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Movie Quotes of the Seventies – My Picks

You all know that I go on kicks, and right now is the movie quote kick. So, in order not to leave you out of my musings, here’s some seventies movie quotes that are near and dear to me. Of course, feel free to use them, share them, tweet them or simply read them and laugh, then go find the movie they’re from, cuz some of those movies were pretty good. Either way, enjoy! The Godfather – The best thing about this line is not only was it practical, it was also improvised. Why go through all the trouble of buy cannoli, then leave it in the car with a dead man? Superman – Christopher Reeve, the one, the only Superman. And when he catches Lois Lane? She’s not all calm, cool and collected…who would be? This man is ….flying!!! Anyone who has been following me the past… Continued

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Giving Tuesday: To Authors and Writers and other Recipients of Vicious Reviews

…or How I learned to stop worrying about the noise around me and just write…. If you are on Facebook or Twitter or a member of any number of groups that involve readers and writers, you’ve seen it or heard it. “I got a bad review.” “I got a bad review…can you vote it down for me?” “I got a bad review, can I get it removed?” “Rant rant rant against bad reviews……” “These people who write bad reviews don’t understand how much it takes to create….to write….to imagine…to dream…” I’ll tell ya, honey, to this last one – no, they don’t, nor do they care. Now, I’ve written before how people who write reviews should be kind and constructive and all that jazz. Real nice, right? All kum ba ya and nice-nice, yakity yak. Today, I’m totally putting my thing down, flipping it and reversing it. Go read some

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Dahlia's Favorite Movie Quotes – Part I

Unlike Hollywood, I’m letting you know right up front that there will be more of my favorite movie quotes in the future. As you all know by now, I totally geek out about a lot of things, new gadgets, anything quotes, movies, trivia, etc. etc. Today, I’m bringing the movie geekette out for a bit to lighten up your Friday with a five of my favorite movie quotation from… 5 Most Famous Movie Quotes This is taken from a survey conducted by Entertainment Magazine and references films up to 1998. But don’t worry, later on the series, I will explore famous movie quotes from specific decades….I know, y’all can’t wait. So, let’s go! And if a particular quote moves you, I’ve created a tidy little picture that you can feel free to share! Out of these, which one is your favorite? Leave it in the comments! Dahlia

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Recipe Wednesday – Chicken Kiev

From time to time, I do get a little industrious in the kitchen and I’ve found this is one of my favorite recipes to dust off. I hope you’ll like it as much as my family does. INGREDIENTS: Butter Mixture: 1/2 cup butter 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper 2 tsp garlic powder For Chicken: 2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breasts – cut in half 2 eggs 3 tbs water 3/4 cup seasoned bread crumbs toothpicks DIRECTIONS: 1. Combine 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 teaspoon pepper and 1 teaspoon garlic powder. On a 6×6 inch piece of aluminum foil, spread mixture to about 2×3 inches. Freeze until firm. 2. Take the chicken breast halves, place each between two pieces of waxed paper and pound it with a mallet until about 1/4 inch in thickness. Season with salt, pepper and garlic powder 3. When butter mixture is firm, remove from freezer and cut into 6

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5 Fandom Friday: Five Songs that Changed my Life

Hey, it’s Fandom Friday again! Let me to a shout out to fellow geek bloggers Super Space Chick and The Nerdy Girle for organizing this, as always. It certainly helps me stay on the blogging bandwagon. Any posts that have something to do with music, I’m there. Let’s get to it, shall we? Five songs that changed my life. 1. Roxanne – The Police Where can I start with this? The spare, stripped musical arrangement? The high, plaintive tenor of Sting? Or the fact that this was a love song to “a lady of the night”. I never knew what “red light district” meant before this song. i have every Police album. Love them! 2. In Your Eyes – Peter Gabriel I had never heard of Peter Gabriel until his album “So”. What remarkable album! From the soulful Superstition-esque Sledgehammer to the slow, dreamy melodies of Mercy

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Country Music Classics

“Music has always been a matter of Energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is Fuel. I have always needed Fuel. I am a serious consumer. On some nights I still believe that a car with the gas needle on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio.” – Hunter S. Thompson All kinds of music are all right with me – I decided to take today to share with you some of my favorite country songs. Please, feel free to list yours in the comments! Friends in Low Places – Garth Brooks Funny story – I was never a Garth Brooks fan until I went to one of those “lookalike shows”. The fake Garth Brooks sang this song, and I had to look it up when I got home.