i managed to avoid it all winter long and even thought i was in the clear soon as spring rolled in but it seems there's no escaping it altogether. the damn bug going around finally got me.this week was meant to be the start of a new fitness routine, one that would see me back to my old sexy self again come summer, but rather than sweating it out at the gym, i've instead been doing that in my pjs, in bed.it's been an exercise in perseverance and patience as i've found myself getting increasingly stressed and irritated with work, ...

(because, because, because, because, because)Sixty-nine years ago (August 25th, 1939 to be exact) The Wizard of Oz opened in movie theaters. It's since become one of the most justly beloved movies of all time and deeply embedded in our culture. Everyone knows it by heart even, I sometimes suspect, people who haven't actually sat down to watch it. Its turns of phrases are part of the vernacular. Its minor characters are instantly identifiable and loveable, too. Gah, it's so so ... wonderful.I've enthused about the movie before --surely you know about my love of all ...