It's always a dark half somewhere

Book Review: The Dark Half

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Kinda like that part of the commercial for the less-than-savory Gremlins 2 movie (see the clip below if, unlike me, you don't recall seeing this ad in 1990).  That line struck my young teenage mind as pure logic.  "It's always midnight somewhere."  See, as a kid, I wasn't allowed to watch the original Gremlins.  But I'd heard the rules.  Yes indeed.  And that whole, "can't feed them after midnight"-thing?  I recall thinking, "That's just dumb.  How does this little critter know what time it is?  And why midnight, of all times?" 

My adult self breaks in here and reminds me, "It's just a movie, dude."  Thank heavens for the adult voice, eh?

Thoughts from the White Board?

It's been since November since I published one of these.  I decided today would be worth an effort.  Though to be honest, my mind is elsewhere.  So I wouldn't call it the best Thoughts I've done in the history of time.

I was thinking...

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“It feels kind of cool to come back from work every day without having killed anybody.”

That is a quote from today's reviewed book, The Hitman's Guide to Housecleaning, by Hallgrímur Helgason.  The novel often has that deadpan humor that you're not quite sure whether to laugh or cringe at.

Book Review: The Hitman's Guide to Housecleaning

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There's a screenplay in that picture's headline.  And while we're at it, I want that job!

Lucy! You got some splainin to do!

Whaaaaaa!!!!

Movie Review: Lucy

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Scarlett Johansson's grandmother, perhaps?  Nope, it's actually Lucille Ball in her younger days.  Could Johansson ever pull off Ball's legendary physical comedy and be taken seriously (if you can take comedy seriously, and anyone who knows anything knows you should be very serious about your comedy)?  Somehow I doubt it.  But hey, let's see her try.

I'm feeling a touch zombie-ish today myself

Had a persistent cold or some such virus that has been hanging on awhile.  Just feeling tired.  That, or perhaps it was the third graders today that made me feel a bit thick in the gray matter.  One class got five minutes of library check-out time, and the other one - that is usually a pretty good class for me, for some reason - got no check-out time at all.  Maybe it's the cold snap and the snow we had yesterday.  Or maybe it's just one of those weeks.  Who can say?

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Oh I get it!

As in she's really gone.  As in Gone Girl.  Gone.  Long gone.  Way gone.  Gone around the bend.  Gone and not left a forwarding address.  A goner.  Gone.......zo.  Gone to market to buy a fine pair of monkeys.  Gone away and won't be checking her messages.  Gone with the windage.  Get up and gone.  Gonorrh-ee yeah, gonna skip that one.

Movie Review: Gone Girl

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Could that potentially make Monday be gone too?  I'll have to try it.