Piper Gushing

A while back I took some exception to a person dissing Billie Piper and in that taking of exception, I said, "Everyone that works with Billie loves her." Today, I came across some more evidence of that in a quote from the Secret Diary producer/writing Lucy Prebble about the play she recently penned, which she wrote with Billie in mind.

Prebble, 31, who lives in south-east London, said the play was in essence a love story and that required the emotional bravery of Piper, a friend since they worked together on ITV’s Secret Diary of a Call Girl.

“She’s a wonderful actor and one of the biggest hearted people I’ve ever known. I knew when I was writing the part I wanted someone who is an emotional resonator, able to give emotions and be likeable and charming. She is vulnerable, open - she has a huge heart.”

She added: “In a play about the heart versus the head, you want the heart to win, even if it’s not in the direction you expect.”

Ah, if only RTD had been guided by that principle. If only he had let the heart win over his head.

Cats, Babies and Puppies...vs...Door Stops

When my family came to comfort and support me, just after my mother died in 1987, they brought a 11 month old child with them. I was young enough, myself, to be appalled by this idea, but it turned out to be just the right tonic for my sense of loss. I clearly recall the day my little niece and my cat Stan decided to play a game of door stop tennis. Stan took door stops very seriously. But the baby did not. Still, the took turns. First, the baby would twang the door stop and then the cat would take a swipe. They delighted each other, and me, for a good 30 minutes on two separate nights.

Here we see a cat, using a door stop to express the opinion that doors should never be closed to cats.

And for you dog lovers...a puppy also expressing a marked interest in a door stop...

I will say that this puppy takes a very early interest in door stops, for those of you who want to claim dogs are smarter than cats. Cats generally are older when they develop this fascination. On the other hand, the puppy apparently removed the door stops from the house. So, cat lovers could contend that the puppy was not aware of the door stop as a toy, but rather, viewed it as some type of alien invader. Of course, maybe he just secreted the fun toys away.

Finally, under the cut, you can share in my experience of childish laughter over door stop tennis. ( Read more... )