Last year in the spring, my car started making a, shall we say, interesting noise when the weather started warming up. I took it to the repair shop and they said, "We don't see anything wrong", so I kept driving it in spite of the weird noise. 'The car is getting old,' I thought. 'It's … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: April 30, 2023
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Sunday Sum-Up: April 23, 2023
Last week was a lot. A lot of things are going on (mostly fun ones), but it was also just A LOT. Stressful, in the way that life throws unexpected things at you. Fortunately, the main stressor will be taken care of on Monday, so I'll have a lot of background stress taken away from … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: April 23, 2023
Sunday Sum-Up: April 16, 2023
Have I mentioned how wonky the weather can get around here? Probably a few dozen times, but it can get pretty wonky. Like last week when it got up to 90F on Thursday, then we had a series of severe thunderstorms on Friday, and a day of rain, sleet, and a high of 45F on … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: April 16, 2023
Sunday Sum-Up: April 9, 2023
There must be some rule that says medical offices and their waiting rooms will have temperatures that are either too warm or just too cold for comfort. I spent most of the morning of my day off in two of those offices- the dentist for a biannual check-up, and then at the clinic for some … Continue reading Sunday Sum-Up: April 9, 2023
Listening to Things: Brokeback Mountain, original score by Gustavo Santaolalla
When last I checked in to talk about the Academy Award winners for Best Orignal Score, I made my feelings for the banality of the music for Finding Neverland known. I decided it was about as inspiring and as inoffensive as the music played at a shopping mall's food court. Well, guess what, Dear Readers? … Continue reading Listening to Things: Brokeback Mountain, original score by Gustavo Santaolalla
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
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