But Call Me Betsy

I missed the first 30 minutes of this show because we were looking at houses for my mom, and so I didn't get to see the moment where I was proved wrong and Kaitlyn was chosen as the Bachelorette. So, I stand corrected. Britt will have to go back to Hollywood and hug a bunch of people. I am certain that she will do fine. But now, Kaitlyn has to decide who is there for the right reasons and who was there for Britt, the mermaid. The dentist goes in for a kiss and does not comment on any plaque problems. One point for him. So far, Kaitlynn has kissed two guys, including Shawn, whose shirts is gaping weirdly in the front. Have you ever kissed a guy with a beard or, in his case, three days worth of facial growth? It's odd. Okay, but so now, the guys who were all in for Britt are needing to change strategies and pretend they were totally making it up and they really are after Kaitlyn, who has tattoos on her elbows and a sparkly diamond nose ring and is not much like Britt at all...

In a new twist on an old reality TV story, there are two Bachelorettes and the dudes get to vote on which woman they would rather sleep with and which one will be forced to go on Dancing with the Stars . I like Kaitlyn better than Britt, but it's no contest. Britt will win even though she is the uglier crier. I feel like she's way more conventionally pretty whereas Kaitlyn is funny and quirky and pretty but less startlingly beautiful. I also like Kaitlyn because she is from Canada. I don't trust the 'Mericans. It's like Aphrodite (Britt) versus Athena (Kaitlyn). Some of the men: Jonathan: black guy with five year old kid. Super cute, but never once has a black man made it even to the top three. He lives in Chicago? Somewhere with lots of snow. He's a Britt fan. Joe: insurance agent. Southern accent. Eyes too close together. Dog is a too fat lab. He owns horses No one has ever taught him how to pluck his eyebrows or is that just a divet in the center of his...

I read fiction almost every day. I don't read for that long; maybe 15 minutes before I turn out the light at night, but I read fast and in comes cases, I skim even faster, especially if the book is one I don't have a high interest in, but I still want to know how it comes out. You can pick a spot on a page and get a sense of where the scene is--okay, he's still talking to the sister, and then skip over the next few paragraphs until you find another scene change and orient yourself that way. I've raced through a few books this way--usually when the library return deadline is looming and I don't want to check it out again.   The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout. Not to be confused with the movie, The Fabulous Baker Boys . There are no pianos or torch singers in this book. This is a story of fractured siblings, twins and an older brother who has had God-like success as a lawyer. The twins, Sara and Bob are sad sacks; Sara is divorced with a kid whose in trou...

We saw this movie last night at The Princeton Garden Theater after I read a brief review of it that said it was an intelligent sci fi thriller. It was either that or White God , which is foreign film about a bunch of dogs who rise up against that man. I'm sure I would like that one too, because the main character is a mutt, but I am also afraid it would be too sad, like all the dogs will get shot. Now that we actually have a dog, I am even  more sensitive to their various plights. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Ex Machina , it nestles in with a family of films that are about similar subject matters ( Her , Lucy , both starring Scarlett Johansson), essentially, how technology is dangerous, how relationships in the age of Siri are fractured as men tend to fall in love with robots/operating systems if they are really hot, and how women in a position of power are threatening. Are these films all being developed because Hillary Clinton is running for president? Not sure, b...