Have any of you ever wondered where the adjective "rip-snorting" (as in Dan Brown's (photo at right) new "rip-snorting adventure") came from?
It looks as if there's going to be a great fall for new books (Pat Conroy, Diana Gabaldon, John Irving, Dan Brown, John LeCarre, Jane Smiley, Denise Giardina, and Arturo Perez Reverte); new movies (The Lovely Bones, Where the Wild Things Are, The Informant, The Men Who Stare at Goats, 9 (which I saw yeeeaaars ago on Broadway), and a new Michael Moore movie; local events (the new Grand series, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, book signings at Joseph Beth --Diana Gabaldon, and the local library--Silas House, etc.). . . but, alas, I read through the most recent Entertainment magazine with great frustration regarding this fall's TV lineup. I saw ab-so-lute-ly NOTHING of interest. Thank goodness (as always) for PBS, and, for that matter, HBO, Showtime, C-Span, etc., for continuing to make the major networks irrelevant.
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