Went to see Elvis Costello in Atlanta last night. Tift Merritt opened and did a decent set, then EC brought down the house. Anyone who knows me knows I'm a huge EC fan, but I've never seen him live, so I'm grinning like a kid today. And to see him with the Attractions (now called the Imposters because the Attractions' bassist wrote a nasty book ( Read more... )

I just realized it's going on a month since I last posted. Much going on over here. Work, home life, the everpresent slew of moronic interests. The death of Hunter Thompson hit hard, but Instant Karma balanced it out with a wonderful visit from a new friend from Across the Pond. Many words about both events are forthcoming ( Read more... )

Arthur Miller dead at 89

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/02/11/obit.miller/index.html

Damn. Just... damn.

Just got home from work. When I work normal-person hours (8:30 A - 5:00 P), I usually listen to NPR news. Today NPR news almost caused my demise as my brain tried to jump out of my left ear and out the window at 65 MPH ( Read more... )

Actor Ossie Davis dead at 87

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/04/obit.davis.ap/index.html

John Vernon, 'Animal House's' Wormer, dieshttp://

Priya's out of the house, hopefully having some fun. Kids are asleep. We watched The Triplets of Belleville tonight and, to my surprise, they liked it.

Won't have time to post in the morning. Have to get up early to read I Wish That I Had Duck Feet for Evil Bookstore Storytime. So Happy Groundhog Day, everyone. Seeing as the nation's attention ( Read more... )

Crematory operator jailed for 12 years

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/31/crematory.case.ap/index.html

How in the world can you plead guilty to 787 counts of anything and only get 12 years???

It iced/snowed/made plain-flavored Slush Puppie all over and we were socked in for a day. Kids were thrilled, though not as thrilled as they would have been if it was actual snowball/snowman snow. Dog seemed to enjoy it once she realized the cold white stuff was edible. I ended up with a four-day weekend out of it. So it's all good ( Read more... )

We just watched Angels in America in its entirety last night/this morning, and it was just incredible. Rent it. See it.

I'm trying to find a good pic of Emma Thompson as the Angel in her second appearance, with the black outfit. Plenty of her in the white one, but I can't find any in the black. Can anyone help me?

The weather goons are expecting some frozen rain tonight. I'm staying off the roads -- not because it's actually going to be bad but because I want to avoid the usual mass freakout that occurs anytime the least bit of frozen precipitation hits the ground here. We get an average of 1 inch of snow here every couple of years, and with the exception of ( Read more... )