My Current Interest

                 It is time for chocolate again!                 Hershel is the citizen of Lee’s town who is a little out of the ordinary.   He is very passionate about his pet causes and does get riled up about them.   At times he can also get a bit too attached to people he finds interesting.   While that may put some people on edge, for the most part he is harmless.   Hershel does not hurt anyone.   At least not until the day he picks a fight with Joe.   Hershel does this in a very public location, so of course when he is first missing then dead, people begin to suspect Joe.   This does not create a pleasant situation and it is only made worse when further evidence is planted on him.                 Of course Lee does not believe Joe is guilty.   She wants Joe’s name cleared and to finally be able to have some true romantic time together.   Proving Joe’s innocence and being with Joe would be a lot easier if Joe’s long ago ex-girlfriend would stop taunting her.   That is really ann

               This is my favorite version of A Christmas Carol .   It is actually the only one I watch.   The only one that sticks pretty true to the story, I mean.   There are others that I enjoy that take the story and twist it.    Even when throwing those into the mix The Muppet Christmas Carol is still my favorite.   Blame it on The Muppets.   I love them.                 Michael Caine stars as the infamous Ebenezer Scrooge.   He has his dutiful worker Bob Cratchit played by Kermit the Frog and his other employees are rats.   Scrooge is his usual stingy self and must be warned about his ways.   Upon returning home on Christmas Eve, Scrooge is visited by his old business partners, Marley and Marley.   In the original story there is only one.   As the business partners in this version are played by the two hecklers Statler and Waldorf, there was an adjustment.   They let Scrooge know three ghosts will be visiting him that night and if he does not learn from them and change, he w

              Sigh.   If only I could spend my life reading good books.   Reading good books and get paid for it I mean.   I do spend much of my life reading.   Sometimes when I am really involved in a story, I have a hard time leaving.   Only By Your Touch is one of those books I had a hard time putting down when I had other things to do.                          Chloe is a divorced mother who has moved to a new town in order to take a dispatcher job.   Now that they are settled and away from her abusive ex-husband, Chloe has given her son, Jeremy, a puppy.   They only have the puppy for a short time before it becomes very ill.   The local vet refuses to help because Chloe is not able to afford to pay him right away.   Desperate, Jeremy takes his puppy to Ben, the local outcast.   Ben has a bad reputation based on myths, bad information, and old grudges.   People stay away from him which works for Ben as he prefers his solitude.   Actually his solitude is a necessity.   Ben cares f

                 I did not watch Top Chef when it first came out.  It did not seem like my kind of thing.  After landing on a marathon several seasons in, I became hooked.  Set in a different location each season, the newest batch of competitors is competing their way through the state of Texas.  Already this season seems to be an interesting ride.                     Usually the first episode stars the main contestants and the competition begins.  Not this season.  Instead, when the chefs arrived there was one further challenge.  Twenty-nine chefs had to compete one more time in order to get into the main draw of sixteen.  Once the sixteen were determined, then the main competition began.                 Each main competition episode is set up with two challenges.  The first is fast and the winner usually earns immunity from elimination.  Second is the elimination challenge.  These challenges are much longer, but as it can send someone home, the stakes are very high.  Sometimes this