Fish Out of Water Fish in a Tree, Lynda Mullaly Hunt (2017) My 4th grader is a decent reader. It's not his preferred leisure activity, but still... he's a decent reader. One thing he doesn't read is this website - let alone book reviews on this website. So I forgive him for just happening to nonchalantly mention a … [Read more...]
Stateside (2004)
Mad Love Stateside, 2004 Warning: This review contains clips with very bad words. You're not going to watch this movie and I'm here to tell you that you probably shouldn't watch this movie. But I watched this movie. A movie, supposedly, "based on a true story," although from everything I've read "based on" is … [Read more...]
UConn Basketball Books (Pre-2000)
U-C-O-N-N! UCONN! UCONN! UCONN! (basketball books) Dozens of books have been written about UConn's storied men's and women's basketball programs. After all, they won nearly 20 national championships together and in 2004 and 2014, they both won. I assume many are not dissimilar to many others. So I will read them, … [Read more...]
Book Review: Hidden Corners of New England
Another Dark Entry Hidden Corners of New England, David Yeadon (1976) What's the point of reading through and writing about a travel guide almost as old as I am? I'll tell you what the point of it is: because it's a travel guide almost as old as I am about a state that I think I know as much about as anyone. … [Read more...]
Auntie Mame (1958)
Auntie Awesome Auntie Mame, 1958 I love this movie. My wife loves this movie. If you don't at least like this movie, you are dead inside. And while it's only peripherally a "Connecticut movie," it's "Connecticutness" is enough to warrant a page on this website. It's a long movie with many twists and turns. … [Read more...]
Book Review: The Courage of Sarah Noble
So Noble The Courage of Sarah Noble, Alice Dalgliesh (1952) Not being from Connecticut, I'd never heard of this book until 2021... about 40 years later than would have been the ideal target age for it. And I don't really know if Sarah Noble is very well known outside of western Connecticut - more specifically New … [Read more...]
The Ref (1994)
"Mary, Gag Your Grandma" The Ref, 1994 It's a Christmas movie! It's a Connecticut movie! It's a Christmas in Connecticut movie! About... sports? No. "The Ref" has nothing at all to do with athletics unless you include hopeless family infighting as sport. And the family featured here certainly does their best to … [Read more...]
UConn Basketball Books (2000-2010)
U-C-O-N-N! UCONN! UCONN! UCONN! (basketball books) Dozens of books have been written about UConn's storied men's and women's basketball programs. After all, they won nearly 20 national championships together and in 2004 and 2014, they both won. I assume many are not dissimilar to many others. So I will read them, … [Read more...]
Book Review: American Cookery
American Cookery, Amelia Simmons (1796) I can be moderately proud that I've written about many, many hundreds of things for this site that previously had no internet presence. Every so often, though, I'm tasked to write about something that has been described, poked, prodded, and probed dozens of times over many … [Read more...]
Book Review: Connecticut a la Carte
a la Free Library Cart Connecticut a la Carte Edited by Melinda M. Vance Isn't it weird that cookbooks are still so popular? We have several dozen of them in my house and every once in a while we may notice a pretty cover. But anytime we need a recipe, we go online. And yet... we still buy cookbooks. It's a weird … [Read more...]
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