I had a late dinner last night of Sesame Chicken. In hindsight, this was probably a bad choice. Not only because it didn't taste as good as it usually does, but because of the vivid dream it spawned ( Read more... )

When I got home from work yesterday, I was all pumped to pop in the DVD that came with my newly purchased soundtrack for Revenge of the Sith (15 more days! Booyah!). I got all snuggled with my 3 year old nephew on the couch and pressed play. Ian McDiarmand, Palpatine himself, began introducing the first clip but then he started stuttering. Then ( Read more... )

Yes, the inner child/adult geek is starting to succumb to the hype machine for the final Star Wars prequel. In this spirit, I'd like to share with you all the following links:

Music video for track 3 of the CD, Battle of the Heroes

The entire CD in streaming audio

...I have it...and my nephews have it ( Read more... )

I just realized I never updated regarding my gallbladder surgery. It was successful--I know, big shock there ( Read more... )

...the family is gathering at Croc's, a local seafood restaurant, for a night of Lebanese cuisine complete with belly dancers (for watching, not eating...but that would make for a very different sort of entry than what I usually put in here). Mmmm...belly dancers ( Read more... )

...but this person is most definitely a few cards short of a deck/bricks short of a wall ( Read more... )

...and I still can't stop singing/humming this song. I'd never heard it before, despite owning the Josh Groban Live at the Greek CD/DVD set that features it since release (a bad habit of mine and fodder for another entry perhaps), and it was just an amazing moment. This morning I finally tracked down the original 1968 version by Paul Simon. ( Read more... )

While monitoring emails at work, I came across the following inquiry ( Read more... )

And it was like Christmas with the way the kids all reacted, jumping up and down screaming "GRAMMA GRAMMA" over and over again, but my reason for posting is to share this little tidbit: After Mom got settled, she called her mom to let her know she'd arrived safely. The last thing she said was, "Te quiero, viajita." When she hung up, I laughed ( Read more... )