Thursday, July 14, 2005

late morning

Our Beloved Doug Elfman Has Started With The Sun-Times

Doug Elfman, TV Critic—read his columns every day...or else!  Lookit that, right under Roger Ebert.

Entertainment
Roger Ebert
• Doug Elfman
• Robert Feder
Wynne Delacoma
Jim DeRogatis
Henry Kisor
Lloyd Sachs
Pat Bruno
• Hedy Weiss

Monday, July 11, 2005

evening

Jon Stewart is Back, My Life is Complete

There was a dearth television to watch while Jon just causually moved into his new studio.  No cares or worries that his loyal audience needed him, well, during every crisis related to this administration.  But, especially during the Rove.  The Rove stuff that so deliciously has them all backed into corners and squeaking out, “No comment.” I love that, so much.  Plus, I think I have a little tiny crush on Jon Stewart. 

While waiting for Jon to get back, I had to watch that trainwreck of a show, Being Bobby Brown.  More like be a spoiled ass alcoholic drug addict who can’t take responsibility for his own actions.  And Whitney’s just a prize herself.  Do those people EVER spend any time at home?  I feel sorry for the kids, because you know when Bobby & Whitney are off camera, they’re not whispering sweet nothings into each other’s ear.  Okay, so yeah, it’s a car wreck, but I’m going to TiVo through it, to its bitter end.  Luckily, I’m reading more more high-brow books in order to stimulate my mind, indeedy.

This has been just such a wasted entry.  I’d meant to write about politeness and thank yous and how meaningful they are.  The world needs more NICE.  Maybe we can start a NICE program.  Right now, I’m going to bed and thinking about a nice dreams.

Sunday, July 10, 2005

early evening

My Girlie Rocks, Man

You know in my previous entry, where I said I was going to have Leigh-Ann fix my template so all of my books/music/etc propagated to each page of my template?  I was kinda sorta kidding.  I didn’t expect her to do it for me.  But, perhaps she was tired of seeing the same books there for seven months too and realized that it would take a tremendous burst of energy from me (not likely, ha!) for me to change anything.  Anyway, she fixed it for me and to thank her, I updated my book list.  I’m still listening to the same music.  I love love love Charlotte Martin.  I never even would’ve heard of her except that I accidentally found my friend Keely’s blog once.  Google did a bad bad thing and indexed her blog, which was supposed to be private.  I swear I tried not to read any of the naughty bits, but I did make sure to read the music reviews.  She has fascinatingly eclectic musical tastes.  So, she mentioned Charlotte Martin.  I ordered the first EP.  I was then hooked.  Then Leigh-Ann and I went to see her at the House of Blues in Las Vegas (a great cozy place to see a concert - no bad seats) when she was on the Chicks With Attitude Tour with Liz Phair, Katy Rose and The Cardigans.  They were all pretty good, except for The Cardigans.  The lead singer looked like she was singing while in a coma.  Ironically, a few months afterwards, I was listening to MusicMatch and a song came on that I instantly loved.  Go figure, it was The Cardigans.  I guess as long as you’re not watching the comatose lead singer, she actually sounds pretty good.

Whoops, lost my train of thought.  I just wanted to thank Leigh-Ann for being the best girlie ever, even if she would let our child CIO.  Funny thing, we each talked to our moms about it.  My mom said, “Well yeah, if I knew the baby wasn’t hungry and had a clean diaper, I’d let you cry for a bit.” Leigh-Ann’s mom said that Leigh-Ann never cried.  Her sister, however, couldn’t fall asleep until she worked her blanket over her head.  So, after a while, her mom would just put the blanket over her head.  Since her sister is now thirty-five, I’m guessing the statute of limitations has run out, so don’t go sending any Canadian Mounties after her.  Not to mention, she now has two really cute kids of her own.  They live in Canada, so I have no idea how they get to sleep, but they’re really really cute and happy.  By the way, I don’t get co-sleeping.  I’d be worried I’d squish the baby.  Heck, I’m worried I’ll squish a cat/dog and they’re so not likely to let that happen.  Then, last night we saw an HBO special with Dr. Michael Baden about a woman whose three infants (one baby, then twins) died 2.5 years apart.  His conclusion was that the co-sleeping was at fault and that there’s 20x more risk of infant death with co-sleeping than with sleeping in a crib.  This was a couple of days after I’d seen this story. I don’t have any kids (as was pointedly said to me elsewhere), so do what you think is best.  Many parents are much smaller and tidier sleepers than I.

Uh, lost my train of thought again.  Anyway, I just wanted to thank Leigh-Ann for doing the tedious computer (and other) stuff that I really hate.  She set up my parents’ TiVo the other day.  She put bag balm on the Anatolian’s paw, even though he was a butthead about it.  She catches the really big spiders and takes them across the street and sets them free.  And she writes way better book reviews than I ever could.

Sometimes, I let her sleep.

Friday, June 24, 2005

late at night

The Latest in Flippy’s Delicious Food Finds

Your taste-o-meter may vary, but um, I don’t care.  Starting off my tastyquest is the Banana Boat smoothie (made with chocolate ice-cream) from Smoothie King.  All of their smoothies are tasty (except the nasty blackberry one), but the Banana Boat smoothie is fabulous.  If you like chocolate covered bananas, you’ll love this.  Speaking of chocolate covered bananas, Von’s now has chocolate covered frozen bananas.  They’re really good and remind me of happy family times at Balboa Island.  If only they were covered with peanuts, they’d be perfect.  Okay, even more perfect would be if I was eating one while staying beachfront on Balboa Island.  Okay, off the bananawagon, we’ve found some fabulous cookies from the Philippines - Dewberry Blueberry Cream cookies. 

I’ve also rediscovered an old favorite - Popnots, you know, the half-popped popcorn kernels.  They come in more flavors now.  The jalapeno cheddar is a particular favorite.  Oh yeah, and one more thing, Dark Chocolate Nestle’s Crunch.  It’s for a limited time, but maybe if everyone realizes how good they are, they’ll keep them.  They’re even better than the dark chocolate M&Ms.

Wow, this entry is so well-written, it makes my head spin. 

Saturday, June 18, 2005

evening

My Next New Car

This is the cutest little thing.  It would be perfect for a quick trip to Starbucks or the grocery store.  When I brought it back home, I could store it in my pants pocket.

A small update - I didn’t mention what the car is.  It’s a smart fortwo (yes, a small “s), made by Swatch & Mercedes.  Here’s an article in Canadian Driver magazine.