Tonight for dinner, and tomorrow for lunch, I am getting together with people I haven't seen in 20 years. Details and an expanded report will be forthcoming.

I hope it's as much fun as I think it's going to be.

My house now contains one of these, and it isn't my fault.

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How it works:
- I went to IMDB.com and looked up 10 of my favorite movies.
- I'm posting three official IMDB "Plot Keywords" for each movie.
- You try to guess the movies.

( So guess these movies. )

"I’m not heartless… I’m detail oriented."

I didn't have high expectations at all -- the plot description isn't particularly compelling, and the recent output from Disney Animation has been underwhelming, to say the least. So I was pretty surprised by the fact that Meet the Robinsons is a wonderful movie!It's not just gorgeous to look at, and it's not just a technological marvel; it's a ( Read more... )

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I love it when the Potomac freezes -- it happens so rarely. I imagine that I can walk straight across it into the city.

During the night, the heat pump stopped working. It was pretty chilly inside the house this morning. The folks who installed it are due to come fix it sometime this afternoon ( Read more... )

It's snowing. And it's even starting to lighten the asphalt, instead of just whitening the grass.

I've got a pot of tea, and I'll thaw some soup from the freezer. Luckily I didn't have anywhere I had to go today; I can just stay inside and watch the snow falling. Or watch my dog in the yard, trying to catch it on his tongue.

Winter! Happy! Hurray

( Patrick Agin, 17, a senior at Portsmouth High School, poses at his home in Portsmouth, R.I. )