I was so THRILLED by the results of the 83rd Annual Academy AwardsMarilyn and I LOVED "The King's Speech" -- and were so happy it won Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay! (woo hoo ( Read more... )

CHRISTIAN BALE JUST WON!!! (woo hoo) I'm just thrilled!!!

Marilyn and I have been playing Virtual Villagers 5: New Believers today. We've played previous versions of this game, which we love. This latest games seems like fun, so far.

And we watched advance shows (all those clothes!)and are now watching the 83rd Annual Academy Awards -- which has ( Read more... )

Marilyn and I left the house around 8:30 a.m. this morning and were to the office before 9:00. I dashed to Starbucks with Rich and Marilyn had left for Court judging before we got back. Rich headed out to join her there, while I got started on my numerous IT projects for the day ( Read more... )

Marilyn and I woke before 7:00 a.m. to find that Portland Public Schools were CLOSED for the day ( Read more... )

It's cold. (brr) Actually, it wasn't that bad this morning in the house -- only down to 63°. That's pretty normal during the winter when we turn the heat off for sleeping. But we're expecting some record lows after the snow that's due to start today ( Read more... )

You can pre-order Microsoft's new Touch Mouse that comes out this May.

Of course, it costs $80! Okay, not quite $80 -- it's $79.95 at Amazon.Com and $79.99 at BestBuy.ComSeriously, do I really need to spend $80 on a MOUSE ( Read more... )

We got up at a reasonable hour (thanks to Marilyn!) and headed right over to get our pedicures and manicures -- which we always put off. For those who think this is 'fun,' I beg to differ. It's time-consuming and often painful. Regardless, it's an essential part of our lives ( Read more... )

Marilyn and I had a great day! We took a drive and got Starbucks in St. Helens (Oregon), then drove across to Washington state and went to Long Beach -- where we visited Marsh's Free Museum (a fave since childhood). We got a roll of nickles and a roll of dimes and played tons of the cool machines (mechanized antique gaming machines, peepshows, ( Read more... )

Marilyn and I (finally) saw "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1" at the Mt. Hood Theatre (in Gresham, Oregon) tonight ( Read more... )

Anyone remember that old game, Button, Button, Who's Got the Button??? I guess some days working on various websites seems like a rather confounding and crazy kid's game. (grin) Anyway, I started to chant, "Website, website, who's got the website?" I don't really care if it makes sense or not. Hahahahahaha ( Read more... )