My husband and I went to see Mirrors last night. I enjoy thrillers. The last thing we went to see was the brilliant Tell No One, which I have raved about to a number of people.

Mirrors combined elements of thriller, SF and a lot of horror/splatter. I personally would have enjoyed this more had it concentrated on the thriller and SF aspects, and ( Read more... )

This talk by Dan Gilbert is quite interesting. He looks at the kinds of threats we are wired to respond to, and why global warming is not alarming to most people. This same line of reasoning applies to the threat of toxics, another threat that could kill us all of slowly.http://

I just finished dinner with Eric and Ian. Ian was such a big helper with making dinner. When we went shopping, I asked him to pick out vegetables for enchiladas. We made vegetarian enchiladas with (his picks) zucchini squash, carrots and cabbage, with garbanzo beans, and a sauce of tomato, onion, garlic, and leftover red sauce from yesterday's ( Read more... )

So, I was feeling a bit sorry for myself this morning. The clothes washer sprang a leak last night. Water seeped under the wall from behind the washer to create a puddle underneath part of the living room carpet and also the corner of the hardwood floor in our dining room. Things to fix and clean. Darn it ( Read more... )

Who should you vote for?
Barack Obama
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To start off this blog, I'll give my update on ArmadilloCon 30. This year was my second to assist. I was in charge of the Program/Souvenir Book. I also had the chance to be on a panel, which was fun ( Read more... )