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Front-Ranger:
Woke up in the night with worry about the world situation, and read the article "Fractured Fairy Tale" about Meghan and Harry. It was mildly diverting.

serious crayons:

--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on April 15, 2020, 05:47:12 pm --- the article "Fractured Fairy Tale" about Meghan and Harry.
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I haven't seen the article, but the headline takes me back about 50-55 years!  :laugh:




Jeff Wrangler:

--- Quote from: serious crayons on April 16, 2020, 10:09:01 am ---I haven't seen the article, but the headline takes me back about 50-55 years!  :laugh:

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I never did get around to adding Rocky and Bullwinkle to my DVD collection.  ;D

Front-Ranger:
A couple of days ago I watched the recent movie The Lighthouse which was favorably reviewed in TNY. It was so creepy it gave me nightmares.

Two guys in a Godforesaken lonely place out in the middle of nowhere. Yes, there was attraction, but not in the Brokeback way. Ends badly, but not in the Brokeback way.

I honestly can't recommend it. If you like psychological thrillers, then maybe. It could also be termed a horror movie, in the sense that you are horrified that it was made into a movie.

And yes, wonderful Robert Pattinson is one of the two guys. But still...

Jeff Wrangler:
I jumped ahead in my magazines to read "Fractured Fairy Tale," and I quite enjoyed it. I enjoyed the story of Augustus Frederick, duke of Sussex, as much as I joyed reading about Harry and Meghan.

I had an Aha Moment when Mead wrote that Queen Victoria had granted Augustus' wife the title Duchess of Inverness. That event was a plot point in one episode of Series I of Victoria, which ran on PBS. In the show, for a reason I can't remember, the queen awarded her the title so that she could be presented at Court. It probably had something to do with the queen's wedding to Prince Albert.

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