kate rothwell

Anyone wonder where I went? Me, too. Okay never mind all that personal crap. Look at this thing Aya sent us. If you've ever spent any time around sheep, it's bound to have an effect on you. Yes, it was a real movie. The preview was more than enough, thanks (I especially like the guy smoking a cigarette.) I was accosted by sheep in the Lake District once. I...I don't like to talk about it. They made off with our lunch.

Totally random. No theme here except maybe hitting the hot markets? Take what you want--feel free to give me a small percentage of the gajillion bucks you make. 1. Past Lives Repression inspired by Doug and Microsoar : Two co-workers fall in love, but must overcome the obstacles of their past lives. One was Cleopatra and the other was Osbert Mudgrubber. At last Osbert finds true happiness with a tax accountant who was a dill pickle in a previous incarnation. 2. The Ghost and Mr. Muir. A gay remake of the old classic. 3. Mansfield Sensibility. A gay remix of Mansfield Park and Sense and Sensibility. Marianne and Fanny set up house together. Fanny learns to unbend. Marianne learns to be self effacing. (note to possible authors: yes! rewrites of dead author's characters AND gay-nitude are all the rage these days. Write that bestseller) 4. Oliver In Bondage . Come on, you know that Oliver Reed as Sikes in Oliver! was hot, hot, hot. Just have to tone him down a bit, give him a pla...

Mysteries with a twist are coming back. I know about a cleaning lady who solves mysteries, a whole bunch of mysteries with recipes. Mostly lots of funky professions. Here's a twist you can have--but you have to put in a heartfelt dedication to me when you write it: Someone on The Other Side who solves mysteries for murder victims who can't figure out who did them in and why. Ghost detective. Whaddaya think? Go ahead. I'm not writing it.

I wrote a kos thing about some Bush Supporters and now I can't make changes. I'm so used to going in and monkeying with my bad grammar and typos. Yuck. Anyway, I say that for some people, no longer supporting our president might be more painful than cognitive dissonance. Of course they wouldn't shift their approval rating. Oh. I can make changes. I was hitting the wrong button. But now it's off the front page, so never mind.

The good: They amuse themselves easily. The bad: They have all next week off.

I had a chance to interview GWB. I was so angry with him I couldn't speak correctly so he eventually made a smart-ass comment and got up and left.

Aya's response to the my post about kids' songs: I rebuked the "Ring around the rosy" song? Huh? I have the file of you singing the nuthouse song, if you'd like an MP3 or wave file of it.* I think I ended up tracing the nuthouse song back to a 1926 parlor song called “The Lunatic’s Lullaby,” created by Leslie Moore, Johnny Tucker & Edgar Leslie. Say the word and I'll send the parlour-song lyrics to you... Or a condensed version of my research on children's songs, for that matter.*** So the Ring Around The Rosy thing might have been my imagination. We'll get back to you on it after she does some more research. Snopes isn't on the case. We have to dig deeper. Aya (who's visiting) suggests starting with mudcat.org site, which looks like a lovely time-waster. Random lyric look up! ___________________________ * No, Thanks. ***Yes, please.