Month: December, 2008

Sad and Sadder

Sad: 1940s and 50s movie star Van Johnson died this month at 92 years old. Some sundry information: – He and I share the same birthday. – The first movie of his I saw was Brigadoon, with Gene Kelly. I was in elementary school, and I saw it on TV one weekend. I was entranced. [...]

Merry Merry

Enjoy your day, everyone. Rejoice in the fact that you are loved, because when it all shakes out, nothing is more important than your family. It’s a good day to be grateful for that. I’m off to watch Jakey open his gifts this morning…you know there’ll be cameras involved.

No Day But Today

Heh. Sorry to go all Rent on ya, but it really fits today’s RNFs. This morning, as the Dunkin’ Donuts coffee is brewing (yummy), I pause to ruminate. I think, “Why start a new year’s resolution on New Year’s Day?” I mean, really. Shouldn’t we begin a positive change in our behavior right now? (In [...]

Say what you want…

…but they’re only in it for themselves. Say what you want… …but it’s the nose and mouth. Something about Maggie Gyllenhaal has always, always bugged me. Throughout The Dark Knight, I just felt…I dunno…out of sorts when I looked at her. She was distracting to watch. Anyway, last night I saw (and was bothered again [...]

Groovy

Check this out: body art by Italian artist Guido Daniele. Amazing. Gives new meaning to the term hand painted. Heh. I do envy the talents of these people, seriously. Click on the pictures for the big version (they won’t open in a new window, though). More grooviness: you might have noticed that I monkeyed with [...]