So the 90s called, and they wanted me to rejoin them for a couple of days. And by that, I mean my internet connection was out for two days. I got home from work one night to find my modem blinking at me while my phone and computer declared that there was no network to … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: March 26, 2023
Sunday Sum-Up: March 19, 2023
I've been going through the various apps on my phone and unsubscribing to things like YouTube channels I don't watch anymore, leaving Discord servers that I thought would be fun but turned out to be annoying, or unfollowing Tumblr blogs I don't care for anymore. It's been nice to get rid of the baggage that … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: March 19, 2023
Listening to Things: Finding Neverland, original score by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
To: The Members of the Acadamy, circa 2004Re: The winner of the 2004 Academy Award for Best Original Score, Finding Neverland by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek What, pray tell, were you all thinking when you voted for this score? You had John Williams' wonderfully quirky and dramatic score for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban … Continue reading Listening to Things: Finding Neverland, original score by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Sunday Sum-Up: March 12, 2023
I noticed recently that my vacuum cleaner hadn't been working as well as it used to, so I decided to investigate. I took some of the sections apart, cleaned them out, top to bottom, and finally realized that the lower air filter was the likely source of the problem and ordered a new one from … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: March 12, 2023
Listening to Things: The Return of the King, original score by Howard Shore
After a weeklong hiatus, I'm back with this little "let's listen to all the music that won the Academy Award for Best Original Score in the twenty-first century" project with Howard Shore's score for The Return of the King. How many times have I listened to this? A lot. I couldn't begin to tell you … Continue reading Listening to Things: The Return of the King, original score by Howard Shore
Sunday Sum-Up: March 5, 2023
Weird week. It started out relatively normal and productive and got progressively less productive as it went along thanks to my dealing with fatigue in the latter half of the week. The problem is being sorted out (thanks to some lab work from a routine check-up at the doctor's), but it could be a little … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: March 5, 2023
February Summary, March Preview
February. The shortest month of the year. The month you can really tell that the days are getting longer, but they're still gray and a little bleak (at least, they are around here). We had plenty of much-needed snow and a little rain this month, and I was even treated to a snow day off … Continue reading February Summary, March Preview
Medieval History Book Haul
Two things happened at roughly the same time this year: I brought three boxes of books to the used bookshop and ended up with a bunch of store credit. The used bookshop took in a portion of the collection of a professor emerita of history who had recently passed away. Needless to say that over … Continue reading Medieval History Book Haul
Sunday Sum-Up: February 26, 2023
Every year, I drag my feet when it comes to filing my taxes, and every year it takes far less time than I think it will. You would think that I would realize that by now, but I always imagine that it's going to take me hours. No. This time, it took about forty-five minutes. … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: February 26, 2023
Sunday Sum-Up: February 19, 2023
Instead of going to a Super Bowl party last Sunday, I headed downtown to see a documentary at the indie theater. I'd seen a trailer for Lizzie Gottlieb's film Turn Every Page, which is about the longtime professional relationship and friendship between her father, renowned editor Robert Gottlieb, and political writer Robert Caro, who has … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: February 19, 2023
Traveling in Books 