Yes! It is time to remind you of our next pick, and ask for suggestions for the week after!!!
Continue readingDCIB Book Club: Next Week, Short Story “The Prince of Ebon Rih”!!!!! Week after, ????
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DCIB Book Club: Getting Rid of Bradley, The Happiest Silliest Doggiest Romance Novel!!!!
Happy Sunday! And Happy Mother’s Day! And happy day when we talk about a silly happy book that has nothing to do with mother’s!
Continue readingHappy Mother’s Day!!!!!!
I hope all the mothers of DCIB are being properly celebrated by their families in some sort of orgy of excitement that will not allow time to read a blog. But just in case, HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!!!!
Continue readingSaturday Small Talk: Chat Away While I Pack and Break and Pack and Break and Pack
Happy Saturday! I woke up feeling all discombobulated, I think because I had too much screen time yesterday. We had our watchalong, and then almost right after I had a Friends movie watch and we did K3G. Great fun of course, but got me all weirdly hyper and funny feeling. Plus, of course, my apartment is being destroyed and moved into boxes.
Continue readingOne Off Shahrukh Happiness Post, Doing “The Lungi Dance” for Princess Anne
I forgot about this and I just ran across it and it made me smile and now I want to make you all smile.
Continue readingFriday WatchAlong: Kapoor & Sons! At 3pm Chicago Time, Right Here!
Yaaaaaay, Friday WatchAlong on FRIDAY!!!! I’m excited!!!! And a movie I have only seen once. Because I hated it.
Continue readingTGIF: No Pants Day!!!
This is some sort of holiday to raise awareness and make clothes donations or something. But it is also a great prompt for a TGIF!!!!
Continue readingAdvice for Post-Pandemic Socializing From My 18 Month Old Nephew
As more and more of us are joining the world again, I thought I should help by passing on the wisdom I myself have learned from my nephew.
Continue readingFriday WatchAlong: Kapoor & Sons!!!! 3pm Chicago Time Tomorrow!!!!
Woo-hoo! A movie I do not like! Always a fun watchalong experience. I hope you can join me!
Continue readingDiscussion Post: What Are Your Favorite Cross-Cultures Real Life Love Stories?
Angie was just complaining about a memoir she read that was supposed to be this woman’s real life love story, but it was all dramatized and hyped up. Which made me think about the amazing “truth is stranger than fiction” real life love stories that exist in the world. Let’s share our favorites!
Continue readingFriday WatchAlong: On FRIDAY! What Should We Watch?
Everyone said they can’t make it this Saturday!!! What is happening? Okay, rescheduling to Friday, now can we pick a movie???
Continue readingMother’s Day Week Question: Rank the Karan Johar Movie Mothers!!!!
Karan and mothers! He really loves them. Almost all his movies have a strong mother role. Which are your favorites?
Continue readingSaturday WatchAlong: What Should We Watch for Mother’s Day????
A very important week! And a very important movie choice for us. What should we watch for Mother’s Day????
Continue readingWednesday Watching Post: What Are You Watching and Reading and Thinking and Listening to on Cinco De Mayo?
Happy Wednesday!!!! And happy Cinco De Mayo!!! “Mayo”? Or is it “Maya”? Or something else? “Mayo” just doesn’t seem right.
Continue readingDCIB Book Club: Getting Rid of Bradley This Sunday, “The Prince of Ebon Rih” Next Sunday!!!!
Oh boy! It’s all romantic escapism all the time now! I cannot encourage you enough to read this week’s book, it is SO FUN. And next week, I picked a long short story, so it should be super easy. And if you like it, the author has many other books in the series.
Continue readingIMPORTANT FOOD QUESTIONS! Nuts in Brownies, Mustard or Mayo on Sandwiches, Whipped Cream on Milkshakes
We have been avoiding major divisive issues, but I think it is time to take a firm stand and face our differences. Yes, it is another Food Rules post!!!!
Continue readingAudrey Hepburn’s Birthday! Let’s Do a Twisted Remake of Funny Face with Lesbians, Sabrina with Class Violence, and Roman Holiday with Sexiness!!!
This is a bit of a narrowcasting post. Will only make sense to those of you who have actually seen the original films! But hopefully those few folks will enjoy this.
Continue readingAnnual May the 4th Post, Let’s Cast Star Wars!
Happy May the 4th! This post never gets much traffic and I don’t care. Star Wars, the real original trilogy ones, has an iconic group of central characters and we need to recast it!!!
Continue readingThe Mahabharata! Let’s CAST It!!!!!
The 8 central characters are such great types, super fun to cast. Don’t worry, if you somehow don’t know the story, I will summarize the main bits that are important for casting.
Continue readingDCIB Book Club: Getting Rid of Bradley in ONE Week, Fantasy, Romance, or Children’s Story in Two Weeks?
Remember! Next Sunday, 5/9, Mother’s Day, we are discussing Getting Rid of Bradley! It is a super fun light happy easy addictive sexy rom-com book. I want as many of you as possible to read it, because it will make you HAPPY. And I just want you to be HAPPY.
Continue readingMonday Morning Questions: What Do You Want to Ask Me the Week of Mother’s Day???
Happy Monday! I am up at our family house in Wisconsin, just me and Albie Dog. My apartment is infested with moving boxes and cockroaches, my parents’ apartment is infested with parents, Albie Dog and I just needed a break. So for Mother’s Day Week, I am avoiding my mother.
Continue readingDCIB Book Club: the Marvelous Land of Oz! Gender Issues Ahead of/Behind Their Times!
What an odd children’s book!!!! A transgender heroine, the only competent army is female, but also there is a weird feminist army of flibbertigibbets. Oh, and a lot of puns.
Continue readingSunday WatchAlong: Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna! 10am Chicago Time! Hate or Love Watch, as You Prefer!
Happy Sunday!!!! Our first Sunday watchalong in a while. In honor of Rachel’s birthday. And in honor of me FINALLY getting someone to watch Kabhi Alvida na Kehna with me.
Continue readingDiscussion Post: Weddings! Let’s Talk About Our Personal Preference!!!!
I was watching a true crime show which mentioned how this couple couldn’t afford a wedding so they had a big engagement party instead? Which completely confuses me. What’s the difference between a wedding and a big engagement party? Anyway, made me think we should all discuss these Vital Issues.
Continue readingSaturday Small Talk: Chat Away While I Pack Pack Pack!!!
Happy Saturday!!!! I am planning to be SO PRODUCTIVE today! I’m gonna pack all my bookshelves. Or, failing that, dye my hair. One or the other, but I’m gonna finish SOMETHING.
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