Ugh. Work

I'm must be getting depressed. I've slept most of the day and am dreading the clopen ahead of me @ wrk . . .

TV Tidbits

I really enjoyed the two episodes of the Japanese cartoon 'To' available via Netflix streaming. It's a blend of crisp computer animation, adult story lines, and inventive sci-fi. Check it out.

A - You aren't following Alec Baldwin on Twitter? Why the heck not? B - There are few things worse than seeing your precious big screen TV subjected to "The View". Damn you Lisa. C - What's with all the moans & gasps & body noises in anime?  Ridiculous.  D - That host from Bravo has great chemistry w/ Kelly Ripa. He should be on the list to replace Regis.

Quote

"In the Beginning, there was nothing, which exploded." 

--Terry Pratchett on the current scientific understanding of Creation

Smiley's First Pack Meeting!

supper was homemade Applebee's fiesta lime chicken, smashed potatoes and brussel sprouts, all scorned by the kids, natch. Then it was on to Park's 1st Pack meeting, where we Tigers improvised a skit about a treasure hunting turtle who can't get a gold coin off the ocean floor cuz it's glued on, so he uses some 'magic markers' to create a shovel to do the job. Lotta fun.

The Hannah Montana Finale

just finished watching the series finale of Hannah Montana. It was quite good if u scrap the last 30 seconds of the episode.

Turn in your man card this minute - Jeremy I

What a great dad - Grandma J

OMG!!!!!!! you better run along now and change your tampon - Alex Q

Jeanne, your right, it takes a special dad to watch that with his daughters... wait Dan, they were watching it with you, right??? - Roger J

no actually I'm the only one awake. The kids had it on Netflix b4 bed and while I was sitting here reading I thought "I wonder if Oliver and Lilly stay together?" and hit play. You know y'all were curious too - Me

He never had a man card to begin with! ;) -Tre

Why would you do that? - Eric B

Thor

Here's something I never thought I'd say in a review of 'Thor': it was dull. Yawn-y, "hit fast forward on the remote" dull. Plus Natalie Portman looked oddly . . . drained, like life has just plain used her up.  I was really looking forward to this flick too, and even hustled it up my Netflix queue. What a shame.  C-.

Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037

Brrr, what a cold evening. Welcome to fall.  We just finished watching "Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037", a documentary about the year long construction of a Steinway piano. It's a good doc, but had lots of room for improvement. I've yet to see a documentary w/out narration that doesn't sacrifice something of both its storytelling and educational value. C+/B-

Spidey Facts

You know what? I liked the damn Clone saga. Bring back Ben Reilly!

The Last time this happened . . .

the last time a friend of ours took her baby daddy 2 court, he put a dead bird in her car. Today Lis took her again and her support (for 3 kids) was raised to 600/month. Quote the friend: if I'm found dead tomorrow, u know who did it.

Dance Class Resumes

@ Smiley and Junie's 1st dance class of the yr, and naturally both misplaced their ballet shoes so I look like a putz. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. On the + side i just looked @ last yrs dance pics & lk looks sooo much taller, leaner and more mature than she did a yr ago.

Kids will do that...they love to make you feel like a Putz- - Grandma J