What a real douchebag looks like

So I’m closing in on the end of my beloved book The Children of Henry VIII. Mary is queen now, after John Dudley, the first Duke of Northumberland and a total douchebag, tried to take her out. He cried like a baby when he was arrested, brought to the tower and, finally, sentenced [...]

01/23/2008 | daily | Trackback | No Comments »

January 22 2008

Herbivore

I’ve been eating salad like nobody’s business the past few days. I bought a large box of mixed greens at Costco, forgetting that it never lasts more than 7 days, if that. My constant salad-eating doesn’t seem to be diminishing the reserve. It’s like it doubles in size every time I take a handful. I’ve [...]

01/22/2008 | daily | Trackback | 2 Comments »

January 21 2008

Meet Harlow

Janie checked Harlow out from the library about 6 years ago and never bothered to bring her back, no matter how much I have begged over the years.
Her nickname is The Stink, because that’s what she is. You can also call her Tiny Monkey, Tiny Stink, Stinkerpotamus and Stinkerbean. Sometimes you can call her [...]

01/21/2008 | daily - kitties | Trackback | No Comments »

January 20 2008

Incredibly Involved in Sibling Rialry

I can’t post much today because I am reading The Children of Henry VIII. I’m at the part where Mary, the Catholic and oldest sibling, has been forbidden to practice her religion by her brother and those that rule on his behalf until he comes of age and is having secret masses said by [...]

01/20/2008 | books | Trackback | 1 Comment »

January 19 2008

Hard Candy

Janie, a friend and I just spent a few hours watching a 2005 movie called Hard Candy.
I was especially interested to see Ellen Page acting in something after having recently seen her rock the big screen in Juno.
This movie is VERY different and intensely disturbing. They are certainly not comparable.
This is, sadly, all I have [...]

01/19/2008 | daily | Trackback | 2 Comments »

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