Feb 4, 2012
Movie: A PASSAGE TO INDIA1984, color, directed by David LeanStarring: Judy Davis as Adela QuestedPeggy Ashcroft as Mrs. MooreVictor Banerjee as Dr. AzizStayed up last night to watch A Passage To India...
Feb 1, 2012
HBO has been airing a documentary named "Catfish."It's about a good looking young Jewish guy who meets a girl on Facebook. Let's call the guy J.G.The girl's photo shows a pouty lipped blond girl who h...
Jan 21, 2012
Yesterday was so warm I made a pitcher of iced tea, using decaf tea bags--but even decaf products still have some caffeine, as was proven by me being bug eyed at 1am. I caught the movie "Alien III" as...
Jan 19, 2012
In the journal I keep at hand I write down what to me, are interesting tidbits so I'm gonna bore you with some, okay?Athos, Porthos, Aramis:The Three MusketeersKaspar, Melchior, Balthasar: Thr MagiNin...
Jan 19, 2012
Oprah Winfrey is trying to do the Barbara Walters gig --doing interviews with famous and semi-famous and infamous people. An interview she has done with Joel Osteen has been airing over and over on he...
Jan 18, 2012
One evening a couple of days ago I was in my office going through the mail and stuff, and sitting in my office chair and leaned over--way too far over-- to reach something, and the chair tipped over a...
Jan 18, 2012
You might have heard that our newly ex-governor, Haley (You In A Heap O Trouble Boy) Barbour pulled a fast one on his last day in office. He pardoned, commuted and otherwise let loose 200 cons and cri...
Jan 9, 2012
My most precious only grandchild, my grand-daughter-and she is grand--"Cara" is special in every way. Smart, beautiful, great personality, couldn't ask for a more excellent grand daughter. Cara says s...
Jan 8, 2012
I once read in National Geographic there is no place on Earth anymore where you can find complete silence. Even in the remotest desert, the sounds of jets overhead can be heard, and human encroachment...
Jan 7, 2012
Last week I was at the post office in our little hamlet and it was warm and sunny, that mellow winter time sunny. Bright blue sky with a few little cirrus clouds far above. Rains of previous days had ...
Jan 7, 2012
I have this habit of hanging on to things, of trying to hold on to objects I like. For instance: Years ago I bought this Emerson brand clock/radio, and it has the most superb radio of any I have ever ...
Dec 27, 2011
Christmas was so pleasant this year for my daughters and families and myself. No monkey wrenches as we can usually expect--nope it wa the nicest holiday any of us can remember.At 10 pm Christmas night...
Dec 23, 2011
I've not been following the political news per se, but it's hard to ignore=-it's everywhere.I saw Ron Paul on Leno's show, and he looked like a white haired little gnome. Smart man, good ideas, but he...
Dec 13, 2011
Teal mentioned that she has boxes of financial filing she has to label and store, which brings me to the latest thing to keep me occupied.Last week I tore up my office and sorted and collated and sepa...
Dec 10, 2011
I'm really good at that--making mountains out of what should be simple tasks. FIRST OFF: I keep a shallow box on the passenger seat of my car to hold Kleenex, a roll of paper towels, hand sanitizer, a...