Yes, I did promise to say a few words about the three movies I saw last weekend.

Emma: Since Clueless is one of my favorite comedies of all time, I figured I'd like Emma, but then again, I'm not always a big fan of Jane Austen adaptations. This one though: has Gwynnie ever been better? Not for my money. And I love Toni Collette more every time I ( Read more... )

Bet you didn't know that it was Mole Day, did you ( Read more... )

I have two possible topics for a post--the Italian Festival I went to this weekend, and the three movies I have seen in the last few days ( Read more... )

I know, I know, I've been a bit lax about live journal the last week or so, but I have reasons--honest ( Read more... )

My mom teaches science to several junior high home schoolers from the area once a week. The kids are enthusiastic, intelligent, and just all-around pretty cool, but yesterday I was a bit disturbed by what I heard when I went into the kitchen to get something to drink (my mom's class meets in the dining room). They were taking a short break after an ( Read more... )

Boy, was I disappointed by Hollywoodland. The one word that sums up the entire film for me is "tedious." It is one of those films that is just a little over two hours, yet it seemed to stretch on for eternity! The whole tone of the film screamed out for comparisons to many of the best L.A. neo-noirs, from Chinatown to L.A. Confidential, but ( Read more... )

I have been at the library reading through some Anthony Trollope as I prepare for the conference I'm presenting at next month. If you don't know, Trollope was a Victorian novelist who mainly wrote about life in smaller English towns; clerics and lesser aristocrats play large roles. But he also travelled quite a bit and wrote several travel books, ( Read more... )

On the sad side of things, I discovered that there would be a "Texas Bigfoot Conference" in October, and I thought maybe that would be fun to go to. Unfortunately, it was cancelled--ouch ( Read more... )

My old college roommate Clint, along with his wife, Josephine, and two daughters, recently moved from Galveston to Waco so that his wife could start her medical residency. They invited me up for a weekend, so I went and had a great time. Just getting away from constant stress was wonderful. Oh, and I introduced Clint to my new leisure-time pursuit ( Read more... )

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