What’s in Your Closet?

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There aren’t enough therapists in the world…

I was watching the Pixar movie “Monsters University” the other night, because my kid is currently watching it on a back to back daily marathon, making my Vudu investment a very good one. Now, some people watch a movie like that and think, “That’s cool. I need more dip for my nachos.”

Some people, however, read way too much into what is probably just a simple story of learning to accept yourself and discovering your own strengths in the process. I am one of those people. Continue reading

Frozen Trolls

SPOILER ALERT: If you have not yet watched Disney’s Frozen, you might want to go do that. Right now. Seriously, it’s a great movie. Go watch it. Then come back and read this. Or don’t. But watch it anyway.

OK, moving on.

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Trolls are morons.

No, I’m not talking about internet trolls. Although those are also morons and frequently unrepentant assholes as well. But I refer to those little weird creatures in the movie “Frozen” who roll around like Weasel Balls and perform surprisingly well choreographed shotgun weddings.

Bloody Trolls!

Yes, that is definitely the face of ancient wisdom. Let’s do what he says.

The trolls are supposed to be the go-to purveyors of wisdom for all things related to unusual abilities and/or supernatural curses. At the beginning of the movie, ice-powered child Elsa accidentally hits her little sister Anna with a blast of snow while they played. Under normal circumstances this would only result in the affected child brushing the snow off her face and preparing an appropriate response in the form of a payback snowball. Continue reading

Blather of Skites

donald-trumpToday’s word of the day at Dictionary.com is “blatherskite”, which sounds like a particularly nasty creature encountered by Alice while traversing the shadier neighborhoods of Wonderland, but actually means “a person given to voluble, empty talk”. And I bet all this time you did not know there was a fancy, highly literary word for a bullshitter. And it makes sense. After all, “blather” is, in fact, a more family-friendly word for bullshit, as you surely knew. Continue reading