One of the most convincing signs to me that there's a caring God out there is that every time I think I'm utterly going to go off with the rails with pure rage or frustration, some little thing usually happens-- an hour of perfect weather at lunch, strangers being randomly kind in traffic, phone call from Louise, finding a quarter-- and it defuses ( Read more... )

I saw Narnia the other night and quite liked it, although the heating in the theater was broken and we were all huddled up desperately for warmth. I suppose you could think of it as ambient atmosphere for the movie itself-- but then they'd have turned up the goddamn heater at the end, when Narnia thaws. As it was, I'm still muttering about not ( Read more... )