Continue Reading →
Ah, the joys of Education Day. The school choir singing a frigid medley of Mary Poppins songs in the windy playground. The school dance troupe swaying in Kate Bush-style Wuthering Heights outfits to Adele. Attempting to recreate Van Gogh's Starry Night with crayons and a six-year-old. Being asked to fashion a "walker" during the "pipe-cleaner... Continue Reading →
Skinny Celine sings Adele's curvy praises First Nicole Kidman, now Celine Dion has stripped for V Magazine. In the interview that accompanies the sexy photos, she has some interesting things to say about her latest fave singer, Adele: “I think her whole image is good. Very sophisticated for her age: the nails, the dresses, the hair,... Continue Reading →
Well there goes my pie-in-the-sky plan to get plastic surgery on my eye bags and basset-hound cheeks. I had a teeny-weeny skin cancer surgically removed from my shoulder yesterday and I was a gibbering mess. The plastic surgeon's assistant had to keep telling me to breathe - I forgot every few minutes because I was... Continue Reading →
Nicole strips for V Oh my giddy aunt, Nicole Kidman is flashing her butt on the cover of the latest V magazine. During the shoot the photographer, Mario Testino, was saying: “Beautiful, beautiful ... You are so hot it is beyond! Look at your body! It is incredible!” And she does look pretty damn hot for... Continue Reading →
When I'm processing my emotions, I hear songs in my head. Yesterday at 6.30am, I pulled on my trainers and went for a walk. The air was mild, the sky was blue, the world felt like the most wonderful place. Kate Bush started serenading me with Cloudbusting and I was humming along ... "Ooh, I... Continue Reading →
