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Welcome to Diane Patterson's eclectic blog about what strikes her fancy

How to cook up a “perfect” heroine

Posted on May 30, 2005 Written by Diane

Carina Chocano has an article in today's LA Times Calendar about the seven rules for movie heroines. Every one of her rules resonates with me. Resonates with me as to why I cannot stand most of the women in movies today, especially in romantic … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Movies

How time flies

Posted on May 28, 2005 Written by Diane

Today I went to get a manicure and pedicure with my mother-in-law and sister-in-law (light pink on my fingernails, sparkly blue on my toenails, thanks for asking) and I heard the woman across the aisle from me say she had just bought a house in … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: All About Moi

Writerbo

Posted on May 28, 2005 Written by Diane

Scott Lynch tells us about a variant on the Sony Aibo robotic dog. It's from Honda and it's called Writerbo. Strangely, he didn't include where to buy such a thing. Guess I'll just have to do it myself. (Via Tamboblog, who doesn't have any entry … [Continue reading]

Filed Under: Writing

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