Dear solar festival season, once again, thank you for your yearly ruination of my birthday. I should celebrate my half birthday or something. Maybe then there'd be a realistic chance of being able to do something fun on or around it. I suppose I should be grateful that I didn't have an exam on it this time.

In defiance, I nixed any traditional ( Read more... )

I want to see it. Black Swan that is. It looks twisted, ugly, and beautiful all at the same time. I'm planning on going to go next weekend sometime. Anyone want to join me?

It's moderately lazy Sunday here.

I'm rereading the Sherlock Holmes books, all in one handy volume. Then I'm going to tackle some of the later takes on Doyle's characters.  I've got the latest Mary Russell book to pick up and one of Michael Kurland's anthologies.  Then there is Jeremy Brett. I don't know either, it all just came over me.

I need to ( Read more... )

Me = totally exhausted and out of sorts from the machinations of work and my brain. I have developed an ability to fall asleep on the couch, in front of the computer, in the car (parked, not driving!), and sitting straight up. Also, a strong desire for a punching bag. Pity there is no room in the house for that ( Read more... )

A while back, a co worker introduced me to Manolo the Shoeblogger. It's not my normal blog fare but I've come to enjoy it as well as that of the other blogs affiliated with him. One of the blogs is called Manolo for the Men (yes, I read it too sometimes although I am not a 'men'). The most recent post has a passage I find particularly amusing:

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Dear peeples ( Read more... )

I saw Percy Jackson last week. It's really not worth your time or money. Which is such a shame, because it could have been so good. I had a moment of worry during the opening scene, decided to give them the benefit of the doubt and see which direction they were going with it and of course they went entirely the wrong way about it.

I also had ( ( Read more... )

I didn't think so. Don't worry, I think pretty much everything salient has been said.  I am just glad to have power and to live with someone with a snow blower and multiple shovels.  I wish I had waterproof warm boots but that's another story ( Read more... )

A really interesting article in the New York Times and a book (Shop Class As Soulcraft) to read afterward.

I will get to finish the book once I have finished this last term paper.  I am glad this guy decided to write it because someone really needed to.

Other stuff on the agenda: sugar and spritz cookies, needlefelting, packing for moving on ( Read more... )

I really love shiitake mushrooms, especially if cooked in olive oil with crushed red peppers, put them on pasta, and covered with parmesan.  Yum!  I'm going to try invader_jim's suggestion with ginger and garlic in a stir fry next and put a gooey fried egg on top.  Because I can.   Tomorrow I'm bringing some of the harvest from the log to my co- ( Read more... )