The Crooked Castle

Author: unclehyena (Page 10 of 39)

Invented, Water, Bright

Movies, and a few thoughts:

“The Man Who Invented Christmas” is a slightly biographical piece about the composition and publication of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol in Prose”. It is amusing and heart warming, if you don’t have an allergic reaction to the sentimentality. Some of the performances (Christopher Plummer in particular) are brilliant. We enjoyed this a great deal. Continue reading

Why a Hyena?

I have been using variations on “Uncle Hyena” as an online handle since 1998 (back when people still used online handles), and someone recently asked me where the name came from. I know I have told the story several times over the years, but I don’t think I have ever written it all down, so here we are. Continue reading

« Older posts Newer posts »

© 2024 Chateau Malfet

Theme by Anders NorenUp ↑