Random stuff: what it says on the tin...

More or less random, anyway. Each thought is probably connected to the other thoughts here, and also to real things in the real world that have meaning and import (or they wouldn't keep popping up, you know) but either the connecting strands are so fine (like a freshly made strand of spider silk) that even I can't see it, or they're iron cables that I'd rather not talk about, or somewhere in between.

Probably mostly "Somewhere in between"

1. From the Lexiphile File:
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2. From the writer's block file: I've become mildly distressed since remembering all the story-writing projects I mean to embark on, but never complete:
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3. And then, I remember my new blog.
   
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4. I finished watching On the Riviera today, via YouTube. Apparently, it was one of those movies that was a popular hit, and panned by the critics. I can see why, on both counts. It's a remake of a remake of a film version of a play, so no one can say there's anything at all original about it.
   
   On the other hand, it is warm, and sunny, on all counts: a) set in a warm and sunny location and b) it has a warm and sunny mood. Even during the lovers' quarrels that drive the plot, there is neither bitterness or sarcasm. And it is very nice to see Kaye play First fiddle, for once, and to play someone consistently self-assured and capable, rather than a nervous, twitchy, clown (even though he played the latter to perfection).
   
   I've come to the conclusion, after all the Danny Kaye-watching over the past two weeks that his signature move was a version of this:
   
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   And that's fine by me. I may make a screen-cap collage to prove my thesis, in the not to distant future.