Bill Bailey's "Chaucer Pubbe Gagge"

The Skinny on Miller

According to the Internet Movie Database, the film Nottingham is looking for a new Maid Marian after Russel Crowe allegedly had Sienna Miller ditched not for her lean acting skills, but her overly bony bod. 

Sienna Miller was dropped from forthcoming movie Nottingham because her co-star Russell Crowe felt she was too slender to play his love interest, according to a new report.

The pair was due to star in the Ridley Scott's new picture, which tells the story of English outlaw Robin Hood.

Crowe is to tackle the role of the villainous Sheriff of Nottingham, while Miller was due to play Maid Marian.

But Miller has now been axed from the project - because beefy actor Crowe allegedly felt her frame was too thin to play his on-screen lover.

Xristos Narodivcya!

Slavite Yoho!

Merry Ukrainian Christmas to all you Ukrainians and Ukrainian enthusiasts! Of course, according to my father, this includes everyone as there are only two kinds of people in the world: Ukrainians and people who wish they were Ukrainian.

Unfortunately, this year the Bereska clan was unable to have their family dinner as my baba/head chef, Elsie, is still in the hospital. She was admitted last week and is feeling better, but because she's trying new medication, the doctors have elected to keep her for a few more days. My baba, however, is not enthusiastic about giving up a few more days' sleep. First there was a young lady in the room who insisted on calling nurses at all hours of the wee morning so she could shout at them. Then there was a woman who talked on the phone late at night, then one who snored. Now, she shares a room with a very old woman who sleepwalks.

And she can't watch her soaps!

My baba is looking forward to being discharged so she can come home and continue life sans nurses, shouting, late night phone calls, snoring and sleepwalking. Mais avec small comforts like The Y&R, Sunny-D and sour cabbage.