I was just talking to an LJ friend about travel -- as the world slowly recoups economically. I think that international travel in general (both business and pleasure) will recover only VERY slowly from the downturn ( Read more... )

I did some errands and got my annual glaucoma (cheered up by a new doc named Claire, who is definitely easy on the eyes) check-up, then home for lunch and made short work of the newspaper ( Read more... )

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I've been chatting with "jillwise" -- a sweet Canadian friend (her LJ is bilingual!). She's just read Joseph Heller's WWII novel Catch-22. (His title entered English vernacular, meaning "a frustrating situation in which one is trapped by contradictory regulations or conditions.") I alerted her to the movie with Alan Arkin and a bunch of other stars ( Read more... )

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We've been chatting here about the new movie "Rush," a particularly satisfying re-creation of Formula One racing back in the mid-1970s. I'd replied to Gary's enthusiastic review about an hour ago, and just now was on Tumblr. Though mainly enjoying the gorgeous ladies, I chanced to look at their gizmo called a "Dashboard" (which shows photo-reblogs ( Read more... )

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