With a perfect sense of irony, it appears that the spirit of the one ring has been reforged even as we spent the day watching its demise. But first, a recap:
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Oh Happy Day!
(Sorry for the old picture Tom!)
Inside every older person is a younger person –
wondering what the hell happened.
~Cora Harvey Armstrong
This Week Bites
See that guy? The one with the wings? Yeah, I’ve been digesting in his stomach all week. Fun stuff. Its called work. Hey kids, unemployment isn’t always a bad thing. I’ll be back once I’ve been regurgitated. Until then, think happy thoughts.
Stranger Than Fiction
A large part of the appeal of the recent literature phenomenon, The Thirteenth Tale, is the fact that it is a book written for book lovers. As Stranger Than Fiction came to a close I realized that there is much of the same in this film. Will Ferrell’s latest finds him playing the character Harold Crick, who is himself a character in Kay Eiffel’s (Emma Thompson) new novel. The early humor in the film comes as Harold discovers the voice of the narrator in his head and comes to realize just who he is. The poignancy and depth of the film reveals itself after Harold discovers that his fate is that of Kay Eiffel’s previous literary heros: death. His only saving grace, for the moment, is that Kay Eiffel has a terrible case of writer’s block.
Thursday Thoughts
Actually this is more of a catch up on all the odds and ends of things that I have been meaning to post and haven’t gotten to. And so, in no particular order:
This is the image I was greeted with on November 1st when I arrived at work and turned over the page of my Frank Frazetta calendar. If you don’t know who Frazetta is or if you’re curious about just how geeked I can get over someone, please go here, here, and here for my ravings. This was a gift at Christmas and each month it is a thrill to see what the next image is. I particularly like this one, the cover of Death Dealer V, because the colors are very autumnal and because it reminds me of The Lord of the Rings. This being month one of two for my annual LOTR obsessing, I found this image extremely gratifying and enjoy looking at it every time it catches my eye.
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