For the two of you who want to see The Little Minister

Posted on January 28, 2009
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… I offer a few more images from the film.

Some dismiss the film, but obviously I’m a fan.

Our snow has now turned over to rain and what was pretty is now muck.  Alas.

It’s nice to have Ezra home for a snow day, even if we are both working.  I happen to be working on something rather tedious, and having Ez here makes it a little more bearable.

Happy Wednesday!

A Romantic Start to the Weekend

Posted on January 23, 2009
Filed Under Blather, films | 7 Comments

Today was a slow day work-wise, which was a-okay for a Friday.  After breakfasting at Diesel and working out at the gym, I came home to some cats, puttering, and knitting.  While knitting, I watched the 1934 Katherine Hepburn film The Little Minister.  It’s a romance set in Scotland.  Hepburn’s character dresses as a gypsy, and when she and the town’s young new minister fall in love, it’s a bit of a scandal.  John Beal plays the young minister.  Beal’s face is somewhat familiar, but most people don’t know his name.  Though he worked more or less steadily throughout his life, I think this is considered one of his best films.  It’s sort of a shame he didn’t get more interesting roles after this.  I think he shows potential in this one.  I mean, if he can hold his own opposite Hepburn (which I think he does), he’s got something.


I’m still here!

Posted on January 15, 2009
Filed Under Blather, cooking, craft, knitting | 6 Comments

So it’s been forever and a day since I last posted anything here.  But I’m still living, breathing, and sometimes doing other things.

Last night we made tofu florentine.  Alas, I did not take a picture, because it really was a pretty sight.  It’s much like eggs florentine, except vegan.  So instead of eggs, you use broiled tofu, and instead of whatever sauce is normally used on eggs florentine (er… not sure… hollandaise?), you use a vegan “cheezy” sauce made of veggie broth, flour, nutritional yeast flakes, and spices.  Ez and I are already pondering other uses for the broiled tofu and cheezy sauce–both were quite tasty and not too hard to make.

I’m knitting a little blanket with Mission Falls 1824 superwash wool.  You can even put this stuff in the dryer, which is pretty unusual for decent handknitting yarn.  So far so good, though I did have to start over.  I’m trying a design that I sort of made up, and after getting through 50 or so rows I decided that I wanted to revise the design a little.  It’s easier to decide this now than it would be after 200+ rows!

It’s supposed to be snowing today, but I’ve seen nary a flake.  I have my doubts.  I feel like I’m the only person in the Greater Boston area who is annoyed that the forecasted snow is not actually falling.

Today for the first time in ages I was actually looking for my 1990 and 1991 high school yearbooks and I can’t find them!  So annoying.  I have a feeling they might be tucked away in the bowels of the hall closet, or even somewhere in the basement.

So you can see why I haven’t been blogging much–not much to report!  I’ll try to be better about it, though.

A Public Service Announcement

Posted on November 19, 2008
Filed Under Blather, music | Leave a Comment

For anyone who appreciates bands like Ida, Of Montreal, Mates of State, Headlights, matt pond PA, Architecture in Helsinki, or any of the other fine Polyvinyl artists, you may be interested to know that they’re having a big sale!

In Case You Missed It…

Posted on November 19, 2008
Filed Under Blather, Red Sox, politics | 1 Comment

McCain won Missouri, and John Hodgman said, “I don’t believe it.  You know my motto-show me.”

Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia won the American League MVP award.  Oh yeah, a couple months ago we were watching baseball!

YES. WE. DID.

Posted on November 5, 2008
Filed Under Blather, history, politics | 2 Comments

And your point is…?

Posted on November 4, 2008
Filed Under Blather, rant, the telly | 1 Comment

Why is CNN showing Jessica Yellin live in the studio “Via Hologram” from Chicago?  Why bother sending her to Chicago if we can’t see Chicago behind her?  They’re just entranced by the technology.

Let’s Do It!

Posted on November 4, 2008
Filed Under Blather, history, politics | 4 Comments

If you haven’t already, get out there and vote!!

If you still need a little inspiration, try Vintage Pretties or Parlancer, for a start.

Let’s do it!!

Goodnight

Posted on November 2, 2008
Filed Under Blather, Pennsylvania, art, me and my brain, politics | 1 Comment

Goodnight, Opus.  I’m sad, as I’d held out hope that maybe Opus was returning to Bloom County, but it looks like he really is done. *sniffle*

Goodnight McCain in Pennsylvania!!  I’m hoping my wishes on that front are a little safer.  Note that electoral-vote.com does show McCain making a little bit of headway in PA (gasp!… It’s still leaning Obama, though).  Come on PA, don’t blow it!!

Should I be working for The Daily Show?

Posted on October 30, 2008
Filed Under Blather, me and my brain, politics, the telly | 1 Comment

Okay, maybe not.  But…

Watching the presidential debate on October 15, I wrote this:  “McCain talks about her [Palin] in a weirdly condescending way… like she’s his daughter, not his running mate. Compare how he talked about her to the way Obama talks about Biden. I think McCain said he was “proud” of her. Proud? Obama doesn’t have to be “proud” of Biden.”

Anybody see The Daily Show on October 16th?

On the 15th I also wrote: “Please, no more “Joe the Plumber”. I’m waiting for Jon Stewart to do a “Bob the Builder” on that one.”

It took The Daily Show a bit longer to pick up on that.  (See the October 29th episode.)

I’ll dig up some transcripts eventually…

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