Saturday Salon on Sunday: Baseball is Winding Down to the Wire and Football Is Heating Up.

This may be an early Norman Rockwell, can't find any info. Google has it under Rockwell, but you know how that goes. Still, it's such a wonderful painting, I had to include it. If you know the artist, please let me know.James Ormsbee ChapinNorman Rockwell for The Saturday Evening PostNorman Rockwell for The Saturday Evening PostNorman Rockwell for The Saturday Evening PostJ.C. LeyendeckerGorgeous portrait of Ted Williams by Graig KreindlerPortrait...

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Friday Forgotten (or Overlooked) Books: MAIGRET AND THE WINE MERCHANT by Georges Simenon

Friday is half over and I'm just now sitting down to write my Friday Forgotten Book post. The day has gone on without me, or so it seems. Patti Abbott usually hosts our weekly meme, but this week Todd Mason has the links on his blog, Sweet Freedom. Don't forget to drop by.Last week I talked about a Maigret re-read that I enjoyed and this week I'm doing the same. Apparently I'm having a good time. So all the modern stuff will have to wait.This week...

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Conan Doyle is probably spinning in his grave...

Why oh why can't people leave well enough alone? Now, I like Johnny Lee Miller well enough and he might, just might make a good modern day Sherlock Holmes. But Lucy Liu as Dr. Watson???No, no, a thousand times no! Debuting tonight - ('Elementary' now isn't that a clever name?) it's just as well that I don't have cable and therefore won't be watching.If you take a look, let me know what you think. If it's good, I'll eat my words.But in the meantime,...

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Tuesday's Forgotten (or Overlooked) Movies and Other A/V Stuff

Yes, if it's Tuesday, this is the place to be, movie-wise. Well, here and also over at Todd Mason's blog, Sweet Freedom. Todd hosts our weekly meme - he has all the links. So don't forget to check in and see what's what, movie-wise, television-wise, short film-wise, and any other audio/visual-wise you can think of.My movie pick came and went like a puff of smoke in 2009, so it's a new movie (made within the past five years, at any rate) which, apparently,...

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Forgotten Book Friday: MAIGRET AND THE MADWOMAN by Georges Simenon

I sort of side-stepped Patti Abbott's Maigret Day of a few weeks back, but now I'm catching up. I've been re-reading my small collection of Maigret books and for those very few that might have missed Maigret Day, here's my entry for today's Forgotten Book.Oh, and don't forget to head on over to Patti's blog, Pattinase, to see what other Forgotten (or Overlooked) Books other bloggers are talking about today.MAIGRET AND THE MADWOMAN (1970) by the super...

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...Continued from yesterday.Ten more answers to Cinematic Reviews 20 Questions Quiz Don't forget to check in over at Mythical Monkey's blog for his answers (that's where I learned of the quiz first posted by Cinematic Review.)11) WHAT FILM GETS YOUR VOTE FOR THE WORST OR MOST POINTLESS REMAKE? I would have to say that THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE sounds like the most pointless.Although UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS (2011) seems equally pointless as...

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