I usually don’t post these, but thought it would be fun. I found two of them through Roger’s SITE. The third one, about hockey, I found after finishing the director quiz.
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SECRET SELF
White Knight
Take Your Secret Self 1 Step Beyond today!
Created with Rum and Monkey’s Personality...
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Over this past holiday weekend I also finished reading “The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil” by George Saunders.
From Amazon.Com’s book description:
Welcome to Inner Horner, a nation so small it can only accommodate one citizen at a time. The other six citizens must wait their turns in the Short-Term Residency Zone of the surrounding country of Outer Horner. It’s a long-standing arrangement between the fantastical, not-exactly-human citizens of the two countries. But when Inner Horner suddenly shrinks, forcing three-quarters of the citizen then in residence over the border into Outer Horner...
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This past weekend I finished reading the graphic novel version of “The Eternals”, brought back to life by Neil Gaiman, with artwork by John Romita Jr.
From Publishers Weekly and Amazon.Com, here is the description:
Jack Kirby’s old Eternals series gets a serious dusting-off from Gaiman and artist Romita. The Eternals, a super-race, are now scattered and forgetful of their powers and immortality, living mortal human lives of supreme normalcy (Sersi is a New York party girl, while Makkari believes himself to be Bellevue ER doc Mark Curry). Meanwhile their age-old enemies, the Deviants,...
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But had to post it anyway. From the comic strip “Reality Check” by Dave Whamond on August 27, 2008.
For those that know the song, I am sure you are groaning.
Last week I finished reading “Man in the Dark” by Paul Auster.
Listed as Amazon.Com’s product description, and also the synopsis on the dust jacket, here is a rundown on the plot:
Seventy-two-year-old August Brill is recovering from a car accident in his daughter’s house in Vermont. When sleep refuses to come, he lies in bed and tells himself stories, struggling to push back thoughts about things he would prefer to forget - his wife’s recent death and the horrific murder of his granddaughter’s boyfriend, Titus. The retired book critic imagines a parallel world in which...
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Speech Therapy
Nigel’s speech therapy had been put on hold for a bit. The insurance through my employer doesn’t think that it is something that is necessary. My coverage through Lehigh Cement (and through three months of COBRA) thought that it was necessary. Marcia and I are looking into some other “insurance” possibilities, something that would cover most of the costs for us. Also there is another state funded and free to parents program that Nigel will be having an evaluation for soon. Either way, we are taking him to a few more sessions with his current therapist (Ms. Amy) regardless if the first funding comes through (who will also reimburse us) or not. We feel it is important. Just...
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This past Sunday, as I mentioned previously, Marcia and I saw “The Dark Knight” starring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, and Morgan Freeman.
Here is a brief description thanks to IMDB and someone that goes by the name Peteagassi:
Batman (Bale) raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Eckhart), Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but...
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Was told about an interesting web site a couple of days ago. The site is called FieldReport.Com and allows people to write stories about events in their life. The idea is to have members review/rate the stories and the member with the highest score after a certain amount of time wins cash prizes.
I have it on good authority that the site is legit. I am not sure if I will be posting any “field reports” myself. It would be nice to win money for writing, but I don’t see myself having anything interesting enough, or well written enough, to win. But I have enjoyed reading some of the reports.
Over the weekend Marcia and I watched “The Shadow” starring Alec Baldwin and those listed below. This was based off the old radio show/comic strip/pulp novel characters.
The description comes from Amazon.Com:
Alec Baldwin plays the Shadow, a.k.a. Lamont Cranston, who arrives in New York from his decadent life in Tibet, fully reformed and disciplined in his ability “to cloud men’s minds.” A crime fighter who lurks in the dark recesses of the city, the Shadow faces his most deadly challenge when Shiwan Khan (John Lone), the last surviving descendant of Genghis Khan, hatches...
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Zero One - “Ozone”
Tracks:
About a year ago I bought a couple of electronica albums and as Amazon always does, it starts giving you recommendations of other material that you might like based on your purchases or rankings. Zero One came up. “Ozone” is the fourth album by the project, and was the last one I purchased. It is also the best.
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