I haven’t been posting much about all the househunting we’re doing because it would be a bit tedious: all the visiting prospective homes, making offers, getting excited about the possibilities, being outbid, feeling disappointed, bidding again, getting hopes up again,
And the winner is…
, who edged me out in a tidy Oscar betting win! Actually, I think she and I may have guessed an equal number correctly, but she got the big, high-profile ones right, which should count for more. 🙂 I loved
Smoke and the arbitrariness of story
Just finished watching the movie Smoke. And I have a serious Three Buck Chuck buzz going on. So let’s just see if I’m able to write what I’m thinking I want to say, shall we? 🙂 The message is, storytelling
The A to Z of De-stressing
Forbes.com‘s Feb. 24th issue has a good article on the “A To Z Of De-stressing” that includes a slide show, where A is for Acupuncture, B is for Booze, C is for Chamomile Tea, and so on. If I were
Another great Southernism
“I appreciate ya.” Or, as it actually sounds when pronounced by a Southerner, “Preciat’cha.” Why say “thank you” when you can sound so quaint and folksy instead?
Checking in on my 2005 Resolutions/Goals/whatever
Doesn’t matter what they’re called, but they’re what I’m hoping to accomplish this year. The original post is here. How am I doing on the “pillars”? Improve my nutrition. I’m OK here, but I could be better. I’ve been eating
Oh, and about De-Lovely
We watched De-Lovely last night under the misguided notion that it was a good film. What a disappointment! Looking for a bio-pic about a show-biz type at the end of his life? Pass on De-Lovely and watch All That Jazz
Whattorent.com
I read about whattorent.com recently and am just now trying it out. It puts you through a little personality test first on the theory that most movie recommending agents are biased toward film geeks. Of course, I am a bit
Garden State meta-review and filmmaking in general
We watched Garden State last night. I was a little nervous that the topic of parental death might be too hard for me to watch, but since it was billed as a comedy, I decided to take the risk. I’m
Outbid on the house
We heard back a few days ago that a serious renovator had outbid us, but the seller wanted to keep ours as a backup offer. This renovator was going to be doing his own inspection, so we’d know in a