Via my “Ask Lady Julia” Survey link available in the column to the right, a reader asked me to complete the following “four things” meme.  Thanks to the questioner.

Four favorite foods

• Chocolate (yes, everyone’s surprised I know)
• Strawberries
• Cheesecake
• Cashew Shrimp

Four movies I can watch over and over (well, not over and over, but once every six months or so)

• Steel Magnolias
• Casablanca
• O Brother Where Art Thou
• A Knight’s Tale

Four places I would rather be right now when it isn’t swelteringly hot

• London
• Scotland
• Florida (yes, I’ve never been)
• The Grand Canyon

Four things I would like to do before I die

• See the Phantom of the Opera
• Take a horse-drawn carriage ride
• Dance on the beach (have only been to the beach twice, once when it was below freezing)
• Play and make love in a five star hotel suite

Four qualities I think are attractive

• A good sense of humor
• A kind heart
• A quick mind
• A vivid imagination

Four toys I like

• Silk scarves
• Blindfold
• Small suede flogger for teasing
• Cock collar and leash

Four places I’ve done something kinky or edgey

• In the airport terminal in Louisville
• The roof of the Sears Tower in Chicago
• A Civil War park in Indiana
• The Parthenon in Nashville

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I finally saw “Angels and Demons“.  I’m not sure what anyone else thought, but as usual, I was disappointed with the movie adaptation of a book I enjoyed.  Perhaps if I hadn’t read the book, the movie would have been ok.  It was a little frustrating to see how Vittoria Vetra  was portrayed.  In the book she was smart, strong, and an integral character, while in the movie she pretty much followed Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) around and looked pretty.

“The Duchess“, starring Kiera Knightley as the very charasmatic Georgiana,  Duchess of Devonshire, is another movie I’ve seen recently.  If you like strong women and you don’t mind period pieces, this is a movie you’ll probably enjoy.  (When I say she was strong, you have to keep in mind that women of her day were so insignificant that they were valued for little more than breeding – chattel who could be beaten with a stick by their husbands as long as said stick was not bigger than the size of his thumb.)    This lady was so charming it was said that “the Duke of Devonshire must be the only man in England not in love with his wife.”   In the movie as well as in real life, the Duchess was intelligent, politically minded, and bold – qualities I find admirable of women today, let alone in a time when women were considered property.

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A couple of weeks ago I published two guest blogger posts, one written by FTW and the other a series penned by Arafin.  I’m interested in hosting the writings of others on a weekly basis, so if you would like to contribute, please let me know.

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That’s about it for tonight.  I’ve been sitting curled up on my chair for quite some time, watching TV and writing this entry.  It’s time to shower and slip between soft, sweet smelling sheets.

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