Dieting resolutions, Iowa, and vaccine pains.

Catholics throw a hissy fit over The Golden Compass movie. Meanwhile, children in the world still go hungry and human beings continue to suffer. But, Godammit, there's a movie against Christianity to be boycotted!

A simple "thank you" would do.

My endless fascination with WWII and the record number of hours I spent in front of the TV watching Ken Burns' documentary.

This and that...

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind — the novel and the film. 

The way you smell affects your love life.

Oprah picks a new book club selection — right in time for the movie version! I smell a marketing deal.

My boycott of Glamour magazine...

The actor's arrest this past week is his fourth offense and will probably lead to jail time.