I've been told by a number of customers that dollar stores have readers.  One low-end pair of them at my employer's cost me sixteen bucks.  Today I got four pair for sixteen bucks.  Wonderful deal ( Read more... )

Puttering through the internets the other day, I saw a link to an article about how this film was made.  Very, very difficult and time-consuming.  Gorgeous results.

I am not a skier, but I adore the outdoors.  I am not a filmmaker, but I love light and the way it works in our world.

Gee, I hope it works, guys.  It's the first thing I ever ( Read more... )

I have to confess:  I've been watching the teaser for Twilight; Breaking Dawn Part 2 over and over again, just for the giggles.  What's cracking me up is Michael Sheen's aka Aro's costume.  To me, it looks like a heavily tarted-up marching band uniform.  Every time I see it, I imagine I hear tubas and yes, a glockenspiel playing in the background ( Read more... )

We didn't go to church Sunday, at either the 11 service or the 3 in the afternoon healing service.  I'd been looking forward to the latter.  Ray thought I felt that way on behalf of Emily and Cameron, given everything that's been going on, but I really wanted to go for myself.  I sometimes forget that I'm an adult who was raised in a hairy scary ( Read more... )

Ray and I were watching James Ivory's The Europeans last night, and at one point, I almost fell off the sofa laughing.  The film was made primarily in two historic homes in New Hampshire.  The interiors were beautiful, but evidently there wasn't enough money to pay someone to get all the details right.  In one scene, two characters are having this ( Read more... )

We watched Twilight:Eclipse last night, the four of us.  Much hilarity ensued.  Especially with the assistance of Rifftrax ( Read more... )

Ray has already noted that I got called in yesterday.  I thought it was funny that it happened when I was ensconced on the sofa, knitting, and he'd pulled apart the bathroom sink trap.  But then, I'm easily amused ( Read more... )

Between now and New Year's Day, it's going to be busier than usual at work.  I reminded Ray of this last night as I unpacked and put away more jarred and canned sauce and tomatoes than I usually buy.  I'm sure there will be more days when I simply can't be bothered to make anything special for dinner ( Read more... )

Ray has posted about my boo-boo.  Stupid me.  I need to get it through my head to plan something of a takeout nature for dinner if I also plan to spend the previous five or so hours in the garden, weeding and trimming trees and such ( Read more... )

We loved it.  The sound system in the theater we were in wasn't great, but it didn't matter.   The dialogue was so well done, so absolutely true to how families are, it was amazing.  Time after time, Ray and I grabbed each other's hands to hold, the emotion was so poignant, the script so heartful.  It mattered not at all to us that the leads are ( Read more... )