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  • I always feel guilty, passively accepting entertainment in a movie theater, but with the sad remnants of Tropical Depression Barry raining down on us, we had nothing better to do, so we went to see Pirates of the Car…

  • Agog with excitement:Dear Daylily02,I am pleased to inform you that the Nursing Program Admissions Committee has recommended you for admission into the program beginning Fall 2007. You now need to let me know in writing…

  • I've been watching Helen Mirren in The Queen, and the real Queen has been in Virginia. She started off in Jamestown to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the British landing there, then went to Richmond. I'm thankf…

  • Work was even worse than usual. I am sorely tempted to bitch furiously about someone in a position senior to mine. Maybe I'll vent my frustrations in protected post later. There was definitely the Sunday vibe. I'm …

  • Ecology update/move review

    Yesterday I got our water bill--the beginning of the billing cycle coincided with the day we got our new dishwasher. We used 2,000 fewer gallons of water after getting the dishwasher! Each billing cycle is one month. …

  • I rented The Philadelphia Story because Caitlin Flanagan mentions it several times in To Hell With All That. Great film. Very funny and clever. I love the wise-cracking photographer. And Jimmy Stewart--his role in thi…

  • It's a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence. Two years ago, I read an obscure British novel, Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor. It's exactly the sort of book I love most of all: British, funny in a quir…

  • Sorry--more photos

    I don't have much to say, although I'm working on a review of Buddenbrooks. Will pad my site with more photos until I have time to write something interesting. Tuesday we did go ice skating, which was fun. Drama Quee…

  • Watched Pirates of the Caribean: The Dead Man's Chest last night. That's two hours of my life that I can never get back. I realize that when watching a fantasy movie about pirates and an undead squidman, one needs …

  • I recently read Don't Get Too Comfortable, by David Rakoff. It's a funny look at "first world" problems. In one chapter, he takes a job as "Pool Ambassador" at a fancy hotel in Florida. If he had stayed on the job for…

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