UMass Lowell commencement was this morning, and we went to see P welcomed into the community of educated men and women. We took her (and her boyfriend D', and B) out to lunch at the Blue Taleh in Lowell (recommended), and gave her the most creative-yet-generic graduation present we could think of: her own website. We shall wait and see if she does ( Read more... )

C and I went to see "The Girl Who Played with Fire" yesterday, sequel to the movie seen here, and made from the book read here. Like "Dragon Tattoo," one of those surprisingly rare movies that's made from an excellent book and is an excellent film in its own right-all the more surprising considering how very much of the book was changed, condense ( Read more... )

Left my hat at the restaurant last night; going back at lunch to retrieve ( Read more... )

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