Pansy's Rants

2012-01-01T14:34:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!It's 2012, and BBC America is having an AbFab marathon, and there will be a new episode shown on the 8th! I can quite grasp that it's been 20 years since this show has been on the air. It's still as fresh and funny as it was back in the 90's. Right now they're showing "Poor", one of my all time favorites..Photo: BBC America

2011-11-14T19:36:00.000-08:00

Yes, we do get AutumnSort ofThere are actual Maple trees in Los Angeles. These are ones on Alden Drive in Beverly Hills. About now they start to change, giving a three-block long mini New England. Of course, this show lasts for a two to three week period, then the trees are bare. Since our period where it's "cold" is so brief, they bud again seemingly in minutes.I posted this pic to Facebook

2011-10-09T21:18:00.000-07:00

3 Games you should let your kids play..This is totally anecdotal. but here's my reasoning. I was sitting with friends at some local gathering and offered the young (impeccably mannered) son of one of my friends my iPhone to while the time away by playing some games. He replied (those manners) that he would have to check with his Mom, since he's not usually allowed to play these sorts of games.

2011-09-11T22:12:00.000-07:00

Remembering the Twin Towers.Of course, the greatest loss of 9/11 were the lives of the people that were cruelly cut short by the actions of madmen.But for just a moment I'd like to talk about the Twin Towers.The towers were conceived in the early 60's and it shows: they blasted the street grid of lower Manhattan, swept away an entire neighborhood in the name of progress and (and at the risk of

2011-09-06T20:18:00.000-07:00

It's September, and it's hot.This is the time of year that I like to remind myself that the thing that really made the Southwest livable was the advent of really good AC.Oh, Los Angeles is usually pretty temperate if you're on the Westside, but if you're in the Valley (where it will be 107 tomorrow) you need you're AC. Places like Palm Springs and Scottsdale in my opinion would be uninhabitable

2011-08-13T20:04:00.000-07:00

YIKES!

2011-07-07T13:57:00.000-07:00

NextBus has an iPhone app for Los Angeles METROYes, Metro has finally ditched it's own worse-than-useless app and joined the early aughts. They are now using NextBus' proven app that relies on the buses own GPS tracking to tell when, well, the next bus is coming. While it's better than nothing, here's a few reasons I find it be be kind of a fail. (disclaimer- this opinion is based upon a month

2011-06-25T20:02:00.000-07:00

Things That Need To Come Back Soon:Tail O' The PupTail o' the Pup was a hot dog stand. That is of course like writing that Greta Garbo was pretty, Genghis Kahn was easily annoyed or Albert Einstein was mildly clever. Tail o' might have been slightly less well known that Pink's in Hollywood, but Pink's wasn't shaped like a hot dog on a mustard-smeared bun.Tail o' started life in 1946 at the

2011-06-17T21:02:00.000-07:00

"The Night Walker" is, well, nowhere.It's not on DVD and it's not on YouTube.Which is sad, since it's a fun William Castle shocker made in the years when he was transitioning from Schlockmeister to the producer of class fare like "Rosemary's Baby".The redoubtable Barbara Stanwyck stars as a lady unhappily married to a blind scientist who dreams of a perfect, handsome lover, audibly. Husband, who

2011-06-14T09:52:00.000-07:00

"Desperately Seeking Susan" is on Netflix Streaming..It's hard for me to believe that this movie, which launched Madonna's short-lived career as an actress is now over 25 years old. Madonna plays the title character, a free spirit who becomes a fixation for New Jersey housewife Roberta (Roseanna Arquette). Roberta is bored with her life in Fort Lee: she walks out of her party in the middle of

2011-04-29T19:16:00.000-07:00

"Angel, Angel Down We Go" is on Netflix Streaming..Many movies are referred to as "rarely seen" and this is one of them.Deservedly.There are bad movies we love, and there are just bad movies. Produced at the time when studios were trying to capture the youth market, this ham-handed "thriller" involves the plutocratic Steele family: former porn star turned Society Matron (Jennifer Jones, miles

2011-04-27T09:20:00.001-07:00

Bette Davis in "Beyond the Forest"