I know you're all wondering what's for dessert. Hello Dolly Cake is the answer.

"Crimes Against Nature: How George W. Bush and His Corporate Pals Are Plundering the Country and Hijacking Our Democracy" is the full title and it's the best non-fiction book I've read in a long time. Though at times it seems like conspiracy theory ramblings. I'm aware of a lot of environmental problems over the years, moves by the religious right ( Read more... )

I brought in a set of magnetic poetry to work since it wouldn't work on the new stainless steel fridge at home. It looked like a few people made use of it before it disappeared today. My guess is that the poems turned naughty as can happen and someone complained. I saw a few that were starting to lean in that direction but they didn't really seem ( Read more... )

On Saturday Nicole and I saw The DaVinci Code. I'm one of about 1000 people who haven't read the book and I think this was made more for those who have read the book. Sometimes it felt very rushed and uninteresting a the same time. Actually, it was that way until Ian McKellen's character arrived on screen, after that it was entertaining through ( Read more... )

We've had the Highlander Hybrid for 5 months now, and overall I like it. It's comfortable and it gets better gas mileage than the Passat Wagon despite being bigger and heavier. Like 10% better ( Read more... )

Julie & Fish were going to be spending two weeks there and rented a house. We were invited to join them for a weekend so after a lot of figuring out, we made the journey.

Thanks to bruellaffe for watching the dogs and cat for the weekend, and thanks to sisterbean for letting the dogs out Friday afternoon.

( boring trip details )

I've seen three recent movies!

An American Haunting - This is the movie version of a theory explaining a well documented haunting in the early 1800s. The movie works well while you're watching it and it builds good tension and all seems to fit together. But then awhile after you're done your brain starts noticing all these holes in the theory and ( Read more... )

Each player of this game starts with the "6 weird habits/things about yourself" and people who get tagged need to write a blog of their 6 weird habits/things, as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names ( Read more... )

I've read three books in the last month, mostly while waiting for builds at work or while brushing my teeth.

First up is Fledgling by Octavia Butler. I like stories that give a real world like base for something that stories generally treat as supernatural. It's not that I dislike supernatural stories, but once something is in that realm, more ( Read more... )

We watched Junebug at a friend's house recently and I think I'm the only one who enjoyed it. There isn't a lot that happens so it's mostly about the characters and trying to figure out why they are all acting the way they are.

( (Sorta Spoiler) It all makes sense if... )