Author Archives: WeatherGrrrl

The Chronicles of Narnia

Slow. A faithful retelling of C.S. Lewis’, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. Great for younger children but there’s not quite enough going on for anyone else. There were some great emotional moments, like the death scene (I didn’t … Continue reading

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Beginning in the Basement

So instead of buying a bigger house or adding an addition to our humble abode we’ve decided to try and make our stuff fit the home we actually own and not some fantasy version that we imagine in our wildest … Continue reading

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Just a little fun

It’s all New Kid on the Hallway’s fault. lol. Silliness abounds. Current temperature 28F/-2C Ten Top Trivia Tips about Weathergirl! Scientists believe that weathergirl began billions of years ago as an enormous ball of dust and gas. Weathergirlocracy is government … Continue reading

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Angel Food Cake report

Well, even if I do say so myself, the cake was very yummy. I liked the consistency, very cakey. Sub Evil Boy seemed happy and he ate his cake unadulterated by sauce. Current temperature 28F/-2C

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At Sub Evil Boy’s request …

… I’ve just put an angel food cake in the oven. Of course, it couldn’t be any old recipe, it had to be as Wendel would have made it. He was very particular about that. Let’s hope it lives up … Continue reading

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A History of Violence

Maybe overrated. Can’t quite make my mind up whether this is one of the best films of the year or the greatest con on offer. Just what is this movie really about? The true nature of men? You can’t escape … Continue reading

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Supernatural

I just want to shake the script writers on this show and jiggle loose whatever part of their brains have become stuck in the ‘stupid’ position. They manage to come up with some very scary ideas and yet this show … Continue reading

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Valiant

Duh? I don’t understand why this movie was even made. If we were in the 1950s I could understand it. WWII was not long over and the German’s looked like pretty good bad guys that close to events. But today? … Continue reading

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Jarhead

Intense. Put young men with too much testosterone together with the US Marine ethos and you have pretty explosive fare. All I can say is this film reinforces my pacifistic tendencies in a pretty serious way. (As the mother of … Continue reading

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Derailed

Unsatisfying. Attractive cast and interesting premise completely sabotaged by an inadequate script. This is one of those movies where you want to scream at the screen – don’t do it. The ‘hero’ keeps digging a bigger and bigger hole for … Continue reading

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