THINGS I LOVED/HATED THIS WEEK #250
LOVE: White Christmas: I don’t have any passion for Christmas. Like everybody who grew up with the tradition, I enjoy the over-the-top gifting and spirit of commercialism, but the deeper […]
LOVE: White Christmas: I don’t have any passion for Christmas. Like everybody who grew up with the tradition, I enjoy the over-the-top gifting and spirit of commercialism, but the deeper […]
One of my dream jobs is to work at the British Museum. There is not a role I would not happily do there. I would love being a janitor. I would clean displays. I would do, quite literally, anything. It is my great ambition one day to call them an employer. I don’t love London, not by any means, but I love that museum with passion. I have applied innumerable times in the past, but I have received so many polite rejections that I have given that up.
LOVE: Magic in the Moonlight: I am well aware that Woody Allen is problematical for one million and four reasons. I also find the word problematical…problematical, but that’s for another […]
LOVE: “Rebel Heart” Preorder: I don’t know why everybody has so many problems with Madonna. I think she’s awfully fun. People just enjoy being offended. I don’t. I don’t really […]
LOVE: Graham Norton Show: I’ve long had a fantasy of living in London, which I’ve told you about frequently enough. It involves working at the British Museum, having a flat […]
LOVE: “Almost Royal” on BBC America: I have fallen in love with television again. There are such good shows on! It’s not like the dark ages of the past where […]
I love Jennifer Saunders — she can do no wrong in my eyes. She is a comedic genius and a global treasure. Wonderfully, she has written an autobiography that only […]
LOVE: Good Off: This stuff is miraculous. It smells dreadful and makes my lungs feel like they’re shutting down, but it will take paint off of anything in two seconds. […]
I barely do mornings in America, I certainly don’t do them here in Europe. There is little chance for me ever becoming a morning person. I’m not sure if it’s […]
I didn’t want to wake up now that I was finally in a real bed. Last night I slept on a plane, the night before I slept on a bus. […]