It's an Honor Just to Be Nominated...

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My Picks:

1. The Blonde at the Film
   
2. Classic Film and TV Cafe
   
3. Classic Movie Night
   
4. Grand Old Movies
5. Immortal Ephemera
6. Michael's TV Tray
   
7. Movies Silently
   
8. The Old Movie House
9. Person in the Dark
10. Picture This: Library of Congress Prints & Photos
11. Pre-Code.com
    
12. Sunset Boulevard
    
13. They Don't Make 'Em Like They Used To
14. Transplanted Tatar
    
15. Virginia Weidler Remembrance Society
    

What? A Versatile Blogger Award?!

The excellent Karen of shadowsandsatin and The Dark Pages, has nominated me for a Versatile Blogger Award, for which I am truly grateful and not a little bit shocked. For those of you unfamiliar with Karen's work, she is an expert in all things Noir and writes the funny, smart, and savvy blog, shadowsandsatin. Go there without delay.

I would love to meet this woman in person, as I have just learned (thanks to the terms of this award) that she has personally met Tito Jackson and has a shrine to Johnny Depp in her artisanally hand-painted home. Perhaps we'll run into each other at the World's Longest Yard Sale one day, because now that I know about it, there's no way I'm not going.

Here's what a person has to do to accept the nomination and be therafter known as a "Versatile Blogger":

1. Thank your nominator and link to his or her blog.
2. Nominate 15 versatile bloggers of your own and let them know they've been so nominated (see sidebar).
3. List seven interesting facts about yourself.

I'm just going to do this quick, so in no particular order:

1. I don't know why, but I have a deep, abiding interest in all things World War I. This being the centenary of the beginning of that conflict, I am currently everyone's least favorite party guest and will be until November 11, 2018. It's a Thing.
   
   
2. When I turned 40, I made a board game of my life up to that point. That was 10 years ago and it's still fun to play.
   
   
3. I got my first classic movie education from Looney Tunes cartoons. In my humble opinion, nothing beats the Warner Bros. animated shorts for teaching a kid about the elements of good filmmaking: writing, direction, cinematography, editing, and music. Plus mice with Brooklyn accents.
   
   
4. Ever since my son was a baby, I've been Photoshopping his cute little face into some classic holiday image -- the Grinch, Norman Rockwell, Bing Crosby records. I only mention this because this may be the last year I'll be allowed to do it, as he is 12 and becoming aware that the tradition could be embarrassing. Like, oh my god, mom, seriously embarrassing. Still. I haven't got to Miracle on 34th Street yet, so he may just have to cope.
   
   
5. I have an unfeasible number of jigsaw puzzles from the 30s and 40s with non-interlocking pieces that are infuriating to assemble, but enormously satisfying to complete. 
   
   
6. My friends and family have been instructed that on my deathbed, if at all possible, The Philadelphia Story should be playing on a loop. I'm going out on a high note.
   
   
7. I got a tattoo when I was plenty old enough to know better, even though I'm not really a tattoo-y kind of gal. At the time, the main criterion for going through with it was "will I still like this when I'm 50?"
   

I do. I still like it.