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pondering
Recently I watched Confederate States of America. This is a movie curiously put in the comedy aisle as a mocumentary a history if the South won the American Civil War. I find this movie fascinating in a train wreck kind of way. The movie is disturbing because the possibility is it could have happened. Slavery continued and expanded. Women in ( Read more... ) -
Auld Dubling
There was discussion on Sunday about going to the Auld Dublin in The District which is where I work on Friday 1/11/08. Are
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Resolutions
My resolutions are similar to those I do most years. More exercise and to be more social. El Munadi and I often stay at home or do something with just us cuz it is easier. I think for me. K is very social and would have a ton of people around. Or at least this is how his life was before me ( Read more... ) -
life so far
For the last month or so I have been mildly ill. I tend to get colds and coughs which drag my energy down. Also I have been working strange hours. Tuesdays I work 5am to 2pm putting the new book displays up. I haven't had the wit or energy to even turn the computer on ( Read more... ) -
Each of us has a private Austen
Jane Austen is a much loved writer by many. Her works are read over and over. There are world wide clubs that discuss her work. They have been made into plays, movies and that plots are used in areas from Beverly Hills to Bombay. But each reader has a private Austen.
What is yours? Whether you love her or hate her you have an image what is -
Relative time
Time has this habit of changing speeds. There are moments that go on forever and others that speed by. The ticking of the clock goes at the same rate but the perception is different. A good movies makes the time speed by. A bad one makes you notice every minute like being trapped in a small box ( Read more... ) -
Thank you
Thank you for the warm wishes hugs and thoughts from the LJ community. My family appreciate it. K and I are coping well. My Mom's brother and sister have come from Texas for the funeral. K sister and her husband are coming also. When people ask me how I am doing I am calm and serene. It is in moments like this that I cry. K and I have been ( Read more... ) -
Memorial
My father died yesterday. He was 85 years old. In his time he saw many things. He was a child of the Depression. He remembered Pearl Harbor and fought in WWII. He saw Glenn Miller in one his last American performances. He was stationed in the Middle East, in Egypt, Bahrain, Palestine. After the war he moved from his native New York to Texas ( Read more... ) -
New Irish pub
In the "District" a new shopping mall at Jamboree and Barranca there will be an Irish Pub owned by people from Ireland right next to the new Borders where I will be working. There is also a restaurant called the Winery near by. -
Deadly Sins: Greed
After listening to the radio about the sub prime mortgage fiasco that is happening I have been thinking of the deadly sins. My education in this list comes as does all knowledge from movies. Camelot and 7 to be exact ( Read more... )