Posted in movies & tv, miscellaneous on Aug 28th, 2010 2 Comments »
If you’ve read the last post, you know I went to see a movie yesterday afternoon. It was a mostly pleasant experience, and would have been more pleasant if the young teenage girls in the same row had stopped talking, rustling plastic bags, and using their mobile phones which lit up the area like a […]
Posted in miscellaneous on Jul 3rd, 2010 No Comments »
I think the secret to getting things done at home is to not sit down. Once you do, it’s all over red rover.
Posted in miscellaneous on Jun 10th, 2010 1 Comment »
At Dinner the other night, Jane asked us to describe our version of “luxury”. Answers ranged from clean sheets to attending La Premiere. I said a holiday was a luxury, but felt that that was a pretty lame response. So while I’m reformulating my answer, what means luxury for you? If it helps, the dictionary […]
Posted in movies & tv, miscellaneous on Nov 24th, 2009 No Comments »
Don’t waste your time reading the book or watching the movies. Check out the spoofs on YouTube instead, like these ones:
Twilight trailer (Make sure you stay ’til the end.), Twilight with Puppets, and Twilight the Musical (”I know what you are.” “Say it. Say it out loud.” “Republican.”)
And that my friends, is the last thing […]
Posted in miscellaneous on Nov 17th, 2009 4 Comments »
“Went to Commie Dinner last night for the first time in months. It was nice - it felt like coming home, like I was being grounded again in my roots. Jem and Jo led us in a group reflection. We had to answer: Who are you?, Where do you come from? What is your story? […]
Posted in quirky bizarre, miscellaneous on Sep 22nd, 2009 2 Comments »
For a time, when I was working in Library Land and used to compile indexes of websites in the days before del.icio.us and the like, I received a variety of emails with links to interesting websites. For a time, I would save the ones that particularly appealed, intending to add them to this blog. For […]
Posted in family & friends, miscellaneous on Aug 15th, 2009 5 Comments »
Tonight the Frenchs, friend Jo, Julian and I enjoyed dinner at the local RSL. Since I became a member last December, I think I’ve only been once. Why? Well, because I’m a bit of a snob. There. I’ve said it. However, after tonight I have reassessed my club snobbery, and made a list of what […]