I just want to say that I am THRILLED that Joshua won So You Think You Can Dance last night.

I have loved that boy since the first audition.

[  Mood: Fed Up WIth Life ]
[ Currently: Guess ]
So in the course of a week there have been two stories about women who were breastfeeding in public being harrased by businesses. Add that to the experience of a woman at Universal Studios, and I got to ask myself, "What is going on?"

When did a woman breastfeeding her child become an indecent act?

It is the most natural thing in the world. And given the benefits to the child and society, not to mention the extreme preassure we put on women to breastfead, you would think that society would be as welcoming as possible.

Instead, there are these narrow minded people who think lactating women need to cover-up or go to a secluded area to breastfeed. The message is clear to me, breastfeeding is shameful and must be done in secret.

How incredibly Victorian.

What’s next? Gay and interracial couples need to not be as visable because they might offend someone?

I am having the urge to head to the Ottawa airport and breastfeed my child in front of the Westjet check-in desk. Start collecting money for my bail.

An interview with me about my famous grandfather appears on the BettiePage.com blog.

Rick Klaw Talks about Irving Klaw was originally published on The Geek Curmudgeon

[  Mood: Sleepy ]
[ Currently: Breastfeeding my son ]
So some journalists trying to report on the supposed terrorist attack in Northern China where beaten. We’re not talking a few punches. According to CBC, one camera man had his face smashed into the ground. Apparently a French photographer had his pictures forcibly deleated.

Remeber when China promised press freedom to get the Olympics? Apparently they lied. And the IOC now says they are doing nothing about it.

Add that to Tibet and I am soooooo not watching this Olympics.

[  Mood: Silly ]
[ Currently: Enjoying Naptime ]
Plum Lovin’ is the second of Janet Evanovich’s Between the Numbers series. You may remember that I wasn’t very impressed with the first entry in this Stephani Plum mini-series. Think of these books as a webisode version of the main series. Evanovich is exploring light urban fantasy by giving Stephanie a turn with the superpowered (and superhunky) Diesel.

This time finds Stephanie looking for bail jumper Annie. The mysterious Diesel shows up and informs her he has Annie locked away for her protection. It appears Annie is an unmentionable like Diesel. She’s a matchmaker. If Stephanie helps Diesel with his case, he will turn over Annie. Diesel is trying to find Bearnie, another unmentionable who has it in for Annie. His power is to give people a rash. So Stephanie takes on Annie’s case load while she helps Diesel track down his fugitive.

This second entry is stronger, mostly because Evanovich plays to her strengths by including the hillarious secondary characters of Grandma Mazur and Lula to the fullest. These two, over-the-top women are the reason why many people have stuck with the main series long after it became a little repetitive.

I will give the third book a look because of how good this one was.

[ Mood: Happy ]
As children, my sister and I often fought over the TV. This was back in the 70s when households often had only one TV, five channels (ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, and an independent), and no VCR. After school we raced home. Whoever got the TV first could make a claim. Course it didn’t usually stop us from a pitched battle, but every day it was the same. On one channel they showed Looney Tunes. My sister in her insanity hates Looney Tunes. She preferred The Brady Bunch, which showed on another channel. UGH! It was even more crucial for me to get home on those occasions when the Million Dollar Movie had Ape and Godzilla weeks. You never knew when those gems might be shown again. For a while Friday nights were awful when for that brief period Quark ran opposite Donny and Marie. They canceled Quark and I went back to my reading while she watched the Dancin’ Mormon Happy Hour.

I recall Quark, the tale of an intergalactic garbageman, being hilarious. I’ve not seen the episodes since they originally aired back in the dark ages of 1977-1978, mostly because the show was never put out on VHS (except for bootlegs) nor DVD.

Well happily this tidbit arrived in my inbox this morning:

I’m not sure if it will be the same without the weekly fighting, but I imagine I’ll muddle through. I just hope it isn’t a Spaceballs turd that my ten year old reality gussied up into a rose.

The DVD is scheduled for a mid-October release. Expect a review soon after!

Quark coming to DVD! was originally published on The Geek Curmudgeon

[  Mood: Sleepy ]
Anne of Green Gables is a Canadian children’s classic. Written a hundred years ago, it tells the story of Anne, an orphan who is adopted by Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert, middle-aged siblings who live in the mythical town of Avonlea, PEI.

This story is part of the national psyche here in Canada. L.M. Montgomery became famous in her lifetime, and has remained so. Prince Edward Island’s tourism industry is pretty much based on Anne. There have been musicals, plays, tv series, movies, heck even anime based on this book.

So is it worth the hype? In a word, yes. Anne Shirley is an over the top heroine, full of fancy language and vivid daydreams. Her bright outlook on the world is infectious. You want to spend time with Anne and be swept up in her enthusiasm. You can understand why the town of Avonlea falls in love with her.

There is a reason why this has lasted one hundred years. Go get it.

This potentially great news from the mouth of Sam Raimi about the fourth Evil Dead comes courtesy of Twitch:

Although this is very exciting, I’m more interested in Raimi’s new horror film Drag Me To Hell. It’ll be his first non-Spider-man movie since the 2000’s underrated The Gift as well the first horror collaboration with his brother Ivan since Army of Darkness.

Though he better hurry up with the new Evil Dead or it’s going to be very old man Bruce in a wheelchair fighting zombies! Course we all know Bruce can kick some serious ass even with a walker!

Evil Dead 4?!?! was originally published on The Geek Curmudgeon

[  Mood: Happy ]
[ Currently: Breastfeeding my son ]
Madeline Bean is a caterer to the stars. While catering an event for Hollywood producer and jerk, Bruno Huntley, the host drops dead. Accusations start to fly, and Madeline’s catering partner is accused of poisoning their client. Madeline sets out to find out who really poisoned Bruno in order to save her friend and the business.

Fun little mystery. Madeline is a typical mystery heroine, nothing really outstanding like a Kinsey Millhone or V.I. Warshawski. The mystery unrolls at a good pace, keeping the reader guessing. Unlike a lot of the culinary mysteries on the market, there are no recipes.

Worth a look.

[  Mood: Happy ]
[ Currently: Enjoying Naptime ]
The sixth book of the Queen Betsy series is actually much better than the more recent entries. Maybe because MaryJanice Davidson was willing to take some risks in this book.

The main theme in this book is Betsy is alone. Through a series of strange circumstances, all of Betsy support system has disappeared, leaving her alone to figure out why she was alone. In addition, Davidson takes away the Ant, Betsy stepmother and foil. One wonders who Betsy will play off of in the next book of the series.

Worth the time.