NPR had some fabulous book recommendations on this morning. Of those mentioned, here are a few I’m now ready to buy & read: Evolution Man, or How I Ate My Father:Human evolution as a kind of domestic situation comedy? Well, Lewis’s yarn–an autobiographical narrative by an ape-man named Ernest–recounts the efforts of Father, the leader …
full of Christmas cheer.
I had a FABULOUS weekend. Here’s why: “Santaland Diaries” was — if this is possible — better this year than last. The Water Tower Theater revamped the set and it was just BRILLIANT, my friends. If you’re in Dallas (or someplace where you can find “Santaland”), you really should make an effort to sample this …
I (apparently) know much about (US) geography.
Curtis’s blog tipped me off to this really fun Geography Quiz, wherein you have to place, via drag-&-drop, US states on a map. I scored an impressive (I think) 92% accuracy, with an average error of 13 miles and total time taken of 266 seconds. Forty-six of my placements were dead-on correct. Not too bad …
warning: sap!
We got a live tree on Sunday, and the other day I finally got the ornaments hung on it. This is one I bought at Target on Sunday. I still feel a little nauseous from the sap. 😉
Cute kitties
I’ve never been a “cat person,” per se, but I’ve always been an animal person (if I had the stomach for it, I could have been a vet!) and find it hard to resist the charms of any animal that snuggles up with me on the couch. Penny and Simon, the two cats who tagged …
Guy
After his opening act finally schlepped off stage (not that she wasn’t good, I was just anxious for Guy to get started!), Guy Forsyth sat down in a chair on the roomy stage at Poor David’s new location in south Dallas last night and proceeded to serenade the room with his fantastic voice and a …
{happy dance}
I get to see Guy Forsyth tonight! Yay!
Finally, it’s time for finals.
Tuesday night, I had due my “big” research paper (7-10 pages, including bibliography) in my political science (presidency) class. It was a mad rush to finish on time — which I did — and thus began my week of “finals” for yet another semester. I was out on campus Tuesday afternoon and this morning, and …
Turkey day wrap-up
I had a fabulous Thanksgiving break. I want to stress that it went very well — exceeded my expectations, even — and I am very grateful for that. Our turkey even had legs, for crying out loud! That said, there were a couple of big disappointments along the way, namely: The 178 Club was out …
They’re up & captioned, even!
You can now view new pictures of the house, Thanksgiving, and moving fun at my Yahoo photo album.