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I shanghaied my mother into seeing The King's Speech with me this afternoon. She's not much into going to the movies, so I had to really work at it. I even used my pouty face, and I can't remember the last time I used my pouty face. So the process was a bit strenuous, but the outcome was gratifying: She loved it. She even cried! (*I* didn't even cry, much as I loved it!) Now she's joining me in working on my dad to go.

Seriously, if you haven't seen this movie, go see it. It's really special. And I don't want to jinx it, but I'm 99.99999% sure that Colin Firth is getting that Oscar. (Maybe Geoffrey Rush, too, for supporting.) However, if it's true that, as I've heard, Firth was hoping that this would be the role that broke the "Mr. Darcy" mold, it may have backfired on him a bit, because I'm pretty sure every woman in the theater wanted to take him home and snuggle him. If you can snuggle a king.

And now for Downton Abbey tonight on PBS! There's a Twitter event going on in conjunction (hashtag #DowntonPBS), so that should be fun.