We had a nice weekend … I guess.  Not too terribly exciting.  Mother’s Day was rather nice.  We went to Sizzler with my sister-in-law and niece and then, after dropping them off, we headed out to see Star Trek.  Wow.  I thoroughly enjoyed that movie, and it was awesome to see that it was looooong.  I’m so tired of paying ~$10 a head for a movie ( Read more... )

I now have a Basic Account with Live Journal.  Although I still keep it up (on occasion), I simply don’t have the time to post on a daily basis like I used to.  Of course, I do have a couple of updates.

1. My son has (finally) completed his “physical therapy”.  Not that he actually went to physical therapy; he simply did followed the instruction ( Read more... )

After months-maybe even a year-of owning a satellite radio, I finally got the thing hooked up. The only drawback is that it runs through my radio, so every now and again, I get breakthrough from other stations.  On the way home today I was listening to Octane when Pantera’s Cemetery Gates came on.  Half way through the song, and completely out of ( Read more... )

… you have a song stuck in your head and you can’t help but sing it?

Yesterday, Alan had a song stuck in his head and couldn’t help but sing it.  This is how it went:

Alan: I believe I can fly …

Jordan: Brick wall. *BAM*

Alan: …

Alan: Wow.

This child is odd.  Very, very odd.

In other news, it looks like Alan is going to try to buy ( Read more... )

Bold the ones you’ve seen… regardless of whether you liked it or not.

12 Angry Men (1957)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
The 400 Blows (1959)
8 ½ (1963)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
The African Queen (1952)
Alien (1979)
All About Eve (1950)
Annie Hall (1977)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
The Battle of Algiers (1967)
The ( Read more... )

Ever since I lost access to Live Journal from work, I’m finding it hard to make the time to post.  It’s not that I don’t WANT to post, it’s just finding the time away from work.

Speaking of work, I’ve been busier than a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs.  My boss is giving a deposition and I’m one of the primary data collectors for ( Read more... )

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Amazing how poignantly relevant even today.

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by encouraging class hatred. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You ( Read more... )

Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?  ~Ernest Gaines

I'm a supporter of gay rights.  And not a closet supporter either.  From the time I was a kid, I have never been able to understand attacks upon the gay community.  There are so many qualities that make up a human being... by the ( Read more... )

It’s been a little calmer around here, but I think I’ve had my fill of driving to LA.  The funny part is that my kids now understand that whenever we go to LA, they’re bound to see something … odd.  It was Frank Lloyd Wright that said …

Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.
Frank Lloyd Wright

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