Word: hammed
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...much of my life, far too many years, trying to hide this “curse.” Having been raised in the Catholic Church—despite the unconditional love of my parents—I thought of myself in precisely these terms. Like Adam and Eve, Ham, and the Israelites, I embodied “sin,” my sexuality a potent symbol of God’s disapproval. Until pretty recently, I hated myself because I thought God hated...
...Jane Asher), who is giving him the silent treatment after discovering his affair with next-door neighbor Joanna (Sian Thomas). Teddy is desperate to patch things up before a prominent, politically connected writer arrives for lunch, presumably to urge him to run for Parliament. In Garden, we see Teddy ham-handedly break off his affair with Joanna, who goes steadily bonkers in the midst of preparations for the annual summer fete. Shuttling in and out of both plays are Teddy's precocious teenage daughter and her rather dim suitor; an alcoholic French actress on her way to the rehab clinic...
...meanwhile, has the biggest challenge, bringing back two heavily serial soap operas whose twists and turns many have probably long forgotten. Private Practice and Dirty Sexy Money, both returning Oct. 1, open with ham-handed, if unavoidable, exposition scenes reminding us who the characters are and why we care...
...Consider the line up: local bank and Newcastle United sponsor Northern Rock had to be nationalized in February after it was caught short of cash when the money markets seized; on Sep. 12, Britain's third largest tour operator XL went bust leaving London club West Ham United without a shirt sponsor; and now insurance giant AIG, shirt sponsor at English and European club champions Manchester United, is teetering on the brink of collapse...
...heals it with her touch, and in briefly tasting his blood, she starts to become human. She sprouts rudimentary hands and feet; for an instant she looks like a child's drawing of a chicken. She also develops a taste for the things humans eat. Mmmm, ham! - more savory than plankton. And in one of the film's many wonderful vignettes, she enjoys her first sip of honeyed tea. Ponyo is accepted into the household by Sosuke's mother Lisa (Tomoko Yamaguchi), who works in a Senior Center; the boy's father, Koichi (Kazushige Nagashima), is a fisherman whose...