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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Great American Pastime Poll: Best Baseball Movie
This weekend we hosted our friend “Roomie” and enjoyed a great few days of (mostly) nice weather, a couple of good outings, several good cocktails and some serious eating. It is a testament to how much we ate that I … Continue reading
Posted in Sports, TV and Movies
Tagged baseball, baseball movies, Bull Durham, eight men out, field of dreams, Kevin Costner, memorial day, movies, Ray Liotta, robert redford, the natural
26 Comments
Friday Drabble: Watcher
Remember, a drabble is a very short story of exactly 100 words. Feel free to join in and write your own drabbles on Fridays and tag them with “friday drabble” and on Twitter with the hashtag #fridaydrabble. Watcher She waited. … Continue reading
Rise and Shine
Time to get moving this morning!!
30 DoB Day 19: Favorite Book Turned Into A Movie
Next up in the 30 Days of Books list is that often testy intersection of books and movies: Day 19 – Favorite book turned into a movie Now, lots of my favorite books have been turned into movies – some done very … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review
Tagged 30 days of books, book reviews, books, books into movies, jaws, movies, Peter Benchley, Steven Spielberg
15 Comments
30 DoB Day 18: A Book That Disappointed You
As the weekend draws to a close and we’re all apparently still here, I spent some time giving thought to the next question in the 30 Days of Books list: Day 18 – A book that disappointed you Geez, there’s been … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review
Tagged 30 days of books, book review, book reviews, books, disappointment, earthsea, fantasy, reading, tehanu, ursula k le guin
8 Comments
Friday Drabble: Horses of a Different Color
Remember, a drabble is a very short story of exactly 100 words. Feel free to join in and write your own drabbles on Fridays and tag them with “friday drabble” and on Twitter with the hashtag #fridaydrabble. Horses of a … Continue reading
Balancing Act
Last week, we moved our company into new digs (bigger and brighter, but alas no more ocean-view commute) and one of the new site’s amenities is being able to have actual desks in an actual office area – previously, our … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged chairs, Exercise ball, furniture, health, office, Office chair, work
126 Comments
30 DoB Day 17: Favorite Quote
Look at me – I’m on fire! Two 30 Days of Books posts in as many days! Day 17 – Favorite quote from your favorite book Now, I haven’t figured out what my favorite book is yet, because that’s the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged 30 days of books, american gods, books, favorite quote, neil gaiman, quotes
10 Comments
30 DoB Day 16: Favorite Female Character
Somehow I think this meme is going to end up being the 30 weeks of books instead of the 30 Days of Books. Maybe I’ll get two in this week. Which brings us to today’s: Day 16 – Favorite female character … Continue reading
STS-134: The TRUTH
As a nerd, I know a lot of people that are boo-hoo-hoo-ing and getting all misty eyed about this week’s STS-134, otherwise known as the final flight of the space shuttle Endeavour. Now, I’m not too sad to see the … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged conspiracy, giant squid, nasa, science, space shuttle, Space Shuttle Endeavour, space squid, Squid, STS-134
37 Comments