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Q&A Saturday: Five questions about movies

Movie you love.
“The Royal Tenenbaums” is probably my favorite. It made me laugh and cry, just like a good movie’s supposed to do. It’s also where I got the name “Butterscotch Sundae.”

Movie you vow to never watch.
Fievel taught me to “Never Say Never,” but it’s a safe bet that I’ll never watch the “Saw” movies. I’m not a horror movie fan anyway, and those look particularly atrocious.

Movie that literally left you speechless.
Wouldn’t “literally left you speechless” mean that you didn’t have anything to say about it? There have been a number of those. The last movie I saw that really stuck with me and gave Rockford and me a lot to talk about was “Boyhood.” It seems to have been a polarizing movie for a lot of people, but I’m on the “I Loved It” side of the fence.

Movie you always recommend.
You can’t go wrong with “Groundhog Day.” (Unless you’re my dad, who hated it.)

Actor/actress you always watch, no matter how crappy the movie.
Bill Murray! I even liked “Larger Than Life.”

Question source: I googled “movie questions meme.”

It’s eggnog day

Today we drove home from my brother’s house after spending a rather nice Thanksgiving with his family, my mom and a few of my brother’s friends. The day grew progressively busier after that, but in that slow, gentle holiday way. I didn’t have any eggnog on hand — a serious oversight, considering that the day after Thanksgiving is the first acceptable day for the drinking of eggnog — so Pete and I went to the grocery store and to run a couple of other errands. By the time we got home, Rockford and Poppy had decorated most of the house for Christmas.

The rest of the day consisted of a run to Target and then an impromptu trip to see “The Penguins of Madagascar,” which meant that we had popcorn and gummy bears for dinner. And then we got home and did a bit more decorating before we did our traditional Lay On The Floor And Listen To Christmas Music While We Look At The Christmas Tree routine, and suddenly it was 11:15pm and I hadn’t yet posted.

And now I have posted, and NaBloPoMo rolls on.

Happy kick-off to the holidays, friends.

It’s eggnog day

Today we drove home from my brother’s house after spending a rather nice Thanksgiving with his family, my mom and a few of my brother’s friends. The day grew progressively busier after that, but in that slow, gentle holiday way. I didn’t have any eggnog on hand — a serious oversight, considering that the day after Thanksgiving is the first acceptable day for the drinking of eggnog — so Pete and I went to the grocery store and to run a couple of other errands. By the time we got home, Rockford and Poppy had decorated most of the house for Christmas.

The rest of the day consisted of a run to Target and then an impromptu trip to see “The Penguins of Madagascar,” which meant that we had popcorn and gummy bears for dinner. And then we got home and did a bit more decorating before we did our traditional Lay On The Floor And Listen To Christmas Music While We Look At The Christmas Tree routine, and suddenly it was 11:15pm and I hadn’t yet posted.

And now I have posted, and NaBloPoMo rolls on.

Happy kick-off to the holidays, friends.