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Watched The Duchess last night and I'm intrigued enough that I may find the biography that formed the basis of the movie. I do understand why Ralph Fiennes hesitated to take the part because the Duke did come across as a complete ass that Fiennes was trying to make not seem to be totally awful... which, strangely may up the awful factor. His character didn't seem souless or sociopathic, just uncaring in a very deep way. I did like the scene where he said that he 'loved' his wife and Keira Knightly's character looked aghast and asked "How?" That was the point, wasn't it? He never showed love in any conceivable fashion. Even though he thought himself to be perfectly reasonable, and even though by the mores of his class and time he was somewhat reasonable (that said, even in his place and time it was considered "shocking" to have his mistress in the same house as his wife. So not totally reasonable). But there would be a very difficult time finding any meaningful expression of 'love' in any of his actions toward her... and yet, in his way, he probably thought he was telling the truth when he said that he 'loved her... in his 'way'."

Have also rented Hellboy II and will watch it tonight.

Finally, spent the day looking for the slate tile that I've been claiming for years that I'll use in my kitchen. Because it's quarried here in the state it's actually one of the more affordable natural stones to use (cheaper than many ceramic or porcelain tile) and I'm going to be using some of my Christmas bonus tomorrow to finally buy the tile. God knows when I'll find the time to actually lay it, however. Still, it's not like milk. It'll store until I'm ready.