SPACED – Season Two

DVD rental
Having fallen in love with the first season of Spaced, the British television comedy about two friends’ daily trials set amidst a smorgasboard of pop culture references, I was anxious to see the next (and sadly, final) chapter in the series. The DVD took far too long to arrive, but that time served to [...]

AN IRISHWOMAN’S TALE by Patti Lacy

Genre: Women’s Fiction
ISBN: 0825429870
Acquired: from the author (my beloved cousin)
Reading Began: August 20, 2008
Completed: October 13, 2008
Overall Rating:Seven out of ten
 
An Irishwoman’s Tale is the story of Mary, torn from her mother at 5 years old and sent away from her Irish homeland to live with a couple in America. Through the years, Mary yearns [...]

IRON MAN

DVD viewing

Originally I had no interest in seeing Iron Man. Robert Downey, Jr. is not a draw for me, and I knew nothing of the comic or history of the character. There just didn’t seem to be anything for me in the film. But then, being the highly susceptible person that I am, when Downey’s [...]

Understanding Peggy from MAD MEN

In the two seasons of AMC’s original series Mad Men, I’ve developed definite opinions about the players, but in the most recent episode I came to understand the character of Peggy Olson in a fresh and surprising way. Whereas her first season was spent quietly developing ambition in the 1960s advertising game, this second season [...]