It’s been a busy week with house showings. I am the very definition of ambivalent towards continued interest over the weekend. Of course I want people to come and see it (the odds of selling it go up with the number of people who have seen it), and I prefer that they come while it [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Books'
Tracing That Line
May 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Books, Movies, Travel, What I Did Last Weekend
This weather is why I haven’t switched out my winter clothes for my summer clothes. In August, in the middle of the hottest part of summer, when I think back and wonder why I was still wearing sweaters in mid-May, I am kind of astonished at the idea. It’s just hard to fathom, as it [...]
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Cold Weather and the Media I Consume
October 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Books, Movies, Music, Television
It has been rainy and chilly for the past couple of days, but it is supposed to be warmer and sunny this weekend. My fall clothes have been getting a workout, including a new pair of knee-high boots that I bought a few weeks ago. I just love them. I’ve been wearing them at least [...]
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Connecticut and Massachusetts
November 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Books, Endless Blathering, Travel
It looks like Tracy will do her fellowship in Kansas City, after all that traveling and flying around the country for interviews. Kansas City! I will have to carefully break this news to my family, who are all fervent MU supporters, but they will probably just pity her after this weekend’s likely bloodbath of a football game. Gosh, [...]
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More Traveling, This Time to Massachusetts
November 19th, 2008 · No Comments · Books, Endless Blathering, Travel
I am doing okay right now, but I am going to be a barrel full of nerves tomorrow. Sorry for mixing my metaphors there. I can’t think of what the real one is. Barrel full of nerves, it’s not. Mess of nerves? Something like that? Anyway, we’re flying again tomorrow, this time to Massachusetts. Actually, [...]
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Back from Orlando and Columbus
November 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Books, Endless Blathering, Travel
Well, hello there. I feel like it’s been awhile. I did write last week, but it was in-between everything. We left on Thursday for Columbus, Ohio, and my sister came along. The weather was really nice, and we had a good time. While Tracy was in her interview, my sister and I drove by the [...]
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Bad Librarian
July 18th, 2008 · No Comments · Books, Endless Blathering
I finished Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential book last night, and I enjoyed it. I still think he’s a bit of an egotist, full of insecurity and bravado, but generally I enjoyed his depiction of the restaurant world pre-2000. Sure, he’s got some sort of major problem with vegetarians, but I sincerely do not care what [...]
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Variety is the Spice of Life and Blog Posts
January 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Books, Endless Blathering, Movies/TV
I finished the last book in The Golden Compass series (actually, the series is called His Dark Materials, written by Phillip Pullman) on the trip home from Philadelphia, and want to recommend it. Someone else piqued my interest by describing it as the antithesis of Narnia, and I agree with that assessment now that I’ve finished [...]
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An Update About Me, On A Blog That’s About Me. How Surprising!
January 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Books, News, Ongoing Projects, Photography
In spite of myself, I’m happy that Obama won in Iowa last night. I say “in spite of myself”, because I can recognize the faults in the guy, but, dammit, I like him too much. Last month, I wrote to a similarly-politics-minded friend and asked him to make a decision on his vote right then, and he [...]
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Boring You With My Pop Culture Breakdown Minutiae
August 23rd, 2007 · No Comments · Books, Movies/TV, Music
Movies: Other than running right out and seeing Superbad last weekend, right after it came out, I haven’t gotten to see many movies this summer. Not as many as I always intend to see, anyway. Well, if I could have my druthers, I would spend every evening in a movie theater. I just don’t get [...]
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