A bit back went to Half Price Books and instead of merely going overboard on the printed material, decided to browse the music section and go overboard there as well.  Got a mixture of albums I know and like; artists I know but albums I don't; and artists who I've heard of only margianlly if at all (tho that doesn't necessarily mean they are ( Read more... )

Last night I had a a romantic dream - that may even have turned into a sexual dream, tho I don't remember - about Jessica Simpson.  In the dream, tho, she was normal, with normal personality and intelligence ...

Finally today found info on a movie I'd been looking for for a long time.  Just like a lot of the other people on IMDB commented, it's one of those movies you saw as a child that stuck with you.  I remember very little specific except flashbacks to them as young children and the song "Do you know where're you're goning to" but the film still haunts ( Read more... )

"The Appointment in Samarra"
(as retold by W. Somerset Maugham [1933])
The speaker is Death
There was a merchant in Bagdad who sent his servant to market to buy provisions and in a little while the servant came back, white and trembling, and said, Master, just now when I was in the marketplace I was jostled by a woman in the crowd and when I ( Read more... )

Went into Milwaukee and played soccer by the lakefront today.  It's the first time I've touched the ball in ages.  My skills weren't as rusty as I thought they'd be but I am in worse shape than I thought I was.  Still, it was nice to be playing again ( Read more... )

Sitting here on Saturday night watching The Fog of War on the History Channel.  I've wanted to see it but not sure I feel like being sad, pissed off or scared shitless, or all of the above, tonight.  Maybe I can watch it later and then do a double feature of The Inconvenient Truth ;)  Actually, I'd like to read some of McNamara's books, esp since I ( Read more... )

We just spent the last hour and a half looking for our cat Taffy.  We hadn't seen her snce about midday and she didn't even come for dinner.  We looked all over the house and couldn't find her, then went outside and looked and I wandered all over outside for an hour w/ a flashlight calling her.  She's an inside cat and we're not sure how well she ( Read more... )

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Sat night I got a chance to go see Tuesdays with Morrie w/ my parents, a two-man adaptation of the book. I really enjoyed the book so I was looking forward to seeing it ( Read more... )