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things I miss…

17 Sunday Feb 2008

Posted by in books & writing, films, food & drink, friends, language, life stuff, retail therapy, television

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I came across this old post from last year on Letters Home the other day. Oh how I wish everyone had a ‘recent comments’ widget for people just passing through or for when I’m just having a quick look around a few blogs without using my feedreader. In fact, I probably would have just read the comment to this post on my feedreader without clicking on the post itself. But seeing it on ian’s sidebar I clicked on the comment and saw the original post. Anyhoodle … it was all about things ian misses from the places he used to live after having moved on to somewhere else.

Like ian, I’ve lived in a few different places since leaving my birthplace Winnipeg, Canada (aka Winterpeg) at age 25. Since then I’ve lived in Toronto, Bristol in England, and Salamanca & Seville in Spain. Here is my list of things I miss …

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good books, bad films

08 Thursday Nov 2007

Posted by in books & writing, films, nablopomo

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20 Good Books Made Into Not-So-Good Movies

Do you agree with the AV Club’s list? Are there any more titles you’d like to add?

  1. Slapstick (Of Another Kind) (1982)
  2. The Bonfire Of The Vanities (1990)
  3. Bicentennial Man (1999)
  4. The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
  5. The Scarlet Letter (1995)
  6. All The King’s Men (2006)
  7. The Human Stain (2003)
  8. The Hours (2002)
  9. Stardust (2007)
  10. Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
  11. Portnoy’s Complaint (1972)
  12. Tropic Of Cancer (1970)
  13. Bee Season (2005)
  14. Stuart Little (1999)
  15. Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (1993)
  16. The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy (2005)
  17. The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007)
  18. The Black Cauldron (1985)
  19. Breakfast At Tiffany’s (1961)
  20. Stephen King’s The Shining (1997)

And here is another possibly scary list … this one of Books Into Movies that have release dates in November and December.