Monthly Archives: March 2007

Wednesday, and little new music

In the morning I got up about 7, before Andrea, and I left at 7:50 to catch the 38, taking a blackberry pie with me — perhaps the best crust I’ve ever made. I used some of the non-hydrogynated shortening … Continue reading

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Who needs agood “subject” anyway?

Today was a day to finish the laundry I started on Saturday, when I only had enough quarters for one load. Today I took a fiver with me and, armed with 20 additional quarters, I did one large(r) load and … Continue reading

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Keeping things Brief

Monday in review — I didn’t go to bed, so that I could grad papers. I got a lot done but not everything. I put oats, milk, sugar, and other tasty things in the Crock Pot and set it overnight … Continue reading

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A Sundiary …

Music: I finished “M” today with some Muzikas, but now I’m on “N,” and after some Natalie Merchant and Nazareth (won’t be listening to that again any time soon!) I’m on Neil Diamond. What I thought was lots and lots … Continue reading

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A Saturday in Review

More Bread: I used Angelas recipe again (1.5 packages of yeast, tablespoon each of salt and sugar, 2 cups of water, and 5-6 cups of flour) to make a couple more loaves of bread, and ooh — the taste, the … Continue reading

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I keep well-hydrated.

There was a beetle on the shower curtain this morning, so I flicked the curtain, and the beetle fell into the tub. I turned on the water and then splashed some more to lead it to the drain. I entered … Continue reading

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Bad Wolf – a little Doctor review

I’m getting behind on my grading. Correction: I got behind. I’ll get caught up … soon. But Friday will be another day of Brecht. As I say, if it ain’t Brecht, don’t fix it.

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Get “Lost”

It’s not that I’m here to provide spoilers, but I just have to say, “Duh” regarding the Claire & Jack relationship ‘revealed’ tonight. It was hinted at so strongly in season 2, episode 20 (in which two characters die and … Continue reading

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So say the film reviewers: “Casting spells is wrong!”

This evening I finished Frances Hodgeson Burnett’s The Secret Garden, which I first read back in the third grade. There was already an assumed gender divide in the children’s fiction at the school library. Once we got beyond Peter Rabbit … Continue reading

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Insects and the Subjunctive

Sitting in my office this morning before heading off to teach I took a detour to YouTube for a search of and for a few old videos. Let me channel a Valley Girl for just a second: Oh. My. Gawd.

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