I watched Shane the other night (#45 in AFI's top 100 movies list). It's a western from 1953, and it features a lot of beautiful scenery and a lot of fightin'. The main conflict is between "homesteaders" who've built homes on the open prairie and greedy cattle owners who want all of the land... Continue Reading →
Thank you to sistas Oprah and Octavia for being candid about their childfree status lately. In a recent interview in the Hollywood Reporter, Oprah talks about Gayle writing down future children's names in 7th grade, while she was daydreaming about being Martin Luther King. When I read this, I thought "Yes!" Not that I... Continue Reading →
I've closed out the ninth annual birthday list with a film about the Wild West and a meal at an '80s-themed diner. The other night I watched Stagecoach (#63 in AFI's Top 100 Movie List). I became cast under the spell of a fella named John Wayne. Where has he been all my life?... Continue Reading →
I know I'll be a decent genealogist when I can get the "cousins" thing figured out. I've had moments of clarity when I actually understood the difference between a second cousin and a first cousin once removed. But they were fleeting moments. So let me share with you the shock I felt when I... Continue Reading →
I attended an award ceremony at Harvard the other night. Eddie Izzard was receiving a "lifetime achievement award in cultural humanism." I hadn't heard the term humanism before, but it turns out I'm a humanist! I've heard the terms atheist and agnostic...I have loosely considered myself agnostic. In my online dating profile, I say... Continue Reading →
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