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  Another excellent movie available on YouTube is:   The Painted Veil based on the story by the well-known writer, Somerset Maugham. The main characters, Kitty and Water Fane (Naomi Watts and Edward Norton) start out as unhappily matched, but end up coming together as a couple in love.   Unfortunately, it’s too late. Described as a “Chinese period romance,” with a backdrop of the real event of the cholera epidemic in early 1900s China.   (It should be said that any movie in which Edward Norton is involved can be counted on as being really good because the man is both creative and a perfectionist!) The supporting cast includes Diana Rigg and Toby Jones.   Highly recommended by this author.

 the high life is very  easy to live.

  Just be really careful of your source!

  to go for! Did you know that YouTube has free movies! And some of them are really good, and well worth watching again or for the first time. One example is Dangerous Liaisons (the Chinese version.) Starring the very attractive actors: Zhang Ziyin, Jang Dong-gun and Cecila Cheung, who form an appealing and most accomplished cast. (A mention must be made for the director as well, Hur Jin-ho.) The plot is the sexual dares of two of the characters which end in disaster for all the characters.   Love triumphs just so far.   You know the chance for a happy ending all around is very slim, but this movie captures your interest (and, yes, your heart) until the very end.   Watch this one. You won’t be disappointed!

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  To clear up a common mistake… Hieroglyphs refers to the characters themselves used in Egyptian writing, such as an animal or bird.   Hieroglyphic is the adjective to describe this writing system, which is:   A system using pictures to represent words or sounds.

  The temperature was about 102 degrees, really no kidding. As I walked in, melting as I went and actually feeling ill by way of both the heat and the humidity, the clerk asked me how I was. I replied: “How do I look? That’s how I am.” He said nothing at that point.   Smart man. However, when I left, he ran ahead to open the door for me.   Good job!

  The Island of Grenada is pronounced in English as Gruh na duh with a long “a” as in the words: “gate” and “date.” Not Gruh nah da (a city in Spain). (Actually, I think both are OK but the island and cruise ships say the long A version.) With apologies to grammarians, my computer will not comply with the proper symbols for all of this, although I know what they should be...I think!

  OK, it’s an improbable name.   But this person’s reviews on YouTube are really worth watching if you’re interested in any way in fashion mixed with humor. Because if I want to have a few good laughs,  I automatically sign on to Success Carter. I don’t always agree with his opinion, but I love his interesting, almost unintelligible accent. (You’ll get used to it.) As well as his commentary and made-up words such as: “regular-smegular.” Maybe he’s an acquired taste.   I don’t know, except that I enjoy my taste every few days of the award shows featuring clothes and their designers as reviewed by Success.   What a great name!

  Death is not clean and easy. You just don’t continue with your life as before. Death is messy and brutish, unforgettable and inescapable. It’s a nuisance nightmare you don't want. Because of Death, there is no second chance, no do-over. There’s no fixing, no repair, no starting again, no next chapter. As a consequence, there is no longer membership for you in that great brother- and sisterhood of being in love. You are no longer in love. You are now in Death.