On Sunday, D and I threw our annual Oscar Party to watch the Academy Awards with friends. Favorite moment: our audience’s boo/yay/meh cheers for each movie during the 80-years-of-Best-Pictures montage. (Gladiator: BOO! Lord of the Rings: YAY! Crash: meh.) Nearly…
Year: 2008
Madness? THIS. IS. THE GAME!
Game season is here! In addition to the GC Summit in March, there’s another Shinteki on May 3rd and 10th, coed astronomy just announced a mini-game on April 19th, and last week I received an invitation for “Midnight Madness: Back…
“High Tech Noon”
Totally awesome. It’s like TOS meets Firefly… The sad thing is, this is pretty much what the “special editions” of the original Star Wars trilogy were. Except that George Lucas wasn’t having a laugh–he had simply gone insane. Absolute power…
Dead President’s Day
D and I did our taxes yesterday (why wait?), and the good news is, we got a significant refund from the state of California. The bad news is, we had to pay more than expected to the federal government because…
My Mother-In-Law is in the Hospital
I wasn’t privy to this morning’s phone conversation, but I understand it went something like this: D’s Mom: The doctor was so mad! (cough) ’cause the nurses were coming into my room without masks and gloves on. (cough)D: I thought…
Overheard at Watercourse Way
CKL: Is that a dog or a cat?D: Yes. Maybe. I don’t know.
I am a Twelve-Year-Old Girl
No, this is not an Internet-dog-joke variant. I’m just very much in touch with my inner tween. Consider: Of my wife and myself, I am the one who wanted to go see Enchanted in the theatre. I am also the…
Quote of the Day
“Who wouldn’t want to see Bill Murray in a movie about meteorite-induced sexual compulsiveness?” – Charlie Anders, io9: “Stanley Kubrick’s Crazy Space Lawsuit”
Applying Myself
Tomorrow is the early application deadline for Clarion West. I don’t need the $100 tuition discount, but it was a good way to get myself to write for the last two weeks, and I’m all done–I just hit “send” on…
“An expensive way to smell poo”
I generally find the product reviews on Amazon.com very helpful. Sort them with the lowest ratings at the top and you’ll see if there are common complaints about a product, or if people are just blowing off steam for some…