Andrea and I headed to Chapel Hill/Carrboro (what a great place) to hear Obama speak on the UNC campus.
Massive Vacation!
Knee-deep in a massive two-week vacation… done now but still can’t catch up!! Some notes… Continue reading “Massive Vacation!”
Busy house!
Dan and Bailey are coming next week, then Vic and his family – time to do some planning!
Full weekend of ups and downs, yikes!
What a crazy weekend. Continue reading “Full weekend of ups and downs, yikes!”
Traditional Easter dinner at Grammy’s house
Easter dinner tradition continues, this year with a fabulous Celebration Roast at Grammy’s house, followed by a round of Pictionary. Wonder what we did with that huge Pictionary whiteboard we had in the 90’s…
Another Carolina Brewing Company outing
This is hard to beat: the Carolina Brewing Company is virtually a stone’s-throw from the house, and they have free beer- err, “tours” – every Saturday. The beer doesn’t get any fresher or tastier. Continue reading “Another Carolina Brewing Company outing”
One Year Cancer Free
I had my second semi-annual CT scan check yesterday. I was pretty stressed out during the few days before, Andrea was great at keeping my spirits up. She made the haul with me over to Winston-Salem to see our local hero Dr. Levine. The CT scan is a compromise – I hate to get bombarded with massive amounts of X-rays – but the resulting picture is good enough for Dr. Levine to see what’s going on. And the answer: not much. Groovy! The sun seems just a little brighter today. :>
9.0 No Country For Old Men
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Bring your expectations of standard Hollywood conventions to this movie and you’ll be left hanging in a big way. I always preach that it’s great to break the rules and veer away from the formulas in movies once in a while (check out this excellent article on “plot immunity” to whet your whistle on the subject), but resolution is not a convention that’s easy to let go. That’s the challenge of this latest Coen brothers’ trip. |
[SPOILER ALERT] Continue reading “9.0 No Country For Old Men”
The Ultimate PDA
I bought the kids a moleskin yesterday – the ultimate PDA! Now all their great artwork scribbles will be preserved! The only rule was that they have to share their work. Win-win!
We have liftoff – The Boxcar Kid is released!
My pop’s been working his tail off on his first novel, The Boxcar Kid, for a few years now, and yesterday it hit the stores! It’s on the front page of his publisher’s site right now. This is BIG NEWS, we’re all so excited and proud of ya, pop! :>
There’s full info at the publisher’s page, and I’ve been hosting a website for it for a while now, too. I’ll try to update this as more news rolls in…
UPDATE: Andrea is a librarian at goodreads (my lovely nerdy girl! I’m married to a librarian, how sexy is THAT?! :P). She added the book there, so you can rate and discuss it!