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Cinematic observations
* We are watching Into the Woods, the movie version. Red Riding Hood's initial encounter with the wolf just ended and I have to say I'm starting to agree with some of the criticisms I've heard of it. While the Wolf in the stage play is about the farthest thing from subtle, the movie version goes a lot farther in turning subtext into gigantic ( Read more... ) -
Cabin fever update:
I think the last week hit its apotheosis last night with the following conversation ( Read more... ) -
Snowbound-ish
I have, I confess, been aggressively avoiding real life for the past couple months. Not shirking any real life responsibilities, of course. But I've been avoiding the news, and forms of entertainment that require any sort of active input from me in favor of extremely fluffy passive entertainment. But it's been 2 1/2 months and it's probably time ( Read more... ) -
Merry Christmas!
A quiet day for us, followed by packing for the trip to Michigan tomorrow. We are only halfway through our Christmas season and it has been quite good so far. -
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I'm constantly amazed at how James has grown from an easy and laidback baby to an easy and laidback toddler. The common wisdom is that easy babies become hellish toddlers, but so far I've braced myself at every age that was difficult with his siblings for trouble that never came ( Read more... ) -
The Black Stallion meets Frankenstein
I made a decent amount of progress at work today on my project of getting all of the children's collection in the computer catalog. My goodness, I never realized quite how many Black Stallion books there are though. The Black Stallion, The Black Stallion Returns, The Black Stallion Revolts, Son of Black Stallion, The Black Stallion and Satan, The ( Read more... ) -
Hoarder
James is going through the sherpa stage of toddlerhood, where he must carry his most precious possessions with him at all times, his stubby little arms overflowing, until bedtime comes and they go into the crib with him. Which items are precious to him vary at any given moment, which is why we realized recently that he has been sleeping elevated a ( Read more... ) -
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Today was an unusual treat - longstrider had the day off for Veteran's Day, but all of the kids still had school. So we celebrated by going to see Big Hero 6 ( Read more... ) -
Lost weekend
So! As it turns out, codeine packs quite a punch. I've spent the past couple evenings essentially passed out due to cough syrup. Surprising, because I'm not usually that sensitive to drowsy-making things. I guess my decision not to take any cough syrup during the day was a good one, both for my productivity at work and being able to stay awake ( Read more... )
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