Popping in quickly from my extended business trip to share this little tidbit. My hotel is in a business district. It's a nice hotel, and there is an equally nice establishment in front of it with a large parking lot, no windows and some allegedly naked women inside. I say "allegedly" because I have not been inside to check clothing standards ( Read more... )

Hello, friends. May I still call you friends? It has been so long since I've posted that you might have been forgiven for thinking me deceased and rolling in the grave. But glory, hallelujah, here I still am ( Read more... )

Buoyed by my enjoyment of "Captain America," currently in theaters, I rented "The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond," a "new" screenplay by Tennessee Williams that stars Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Evans, aka "the Cap'n" of the aforementioned action movie.

I anticipated enjoyment. I did not anticipate swelling boredom.

Let's just say that the affection ( Read more... )

Tonight I went to see the Glee concert movie. And thoughts -- I haz them.

First, I'm no longer putting quotes around Glee, as is proper in AP style for album titles, TV show titles or Broadway productions. Glee is no longer a TV show or a music franchise or even a concert series. It's a theme park, and you don't put quotes around Disneyland.

Second ( Read more... )

Between June 29 and today, I have been in my own bed nine nights ( Read more... )

My family had a reunion-type thing at Cheyenne Frontier Days. Sister Iris lives there, and it was a completely inconvenient time for me to leave work but I did it for family harmony and need many karma points for not killing them nice to be able to enjoy the experience with my family. Plus, I am given to understand that the local innkeepers mark up ( Read more... )

It's what we talk about down here, y'all!

Anyway, yesterday's high was a record 111. Today, we're expecting a cool front that will put us at 98. PLUS! PLUS! A 30 percent chance of thunderstorms.

Everyone is v.v. excited about the 70 percent chance of nothing.

OK, off for my morning shower. I get astonishingly stinky just laying in bed sweating.

So we've been having a little spell of dry heat -- 104 degrees right now with no relief in sight. That means on Saturdays, I'd much rather be indoors rather than outdoors.

And in my free time, I've been watching my "Leverage" DVDs for Season 3. Repetitively. Some might say "obsessively," but I think that's harsh.

Anyway, as I'd rather write than ( Read more... )

"The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat" is being enacted in my bedroom this morning. Except neither cat is made out of gingham or calico.

Evening Update: Both cats still alive. No fur scattered around the room. They're within a foot of each other, studiously looking elsewhere. *rolls eyes* I did not get you stupid cats to ADD drama to my life.

Today I was home, so I spent a couple of blessed hours in an estate sale haze (in 97 degree temperatures!) One of the houses where I went obviously had previously belonged to classical music enthusiasts. The couple had various NPR pledge-drive paraphernalia that the heirs did not appreciate; books scattered throughout the house on "eight essential ( Read more... )