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moldy peaches rock

(Go ahead and click play; it will play while loading.) I saw the movie Juno this weekend and fell in love with Moldy Peaches. Their fresh, unpolished, unspun attitude and lyrics feel perfect not only for the character of Juno, the pregnant 16 year old in the movie (Ellen Page, who plays Juno, recommended them [...]

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Breakfast at Tiffany’s

I watched Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s again last night and remembered all the things I loved and hated about that fabulous old (1961) film. I loved that her couch is half a bathtub and that her phone is in a sound-muffling suitcase. I loved every single outfit Holly Golightly wore, even the tuxedo [...]

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Slice of Life: The Perfect Saturday

For the first time in over a decade I have some Saturdays off. It’s astonishing how wonderful they are, assuming you have no intention of grocery shopping or cleaning bathrooms. Here’s what my fabulous Saturday looked like: 1. Sleep late 2. Join the Ice in the kitchen where he’s making a double batch of biscuits. [...]

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Superman vs. iPod

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Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg independently discovered a physical effect known as giant magnetoresistance, which gave the technology used to read data on hard disks a literal quantum leap toward today’s itty-bitty (technical term) computers like iPods. So yesterday these dudes got the “You just won the Nobel Prize for Physics” call (I always imagine [...]

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what he could be wearing

I just happened to see the music video for The Killers big hit “Mr. Brightside” today while on the treadmill at the gym. I gotta say, Brandon Flowers is hot in that get up. I totally wanted to find the tie and vest for the Husband to wear for… I don’t know, for whenever I [...]

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Barad-dûr: adj./pl. noun., transl. "big (honking) doors"

Last night the Husband was watching the first film of the Lord of the Rings set again. I happened to glance over to see the ringwraiths come out of the doors of Barad-dûr. Me: Man those are some giant doors. I want some doors like that for my next house. (channeling Martha) They’re both practical [...]

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Movies I’ve Seen More Than Twice

Grease, Gone With the Wind, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Blue Crush

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Movies The Husband Has Seen More Than 5 and 10 Times

5x: Apollo 13, A Few Good Men, Hi Fidelity, Ocean’s Eleven, Meatballs, Star Wars, Die Hard, Three Days of the Condor, Sixth Sense, Scrooge 10x: Lord of the Rings (all three), Twelve Angry Men, Groundhog Day, The Fugitive

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where is my flying car?

You know, like the ones in Blade Runner. Those were awesome. The gull-wing thing isn’t really widespread; we have ‘em, but you need two (three?) parking spaces for those things before you can get out without nicking your neighbor’s ride. Which you care about if you have one of those cars. My coworker and I [...]

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Saturday Schedule

9:30 am: drop off The Maker at his basketball game 10:30 am: drop off The First and his two friends at the mall 11 am: pick up The Maker from his basketball game Noon: shop for groceries, including snacks for The Ice’s basketball game 1:15 pm: drop off The Ice at his basketball game 2:30 [...]

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