A trailer for a movie to be released in January, Cloverfield, looked pretty good. I didn’t recognize any of the actors and it looks like a tense, fun action movie. Then I found out that this website is viral marketing… Continue Reading
1. People food is for people; if thou walketh upon four legs, thou shalt not partake. 2. Thou shalt come when a human calleth thee by thine name. 3. Thou shalt not do thine business within the house, unless it… Continue Reading
Tonight was the release of Beowulf. My spot review for the movie was “It wasn’t quite walk-out-of-the-theater bad.” The Wife disagrees. I suppose it would have helped had we seen it in 3-D, like it was meant to be seen.… Continue Reading
Apparently, someone has commissioned a push poll for Iowa and New Hampshire, attacking Mitt Romney for his Mormon faith. Camps Giuliani and McCain have both denied involvement in no uncertain ways. No one apparently has thought to ask the Thompson… Continue Reading
Guess who said it, and in what year: “Political campaigns can be actually taken over by the ‘public relations’ experts, who tell the candidate not only how to use TV but what to say, what to stand for and… Continue Reading
We’ve had a lot of requests for pictures of Soffit House and of what we’re doing to it. Since I’ve bragged recently about the work The Wife and I have done on the kitchen, that’s where I’m complying with those… Continue Reading
This is what the kitchen looks like now, after all of our work. First, the island, in the bay, which will be its usual resting place (at least, for now): This picture should make clear that we aren’t quite done… Continue Reading
This is the island that The Wife and I built: This picture expands to full size.
The Ninja is in the shop, because the “service engine” light is on and the car keeps on stalling out for no apparent reason. So we’re down to one car until at least some time tomorrow. This means The Wife… Continue Reading
The island is complete. We finished major construction on it last night; today while I watched the Packers-Vikings game The Wife put the finishing touches on it (a towel rack, handles, and an interior pot rack) and got it into… Continue Reading