It's O.S.C.A.R.

Even the typesetter gave up on the author's name for a minute.

SH.......

"To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman."  So begins

I am a Sherlock Holmes fan.  I married a man who was a Sherlock Holmes fan.  We spent many, many hours watching the Basil Rathbone movies.

Heck, my Senior Paper in high school was a character study of Holmes.  Rathbone pops into my head on hearing the name "Holmes," but I've liked other portrayals.  Ian McKellen was wonderful as "'Mr. Holmes."  I like Benedict Cumberbatch on principle, though I think I only saw one episode of "Sherlock."  Jonny Lee Miller is a favorite, and I thoroughly enjoyed "Elementary."  One the world has been deprived of is the rumored Hugh Laurie as Holmes with Stephen Fry as Watson.  Imagine how glorious that would be.

Infinite Monkeys Theory

 This, I don't think, took an infinite number of monkeys with typewriters.  One monkey with one typewriter could have done this.

The author's name.  The name.  At least the cover is pretty.

Some of my time of late has been spent playing the app "Jigmerge."  Remember those little plastic slide-y number puzzles, put the tiles in order 1 through 9?  This is sort of like that.

I wasn't ever able to do those, but I'm enjoying this.  And most of them are more than 9 pieces.

A week 'til Christmas...  The last two months of the year have velocity.  I have precisely one gift for my daughter.  Her unwrapping is going to be quick and clean.

Butterflies Are Not Free

I used to have a pair of these.  Buying them at a boot store in my undergraduate college town is a vivid memory.  I literally wore them out --- soles, heels, straps, vamps...  Lots of good times in them.  People are selling them for near $200 now.

It's been a quiet day here.  I did little odds and ends things: replaced a light bulb in one of the porch lights, cleaned the master bath, picked out some frames for some things, you get it.  I even started wrapping gifts.  Hello, zsushing sound from scissors moving through wrapping paper!

This was all fun for a while, but now it's just plain frustrating.

"O'Leavis Canbolle."  Really?  I plan on reading each of the little books --- do you think the insides will be as indechiperable as the covers?

Relax, though.  It's hockey season, which means we get to see

again.  Hey, Henrik --- how you doin'?

PSA

 If you're hungry and thirsty, here's your combo.

Be sure the drink is COLD and the Krystals just came off the griddle.  A warm Krystal is unmatched.  Except for a warm glazed Krispy Kreme.  Yes, I call the burgers "Krystals" and the doughnuts "Krispy Kremes."  It may be just a regional thing;  I don't know.

The most famous author of all (just like Rudolph is "the most famous reindeer of all") is not the name to misspell  mangle.

"Wiccinst Sttne&sF(?)anc"???

It appears ring has a uterus.

On Film

We may have entered a small stretch of pretty Advent book covers.

Read it.  Had the unreliable narrator discussion. Saw Redford as Gatsby.

Saw Scott Wilson kill him.

Went on to love Scott Wilson anyway.

Still haven't  watched his death scene in "The Walking Dead."  Doubt I ever will.

There was a very special guest at the library this weekend, and my son got not one, but two photos with him.

I think he kind of misses his days in Children's.  My son.  Totoro will be there forever.

 

This I Like

Probably mostly because there's a lion at the top.  I've read individual fairy tales by the Grimm "bru6ners," but not the entire collection.  Some fairy tales are sincerely dark and cruel;  what is up with that?

Two

Thank you, thank you Diego.  What a year you gave us.  And your finishing 2nd in Heisman voting gives us another reason to appreciate what you did.  

You turned up.

⚓️⚓️⚓️⚓️⚓️⚓️⚓️⚓️⚓️⚓️

This one I know.  This one I've read.  Although I don't usually like short stories, London wrote one called "To Build a Fire" that I find masterful.

Picture Points

Well, okay, I guess...

So, is the snail also a toothpick caddy?

I couldn't bring myself to share the picture.  Just imagine duck heads.  Freeze-dried.  In a package.  That you would have to put your hand in to get to give to your dog because evidently some dogs like to crunch on duck heads.*

Okay.  Today we have a meager step toward non-lunacy.

Look at this face.  This face makes so many things bearable.  It was looking in my direction on Pinterest, and caused me to sigh happily.

I know I told you I had no photos of my Thanksgiving, and that's true about photos of my own.  This one, though, is a 100% accurate representation of that day.

*The shiver is a given.

WHAT?

Honestly.

You Need a Blasted Decoder Ring!

 I'm not even going to try with the authors' names anymore.

I can't make that one out, but it sure isn't "Jane Austen."

It looks like there'll be no testy fights for Mr. Darcy in this crowd.  Personally, I like Colin Firth's kind of twitchy awkwardness, and Matthew Macfadyen's sad resignation (plus his hand "thing"), and Laurence Olivier was quite dreamy in his day.

I kind of prefer Colonel Brandon to Mr. Darcy anyway...

Twinster has already said this, so this is more or less to re-affirm her wisdom.  If you're even remotely interested in the story (or the cadre of actors), please watch "Death by Lightning."  Everyone is good --- if you think Bradley Whitford's white hair is impressive, wait until you see his white beard --- but Matthew Macfadyen is exquisite.  Just remarkable.

Didn't get this online for TNT, but know that I stitched five letters over the weekend.  My fingers hurt so much after.

I'll allow you to decide which 5 letters...  

Clearly, I am all-in on cowboy boots.   This came across my feed last night:

They're sold as "wedding boots," so the floral sole makes sense, though the exact pose you'd have to hit for pictures might be a little tricky.  The assumption has to be that these are only going to be worn one day, otherwise those soles are going to wear kinda ugly.

(Not throwing shade on anyone who might choose these for her big day, but I just do not like square toes on boots.  I'm a snip toe girl.)

Lizzie Made A Choice...

"Lane Austen"?  Whoever printed the covers needed a proofreader.  Still, this I've read, and seen film adaptations.  Dare I ask:

Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy

or

Matthew MacFayden as Mr. Darcy

or 

Jack Lowden as Mr. Darcy

or

Matthew Rhys as Mr. Darcy

or 

Laurence Olivier as Mr. Darcy

or

Peter Cushing as Mr. Darcy

Unclear

 We've always had Christmas stockings for our pets.  The past few years, they were initially.  Going through things this year, I found 3, but could only hang one.

Finding Maddie's "m" and Riley's "r" made me cry.  I'll admit it.  

As best as I can tell, A Little Princess was written b6 Frances Hodgson Burnett, but I cannot tell it from this:

The author's name is utterly unreadable.  Either way, I haven't read this.  I was never for princess books.  Then I had a daughter, and read quite a few.*

Today I did get to therapy.  The air I put in the tire is still there.  My session was one of those where the more you talk, you realize you have more to talk about.  All these years with therapists, and there are still depths to dig.