Having spent a fair amount of time recently writing some somewhat prolific blog posts (considering they were only supposed to be short rants – can a rant be short?), the thought crossed my mind that it would be handy if someone actually paid me to write this drivel.  You may say that’s wishful thinking, and no one in their right mind would willingly give me money to sit at a computer and write nonsense all day, but after a little research it appears there may actually be some degree of possibility in this rouse, courtesy of AdSense.

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I recently had the pleasure of watching The Queen, the 2006 film starring Helen Mirren, which had been very kindly sent to us by Amazon as part of their film rental service (which is hideously unpredictable, but that’s another story).  In concept it is dangerously true to life, showing those awesome and awful events surrounding the death of Princess Diana.  The danger is that not only were those events so dear to the public’s heart and such a tragedy for so many people who had never met her, but that the film revolved around real people, most of whom are still alive today.  To represent these real people in a way that is revealing, convincing, yet not overly comical, is a challenge few would take on.  Needless to say, I thoroughly approved of the film, its concept, and its delivery, and if we hadn’t had to post the DVD back to Amazon I would have enjoyed watching it again.

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