arts & entertainment

Yep, very helpful

By tigtog on 2010-03-22 • ( 6 )

While I have been taking the pics, cropping them in Photoshop and composing this post, that paw has varied in position from pointing to 2 o’clock to pointing to 5 o’clock.

Friday Hoyden: Miss Jane Marple

By tigtog on 2010-03-19 • ( 6 )

The epitome of hidden depths: superficially a frail old lady with no special qualities, fundamentally a preternaturally observant Nemesis of those with murderous secrets.

Juxtaposition

By tigtog on 2010-03-15

I found this arrangement in the cooking section in the nearby mega-bookstore: No further comment.

Friday Hoyden – The cracking Ruth Jones

By tigtog on 2010-03-12 • ( 15 )

She recently popped up on my radar again as one of the principal characters in the British hit comedy Gavin & Stacey (playing Stacey’s best friend Nessa), but it wasn’t until I researched her for this post that I realised she’s actually a co-writer/creator of the show.

Today I has been mostly looking at telescopes. Big Telescopes.

By tigtog on 2010-03-10 • ( 3 )

I now have a few extra places I want to see that I’ve added to my bucket list.

Oscars!

By lauredhel on 2010-03-08 • ( 10 )

Oscar spoilers below, for those waiting for the delayed telecast!

Parenting tips: watch classic movies with your child

By tigtog on 2010-03-02 • ( 4 )

So that you won’t ever have to find out one day that they have written something like this to a movie studio.

Sing it: Hooray for Canada!

By tigtog on 2010-03-01 • ( 3 )

I have enjoyed the Canadian sense of whimsy evident for the big events. Who else would finish a show with giant inflatable beavers?

The Bland Perfection of Token Women

By tigtog on 2010-02-26 • ( 13 )

Why the glamorous hair and make-up? Why not a more realistic neat/tidy small town look? All I will be thinking is “why is she working in that laundromat instead of trying to be a Hollywood actress?” when of course the answer is that the real woman is indeed trying to be a Hollywood actress, and the director/producers have, for some reason, chosen to highlight this Tinseltown glamour instead of costuming their female characters as typical inhabitants of a small town.