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My thoughts on "Star Trek"
So, I dragged Ben out this weekend to see the Star Trek film after it being touted as a second-coming of movies to me. Editorial note: touting a movie such usually turns the movie into a colossal letdown because the more you build up a movie to me, the more likely that my expectations are going to be so ridiculously uncalibrated that any movie ( Read more... ) -
My New York state of mind
It's funny, but I say pretty much the same thing to myself every time I go down to NYC, "Why don't I live here?" There are so many reasons why I would and would not move there that it would fill up an entry, if not some extended tome, all by itself. But, until I make some sort of final choice, I still have it to visit ( Read more... ) -
My upcoming birthday trip!
Okay, last night some of you saw me all full of squee. Ben and I bought our plane tickets for our big trip this September. Starting in Boston, we'll go to San Francisco for a few days so that we can attend a friend's wedding there. Then, onto Paris where we'll spend a day, then head into Luxembourg to do our hiking trip across the country. I'm ( Read more... ) -
My post as someone else, 2009
Since it's post as someone else day, I suppose I should jump in. You'll never guess who I did. ( Groan, again? ) -
My third jury duty
This morning I had my third jury duty in Massachusetts since moving here mid 2000. This state has a policy of making its citizens eligible for service once every three years. Since I have been here for almost nine years, I have been selected three times, even once being impaneled on a a car accident case suitable for a low-end sitcomThis time ( Read more... ) -
My yearly spill
Opting to be a wuss this morning and work from home, I was inspired by a Facebook status message on hanseth's page to bake something. My suggestion was, of course, something with cinnamon, namely cinnamon bread.
Deciding to act on my own suggestion, I walked down to Trader Joe's and took my yearly spill on their parking lot walking in. Unlike last ( Read more... ) -
My mild ripoff
Last night, I went down to the South End to my friend Chris's birthday dinner. It was a very last-minute affair, but I always look forward to dining out with old friends and was more than happy to go to Aquitaine for a meal. We had some mix-ups with our party size, so I forgive them for not seating us at 8:45 PM on the dot when we showed up with ( Read more... ) -
My grammatical peeves
[begin senseless rant]
Okay, I know that I need to unclench about this one, but I keep seeing people at work writing effect instead of affect, and it's driving me batty. I know that they are virtually homophones, but it shouldn't be too, too hard to remember that almost always affect is a verb while effect is a noun. When you affect something, a ( Read more... ) -
My February Mix
Since I have given out now six of the eleven CDs for my "musicalstrikeforcealpha" contribution, I bring to you the tracklist (yes, I was thinking mainly love songs -- sue me ( Read more... )
