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Charles Dickens’s 200th Birthday

February 7, 2012

    “Happy Birthday, Mr. Copperfield!” “Why thank you, sweet literary agent.  How kind of you to bring me this bounteous cake.  When I was but a child, I was deprived of sweets of any kind, an experience I’ve recreated in Oliver Twist, as you may recall..” “Yeah, yeah.  Listen, sir.  We’re gonna need to re-release your classics so we can make money off your birthday.” “A fair assessment, lad. I wouldn’t be against such  a fortuitous endeavour as long ...

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War Horse :(

February 6, 2012

  I’ve been trying to get Mr. B to come see War Horse ironically with me, but he just will not budge, because according to him, this movie looks like it would be “the stupidest movie I’ve ever seen.” This is coming from a man who made me watch Underworld with him. I know this movie is going to be terrible because just looking at the poster hurts me physically, but Downton Abbey is over and Sherlock is dead-ish  (MORIARTY ...

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Test. Don’t mind me. Just a picture.

February 6, 2012
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Friday Links

February 3, 2012

Mr. B and I have been watching pieces of this Kevin Bridges special every night.  So far our favorite part is the Glasgow advertising campaign (Mental Davy.) I found it while doing research for a relevant post next week.   Links: The rise of the ladyblogs Pinterest is not a virtual pinboard: how the company will make money off you The search for the world’s most badass language learners A short history of book blurbs Henry Miller’s 11 writing commandments ...

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Le Groundhog Day

February 2, 2012
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