Katie got the Juno DVD last week, so we all watched it together Friday night. She’s been gushing about it since seeing it in the theater and adores the soundtrack, so we were certainly curious. It was an odd movie,…
Happy Birthday Sam!
41 years ago today, the sweetest, sexiest, most marvelous person in the universe was born. I have no idea why I’ve been blessed by his presence in my life, but I hope it never ends.
ToTD: Fran Lebowitz
Take away a man’s actual sense of manhood–which is conventionally based on the ability to work, to earn money, to be self-sufficient, to provide for children–and you’ve got to give them something else. And they did. This hideous religion that’s…
TotD: Doris Lessing on Education
Doris Lessing, Introduction to The Golden Notebook Ideally, what should be said to every child, repeatedly, throughout his or her school life is something like this: “You are in the process of being indoctrinated. We have not yet evolved a…
Grrr
The latest version of WordPress is out, so I upgraded this blog right away, as I usually do. Of course, the plugin I use most, Now Reading, choked and won’t work anymore. Le sigh. The problems with the previous “new”…
SBQ: Balance?
The Stitching Bloggers Question of the Week (really last week) is: How do you balance your stitching time with your other obligations such as work, household chores, etc.? That isn’t really an issue for me, as I haven’t been stitching…
Silly
It’s HopeEvey’s fault. Really 😉
Choose Your Science Idol!
UCS Lab Coat cartoon From the Union of Concerned Scientists: This spring, to draw humorous attention to the serious issue of political interference in science, we offered Union of Concerned Scientists supporters the chance to enter Science Idol: the Scientific…
Bisexual Species: Unorthodox Sex in the Animal Kingdom: Scientific American
This could have gone in my last post, considering Porter’s life 😉 Thanks to Scott Bragg for the link. Bisexual Species: Unorthodox Sex in the Animal Kingdom: Scientific American … as many as 1,500 species of wild and captive animals…
De-Lovely
Sam and I just finished watching it–the 2004 Cole Porter biopic/musical. It was, absolutely, De-Lovely and Delightful and every other positive adjective you can think of! Porter is my favorite composer, but honestly, I put this one in the Netflix…