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Movie Review: There Will be Blood

I finally got around to seeing this movie. I’ve always been a fan of Daniel Day-Lewis, and of course I’d hear excellent things about this movie, so of course I had no other choice but to watch it! Based on Upton Sinclair’s novel Oil , the movie is, essentially, about greed, and how it affects people […]

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The Tudors: Fact and Fiction

I’m the kind of person who, rather than watching it directly every week, prefers to get the DVD box sets of any shows that I like to catch up on. However, I haven’t done that since Season 1 of LOST, so naturally I have some catching up to do. However, a chance encounter with On […]

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Movie Review: Dear Frankie

I recently watched a touching Scottish film named Dear Frankie. I admit, I originally got the movie on Netflix because of Gerard Butler, who I must say looks mighty fine in a leather jacket, but the movie really is so much more than that! Something I, as a writer, look for is a complete plot. […]

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Why I love Netflix

I have a lot of writing work to do today, but I just had to come over here and admit that I’m completely in love with Netflix. Why? Well, it all has to do with it being convenient. I used to belong to Blockbuster, and they often didn’t have the independent movies and documentaries that […]

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Gardening, Etc.

This week, the focus hasn’t been on writing and editing so much as it has been on gardening. The beautiful weather is upon us, which means that I have to get my butt in gear and get my garden ready. I’m still waiting for some flowers to arrive by mail (because of the gardening zone […]

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