Star Wars/Buffy con’t Number 6:Short PeopleEpisode:5.17Air Date:April 17, 2001Title:“Forever”Screenplay:Marti Nixon Ben (Charlie Webber) is the human host to Glory (clare Kramer), and evil god bent on regaining her full powers. Since only one of them can be in their body at one time, Glory’s short, burnoosed minions act as messengers with a striking similarity to… Continue reading Star Wars/Buffy con’t: Number 6:Short People Episode:5.17
Back to the routine Weekends
Back to the routine Weekends should be longer. We mostly spent ours celebrating my dear husband’s birthday. My husband loves driving around aimlessly in the country, so we did just that. Passed through New Market, Maryland, which bills itself as Maryland’s antiques capital. He had a used bookstore in mind, but it was closed, so… Continue reading Back to the routine Weekends
Two cynical mommies
Pansy, apparently you weren’t the first to be taken in by that deceitful kangaroo; on Friday I was hearing on the radio that there have been many other complaints from parents suckered in in exactly the same way. Apparently the makers of this digitally animated bait-and-switch scam tweaked and snipped and twiddled until they got… Continue reading Two cynical mommies
Star Wars/Buffy con’tNumber 7:Yoda ManEpisode:2.33Air
Star Wars/Buffy con’t Number 7:Yoda ManEpisode:2.33Air Date:September 29, 1997Title:“School Hard”Screenplay:David Greenwalt (Story by Greenwalt and Joss Whedon) In the first episode, smooth British vampire, Spike (James Marsters) crashes Buffy’s parent-teacher night and confronts Angel (David Boreanaz). Here he seems to know at least a little something about Star Wars, but later we discover that he’s… Continue reading Star Wars/Buffy con’tNumber 7:Yoda ManEpisode:2.33Air
Weekends should be longer. We
Weekends should be longer. We left here at 11.30 this morning and just got home. We went to my parents to celebrate Gorbulas’ b’day(1.29) after Church. We had a blessed candle lighting ceremony and procession. Mass lasted 2 hours and was quite lovely. Fastolph was quite cheeky though… Yesterday, I made the grave mistake of… Continue reading Weekends should be longer. We
Thank you Davey’s Mommy for
Thank you Davey’s Mommy for the link to Stupid Black Parents I have to say, this article put into written words what it was like attending public school as an African American student in the NJ public school system. Besides my belief that education should include Catholicism, this is why I will never send my… Continue reading Thank you Davey’s Mommy for
Buffy/Star Wars con’tNumber 8Ozi-Won KenobiEpisode:4.5Air
Buffy/Star Wars con’t Number 8 Ozi-Won KenobiEpisode:4.5Air Date:October 26, 1999Title:“Fear Itself”Screenplay:David Fury While Oz (Seth Green), the most zen-like of the gang, checks out his sound equipment and finds something he doesn’t like, Xander (Nicholas Brendan) asks him what is wrong. Xander:“Sensing a disturbance in the Force, Master?” stay tuned…
The True History of Groundhog Day
Over at HMS blog, Duncan Maxwell Anderson explains Candlemas customs –which include Groundhog Day! Who knew? So, why does Candlemas fall on Groundhog Day? Groundhog Day comes from it. In Catholic Europe, they say that if Candlemas is clear and bright, there will be six more weeks of winter. In Germany, this idea became, “If… Continue reading The True History of Groundhog Day