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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
I'm moving on...
As many regular readers now (if there is any still out there), I'm not writing much. So, in an effort to try and get excited about blogging again, I'm moving my site. Here is the new address:
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Friday, June 12, 2009
Remember me?/Summer Reading
Well, I was just cruising the internet super highway and realized that I have blogged since January. Not bad. I took a six month hiatus.
So I figure I'll share my reading list for the summer. As the end of school quickly approaches, it's time to get those books ready to go.
Now, this isn't necessarily the order in which they are being read, just the order they are coming out of the box that stores the books. Here we go:
1. Forever Peace- Joe Haldeman; the follow up to one of my faves, Forever War.
2. The Crucible- Arthur Miller; something about McCarthyism...
3. Flowers for Algernon- Daniel Keyes; always looking for books to read with my classes.
4. Treasure Island- Robert Louis Stevenson; another classic I have yet to read.
5. A Farewell to Arms- Ernest Hemingway; my co-worker says Hemingway is a must.
6. 12 Angry Men- Reginald Rose; I want to see how angry they really are...
7. Night- Elie Wiesel; I just finished Maus I & II with the kids so I want to see if I can add this book to the Holocaust arsenal.
8. The Codex- Douglas Preston; I also want to read the new Pendergast novel.
9. Persepolis- Marjane Satrapi; graphic novels are a must. Going to read this in English.
10. Pride of Baghdad- Brian K. Vaughn; I've been trying to get up the emotional courage to read this one.
I'm currently reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, but the zombies might not be enough of a draw to keep going. Boring...
If you have any suggestions, make sure you either post them or email me.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
The Dinner Store
Hey, Jess and I are going here tonight for something really different to do. We got a Half-Off Dining gift certificate from WVII (This channel is sooo horrible. No link), so we figured we would give it try.
This should be really fun! Cooking but not using any of my own resources or materials. Nice!
Update: So we had our first Dinner Store meal last night which was Sweet Potato Burritos. Now, this sounds like an odd thing to put in a burrito, but it was amazing! So yummy!!!
This should be really fun! Cooking but not using any of my own resources or materials. Nice!
Update: So we had our first Dinner Store meal last night which was Sweet Potato Burritos. Now, this sounds like an odd thing to put in a burrito, but it was amazing! So yummy!!!
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Animal Weirdness
I bet there is a lobsterman Down East that would love to get a hold on this bad boy:
NEW YORK - A 140-year-old lobster that was destined to adorn a dinner plate is back in the ocean after a seafood restaurant in New York City granted him a reprieve.
NEW YORK - A 140-year-old lobster that was destined to adorn a dinner plate is back in the ocean after a seafood restaurant in New York City granted him a reprieve. The 20-pound crustacean, named George, was returned to the wild Saturday in a rocky cove in Kennebunkport, Maine, less than a mile from the summer home of former President George H.W. Bush.
I bet there is some serious meat in those claws!!! George lives to scavange the bottom of the sea for dead things again another day...
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Marley & Me
Hello!!! I live!!! Jess and I just got back from seeing Marley 
& Me and then going to Scott and Esther's for homemade pizza.
Scott and Esther were actually supposed to go to the movie with us, but it was sold out when they got there only 15 minutes after we bought tickets. Who knew that a 3:00 show on a Thursday would sell out. Combine school vacation with people looking for something to do when it is 9ยบ outside and I guess you get a sold out film on a Thursday.
And I have to say this was a great movie. Jess has been reading the book, so she had a pretty good idea what the movie was going to be about, but leave it to Hollywood to mislead the rest of the population that was ignorant about this film to make it look like a light-hearted comedy, which is wasn't. Oh sure it had some funny parts that we laughed at, but there were some heavy topics, one being, lookout, spoiler alert, the dog dying at the end of the film.
Now, we being adults of relatively sound mind, could handle that. We knew it was coming, you knew it had to be. Or at least, I would have thought so. But to the dozens of 10 year old and under kids at the film with their clueless parents, apparently the obvious was lost on them. Or they believed the trailer that this was going to be a comedy with a crazy dog and a crazy owner doing crazy things. Sure, those elements were there, but that was not what the movie was about. I certainly wouldn't have taken my kid to see this. But, I actually knew what the story was about.
Owen Wilson did a great job bringing the character of John Grogan to life on the big screen, and while I usually can't stand Jennifer Aniston (I think I've seen every episode of Friends. At least twice...), she brought believable emotion to the character of Grogan's wife on the big screen and actually did some acting for a change.
This is a great film for the husbands/boyfriends to take their lady too. Of course, I was choked up for the last 25 minutes of the movie, so make sure you bring some tissues. Because if I cried, you know she will.
And the preview for Bride Wars looked awesome!
& Me and then going to Scott and Esther's for homemade pizza.Scott and Esther were actually supposed to go to the movie with us, but it was sold out when they got there only 15 minutes after we bought tickets. Who knew that a 3:00 show on a Thursday would sell out. Combine school vacation with people looking for something to do when it is 9ยบ outside and I guess you get a sold out film on a Thursday.
And I have to say this was a great movie. Jess has been reading the book, so she had a pretty good idea what the movie was going to be about, but leave it to Hollywood to mislead the rest of the population that was ignorant about this film to make it look like a light-hearted comedy, which is wasn't. Oh sure it had some funny parts that we laughed at, but there were some heavy topics, one being, lookout, spoiler alert, the dog dying at the end of the film.
Now, we being adults of relatively sound mind, could handle that. We knew it was coming, you knew it had to be. Or at least, I would have thought so. But to the dozens of 10 year old and under kids at the film with their clueless parents, apparently the obvious was lost on them. Or they believed the trailer that this was going to be a comedy with a crazy dog and a crazy owner doing crazy things. Sure, those elements were there, but that was not what the movie was about. I certainly wouldn't have taken my kid to see this. But, I actually knew what the story was about.
Owen Wilson did a great job bringing the character of John Grogan to life on the big screen, and while I usually can't stand Jennifer Aniston (I think I've seen every episode of Friends. At least twice...), she brought believable emotion to the character of Grogan's wife on the big screen and actually did some acting for a change.
This is a great film for the husbands/boyfriends to take their lady too. Of course, I was choked up for the last 25 minutes of the movie, so make sure you bring some tissues. Because if I cried, you know she will.
And the preview for Bride Wars looked awesome!
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