Becky's Greatest Hits Vol. II

Here's a fun summer read that will probably lead you to dig up your old high school yearbooks and wonder if any of the teachers in them were doing shady shit.  It will also make you glad you don't have nosy neighbors and grateful for your stable and loving parents. 

I was afraid this Amazon Prime doc might make me not love my Carolina "Pandas" as much.  I was wrong.  It made me love them even more. Even though I know how the season ends, seeing them win is still joyous and seeing them lose is fresh heartbreak.  I love hearing their jokes, watching them dance and listening to them get revved up on the field in the middle of plays.  The everyday coworker stuff is fun too like listening to Greg Olsen explaining the plot of "Hamilton" and Luke and Cam ribbing Josh Norman on the phone before a match-up.  It's also a treat for locals as we see our city looking beautiful and feeling pride for guys we feel like we know even if we don't. It makes you love the owner, the head coach, the special coaches and even the wives and families (that you get to see). This show does a lot to get you excited for the upcoming season and hopeful for another Super Bowl.  I got to thinking about how every team seems...

I recently watched this movie with The Hubs, and it was the first movie he had actually sat through in a long time!  Us Gen Xers love to hate The Bushes and anything associated with The Bushes.....just sayin.  This movie really won't make you love George W, Lynn and especially not Dick. Trust me, they are just not good people. 

(A re-post from 2016 that still holds up. Big time.) I never cease to be interested, entertained and sometimes even shocked by the ways my fellow drivers choose to express themselves on their vehicles.  Vehicle decals can tell you quite a lot about a person, so much so, that I've read they can sometimes put you at risk for criminal activity by basically announcing who you are and where you'll be at all times.  I think that's rare though.  More likely they just announce how dumb you are and how bad your taste is AND exactly how you like to waste your money.  But seriously, what DO your bumper stickers say about you? Even though the beach is hours away, this little phrase is commonly seen in my town.  I think the people that have this just want everyone to know they like the beach, perhaps own real estate at the beach and would rather be at the beach. Duh.  Who wouldn't? Advertisements for items you find cool is also huge where I live....

Current list of books I started and couldn't finish, which leave me wondering as a writer how some peeps ever get published.  I'm a meanie, I know. And to be fair, some of the books aren't bad at all.....just maybe a little too long, too dense, too thinky, too academic, etc.  But some of them.....yeah.....they just weren't my cup.  Oh, well.

Why, oh why I ask you, have I waited so long to watch this exquisite PBS series? Does it not have all the charm of Gosford Park since it was created by its own screenwriter, Julian Fellowes ? Does it not have lovely actors like Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern? Is it not full of love unreturned, love unrequited, love that can't be found for whatever reason that I so adore? Is it not set during the time of the Great War ? All I know is I have a lot of binging to do to be adequately prepared for the theatrical film this fall.  Hold my calls, Mr. Carson...…

A fantastically funny as well as light and airy perfect summer read!  Also, how often do socialite meltdowns involve a Thanksgiving turkey and taking down the entire social hierarchy with you? 

Glad I kept these! 

Always late to the party, I recently picked up Lena Dunham's memoir and actually enjoyed it despite finding her to be an extremely awkward and sometimes irritating Millennial.  Okay, okay.....I'm trying not to criticize the younger generations so much, but this is a tough one when Lena comes across as a pretty spoiled and privileged 30-something woman.  And I've tried to watch "Girls" and I don't get it and don't like it.  But I do get this, it's not written for or created for me.  (However, I don't really think S&TC was either, and I friggin loved that show, so there.) And despite the many, many differences I found between herself and me, I did enjoy the book and found it very insightful.  Hey, we don't have to all be the same to learn from one another and how would we learn a thing if we stayed locked up in our own environments and cultures constantly?  She is a bold woman with a lot of creative years ahead of her, so I do think she...