Every new beginning comes from some other sunscreen's end

...won't see Bloom three times in theaters or try to push the DVD on nearly so many people as I have with Brick , but it is a delightful movie. I guess I can see the superficial resemblances to Wes Anderson that some people have carped about, but while Bloom is also funny and whimsical and melancholy, all adjectives that apply to most of Anderson's movies, it still has a markedly different tone ...

UNCANNY RESEMBLANCES - PART I

They say everyone has a double and there's plenty to go around in the Lizzie Borden case.  Facial familiarities are  based on the shape of the head, nose, eyes, mouth, bone structure, placement of ears and distance from eyes to chin, types of ear lobes, arching of eyebrows, and on and on.   Sometimes the similarities are just what we want to see and to others, no resemblance at all.   I find ...

Springtime Challenge! Prompts: 03/30- control | 03/31- The Virgin Islands | 04/01- April Fools Day

... is being made from this work of fiction. All characters and events portrayed in this story are fictitious products of the fan-writer’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblances to persons living or dead are entirely coincidental. Characters :This chapter is Griffin-centric, Griffin/David/Griffin Summary : David is a rookie paladin who's entire family has been in the ...

For Melusina

... snowman is Dumbledore, and the Bumble is Voldemort - well, sort of. Maybe the better fit is Snape - scary but ultimately tamable. Yukon Cornelius is definitely Sirius, and the Misfit Toys are the Order (Although I want to know who King Moonracer is - Remus, perhaps?) The resemblances are uncanny. And now for the cute pathos factor: Rudolph rejected by his family (Durlseys, anyone?)

Reunions Part 19

... bit. She enters the room, Wand held up. The room is like a giant portrait museum. There are some busts and statues, but mostly paintings. Rysta spots Calaen’s family fairly quickly, noting the family resemblances with both Calaen and Evaenia. She comes to the portrait of Calaen’s father, done when he was obviously much younger. She stops at it and bows solemnly. Rysta: I’m sorry I couldn’t do...

How to Build a Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later

...same office as Felix in the Book of Acts: the final authority. There is a conversation in my novel which very closely resembles a conversation between Felix and Paul. Well, I decided to try for any further resemblances. The main character in my novel is named Jason. I got an index to the Bible and looked to see if anyone named Jason appears anywhere in the Bible. I couldn’t remember any. Well, a ...

I had a dream...

... way that I am cynical about "love at first sight".  However it has always struck me odd that each dream was reoccuring and that some of the details were so vivid on each occasion, not to mention the serious resemblances I noticed when we first met.  Which to be quite frank, added to how WELL we got along, to begin with at least, unnerved me a little, and still do to a degree.  Although I guess I ...

Little Girl in Blue

... "annoyances" are suddenly gone, it shocks us into noticing the clear truth spoken by Emily Dickenson. "Forever is composed of nows." Disclaimer/Claimer: This is a work of fiction. Any resemblances to persons alive or dead are purely coincidental. This author holds exclusive rights to this work, and any unauthorized reproduction is strictly prohibited. A/N: This work was written in response to...

... fabrics. and, i couldn't help but think, here.. you can see the family resemblance, to her father's portraits, her brothers- especially her brothers. you wouldn't think that one could capture resemblances in the older portrait painters, could you? but it's ALL there. and, in comparing Degas' simple sketch to the numerous sketches/paintings ordered by Catherine de Medici, by Clouet, of all her ...

My Name Is Jack Tanner - Pt. 1

...'s Note: Non slash. I disclaim my use of The Joker etc. and ideas drawn from Alex Bell's 'The Ninth Circle'. This chapter is strongly inspired by that book and will bear resemblances. Summary: A man who has identified himself as Jack Tanner wakes upon the bloodied floorboards of a Gotham apartment. His face is painted and scarred and his coat is full of knives. He cannot remember ...