So my son and I saw Logan a couple nights ago, and I mentioned on Twitter that I nearly walked out about ten minutes in. What I didn’t add was that I wanted to walk out and throw up. Neither the urge to walk nor the queasiness happened because the film did anything wrong for me. Instead, it was because the film depicted something so incredibly well ( Read more... )

My son took me to see Age of Ultron last night, and I enjoyed it muchly!

I’m not very good at writing actual reviews, and Cheryl Morgan has already written here much of what I’d say anyway.  But I do want to add a couple of things:

SPOILERS AHEAD! ( Read more... )

Tuesday night, my dojo secretary called to say she'd be in late because police had blocked off her street, big-city media was clogging everyone's driveway, and a helicopter was circling overhead while a forensics team and cadaver-sniffing dogs stood by waiting to excavate a neighbor's yard in an effort to find the body of a woman who'd disappeared ( Read more... )

I'm watching Mystic River this morning. I do so love this movie, for so many reasons. The experience is somewhat marred by Gambit's seemingly insatiable urge to make his new dog toy squeak. Even Ty is trying to ignore him.

I had end-of-the-world dreams last night of Walking Dead variety, set in one of my dream-brain's stock locations. (It's as ( Read more... )

Yesterday, we missed what is usually our first dog show of the season.  It would have been nice for Gambit to have his first run at the little local show, but said show is always poorly organized.  Neither of us was in the mood for a thirteen hour ordeal, and we had plenty of other things to keep us busy. We worked the dogs at home instead.  Ty is ( Read more... )

I took Dev to see The Avengers this afternoon.  When the screen finally went black, I wanted to sit in the theater shouting "Again!  Again!" until the next showing.  Shakespeare in the park, Galaga, glowsticks and shwarma--what could be more wonderful?

I might even write more about it later, if my brain isn't fried from karate class.  Speaking of, I ( Read more... )