Archive for the ‘Just life’ Category

Getting religion

I went to a Catholic High School, not because I had gone to Catholic grammar school (I didn’t) and not because I or my family was particularly religious (we weren’t), but because after attending public school the first year back in the continental U.S., I was afraid I wouldn’t live through another year of it, much less three more,… Read the rest

WordPress 3.0 upgrade, tweaks and prepping for blog future

I’ve upgraded to WordPress 3.0 (“Thelonious”) and plan to use its multisite feature. But first I want to do some housecleaning here and at the blogs I plan to merge from hither and yon into this single install (hallelujah!).
I’ve also got some changes planned for Peace Arena’s front page and menus. I’m going to focus less on… Read the rest

17 more discounted DVDs for my library

The Movie Gallery video chain is going out of business. So, was unable to talk myself out of going into the local store for their closing sale today. Here’s what I got:

  • Flow: How did a handful of corporations seal our water?
  • Enron: The smartest guys in the room
  • The U.S. vs John Lennon
  • Margaret Cho: Assassin

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Hank Williams given special Pulitzer, Meryl Streep elected to Academy

Any award Special Citation for Hank Williams (Sr) doesn’t really need an explanation.

New York City, April 12 – The Pulitzer Prize Board has awarded a posthumous Special Citation to country music icon Hank Williams for his lifetime achievement as a musician, Columbia University announced today.
The citation praises Williams for “his craftsmanship as a

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Pistol packing pip-squeak


This is me, age 3 or 4, pretending to be Annie Oakley. So I wasn’t always anti-gun.

My big haul from Big Lots


Yesterday I went to Big Lots on an errand for my Mom. While there I of course perused their bargain bin of DVDs and books. Here’s what I got:

    Book:

  • Courting Justice (memoir by hotshot attorney David Boies)
  • DVDs:

  • Casa de los Babys (John Sayles)
  • The Science of Sleep (Michael Gondry, who also wrote Eternal Sunshine of

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Siskel and Ebert outtakes

Oh. My. God. This had me wiping tears off my cheeks AND my keyboard, it’s so hilarious. Maybe to fully appreciate it, you had to have watched them religiously for years like I did, enjoying the tension between the two movie lovers who couldn’t seem to agree on anything.
I often wondered what they talked about during the commercials, so… Read the rest

Now I know how Obama felt on October 9

It’s embarrassing to be recognized for something you know you don’t deserve. Well, I’m in that boat at the moment. I just found out I was nominated for an Okie Blogger Award in the category of “Best Political Blog (Liberal Leaning).”
I can’t even tell you to vote for someone deserving, since voting ended on Sunday. The results… Read the rest

Today’s book haul

I went to Barnes and Noble today to buy a PHP tutorial.
Well, you know how it is. I also came home with:

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