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Review: Tripping the Rift, Complete First Season DVD set.

Some people just love this program. Many have told me that it’s on the edge and as funny as can be — my humor center must be damaged. I’ve just watched the entire first season and well, it’s okay but I’m glad I didn’t pay for these disks (renting is a good thing). The animation […]

May Coffee Cup and miscellaneous musings…

It took me much longer than I thought to find a cup that said “May. I’m the May cup. Over here.” I looked at a good number of cups until I found this one. The big leaves and bright orange flower just reminded me of May flowers — so, it’s now my May cup. While […]

Review: Iron Man (Theatrical Release)

Just got back from seeing Iron Man starring Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man (Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, Jeff Bridges as Obadiah Stane / Iron Monger, Terrence Howard as Jim Rhodes). It’s based on the Marvel comic. I never really got into Iron Man comics, leaning more to superwomen than supermen, so I […]

Maryland Sheep & Wool 2008

We’ve been going to the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival for several years now. This year we went on Saturday. We got to the fairgrounds about 10:30 a.m. The fairgrounds opened at 9 but the parking was already up into the hills above so it was a bit of a hike down to the gate. […]

Miscellaneous blather…

Not much to report on. Was going to skip posting tonight altogether but figured what the heck — hit the highlights. * Went to Maryland Sheep and Wool on Saturday. Got some great sock yarn and one pound of soy silk to spin. I’m in heaven but haven’t been able to start spinning yet. Will […]

Review: Sense & Sensibility (BBC TV 2008 DVD edition)

Finally got a copy of Sense & Sensibility from Netflix. This is the Jane Asten movie that we missed during public televisions The Complete Jane Austen series. Directed by John Alexander and starring Hattie Morahan, Charity Wakefield, Dan Stevens, Janet McTeer, Mark Williams and others. The screen play was by Andrew Davies who did most […]

Medical Insurance Blues…

I’m sure out there somewhere is a nice blues jazz number with that this title, “Medical Insurance Blues”. However, it’s two days later and I’m still seeing red. Here’s the background. I have allergies — lots and lots of them. Basically, if you say I’m allergic to the world you’ve got it. I don’t even […]

How to survive the doldrums.

Sometimes, there’s nothing wrong but the day just seems to bring one down into the depths of despair, the swamp of despondency, the…well, you get the idea. We had the wonderful busy weekend covering Malice Domestic and then — Monday. Not just a Monday, a rainy day and Monday. Back to work on the upcoming […]