Today was unusually warm and nice, after the weeks of snow and cold and rain we've had. At my job, I'd gotten past some blockages and felt not under-the-gun for the first time this week. C and I had done our usual Wed mid-morning food shopping, but this time we went to the new grocery …
Paul Henreid Film Festival
I didn't really have a movie picked out for last night, so I told C to think of a romantic movie he wanted to watch. As it turns out, he was already watching Now, Voyager, so we watched that, then I decided we'd watch Casablanca next. We all know that Casablanca is the perfect movie, …
Wintry Minx
That's my new drag name. We're going to get hit with snow tonight, and then tomorrow, apparently, we're really going to get hit with snow. I'm trying to think of anything I should rush out and buy today (bread! milk! eggs! for the French Toast Apocalypse) but I think we're reasonably well-stocked. I'm loving this …
Tuppence Middleton Film Festival
We didn't set out specifically to have a Tuppence Middleton film festival, but we watched Mank and Fisherman's Friends this weekend, and she's in both, doing a quite nice job. I suppose you could painfully construct some sort of joke scenario to work "Tuppence, a bag" in there, but not worth it. She's not a …
Almost there…
Martin Luther King Jr Day today. C and I visited his museum and tomb when we were in Atlanta, quite a few years ago now. The tomb is beautiful. I am reminded again that I keep meaning to get recordings of his speeches and listen to them. We're at the very tail end of the …
Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant
I am just as appalled as everyone else at the events of January 6... but I keep thinking, 'it's better to have these people out in the open so we can deal with them'. I am firmly behind getting DJT out of office ASAP, regardless of the amount of time left in his term. That's …
2020 Wrapup
Trying to find some way that's not cliche to talk about what an atrocious year this was for the country and the world. For us, too, at least at the beginning. 2020 started with me out of a job (again) and my mother dying. At least we got to celebrate Mom and Dad's 60th anniversary …
Holiday Wrapup
After not blogging for two weeks, I'm going to be shooting blog posts out of a confetti cannon today. First up, how was Christmas, Eric? Well, it was very nice. Let's see... I got my performance review at work! I was supposed to get a three-month performance review, which would have been like Thanksgiving time, …
Dec 17
Some important milestones. It's my brother's 60th birthday. (Yes, he's the girl in the picture. Plot point.) If you've read his book, Trunky, you know that he's had a hell of a time through life, and getting here is more of a milestone than it would be for your average Joe. He still struggles, as …
The Seasonings
OK, life right now is a strange mixture of horror and hope. Watching what's going on in politics is like watching a toddler throw a tantrum and knowing that he'll eventually tire himself out, but worried that, in the meantime, he'll break a vase or something or even seriously hurt himself. We're still in the …
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