Miss Pettigrew, definite thumbs up!

blueeowyn and I saw Miss Pettigrew this weekend, and it was an absolutely charming and delightful tale about an out-of-work governess who stumbles into a job waiting upon a starlett want-to-be in 1930s England, on the eve of that country's entry into WWII. Despite Ann Hornaday's review at the Washing Post, the movie is not about Amy Adams' character (the quasi-starlett), but about how a middle-aged woman (Frances McDormand as Guinevere Pettigrew) deals with the need to change while remaining true to herself. The setting gives the movie a bit more depth than the traditional romatic comedy, and maybe suggests that while Pettigrew deals with identity issues, perhaps so is England?

Oh, and we had very fresh popcorn. Very tasty!


EDIT: Amy Adams was Giselle in last year's "Enchanted"

Cookie baptism?

I feel like there should be a joke about how different people dunk cookies in milk, based on their views on baptism. But it's just not working. Comparing full immersion/pouring/sprinkling to types of cookie-dunking seems like it should be funny, but whatever I try comes out as forced, a bit offensive, and I just can't get past the whole twist-apart/lick/dunk of the Oreo-type sandwich cookies.

Blah.

Disturbing. Funny, though...

Comic about Sim3

chuckle

Dilbert Page-a-Day

from March 8

Meeting: PHB, Wally, Dilbert.

Wally: My business trip to Elbonia was a big success. If anyone tells you that I caused a civil war that plunged their society into darkness, it's a lie.

PHB: Did you loot me anything?

Wally: I didn't know your size.