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Movie Review Hodgepodge

Sort of a backlog of movie reviews for you today. Quite the variety. Not a whole lot of time to give them a great deal of attention. I'm going from worst to best here, so those of you who are willing to hang around the post long enough will be rewarded.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes--We'll start off with a Marilyn Monroe bit--the film where she did her Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend schtick. Nothing too remarkable about this one. Marilyn plays a girl who wants to marry a man for his money, but s...

Testing My iPad

This is just a test to see how easy it is to post to my blog from my iPad. The answer pretty slick. Much better than from my iPhone. Last night I read to TRC from the iBooks app--a pretty sweet experience. Denise and I watched some Netflix streaming on it, and color me impressed. Every now and then, I see a new bit of technology, and it makes me feel like I'm living in a science fiction movie. This is the most strongly I've ever had that feeling. Anyway--glad to see it's so easy to type on t...

I Have Been to the Mountaintop

My friends, I saw the light.

I drank the Koolaid.

I bought an iPad.

And it is awesome.

That is all I have to say right now.

Insanely Busy

The title says it all, folks. Too busy to give you a decent post today, so I'll give you . . . a movie quote challenge!

"You'll get nothing. And like it!"

Name that movie. No using Google or IMDB.

Potty Training

First off, let me state that I take 0% credit for the following achievement. That said, by grace of Denisa, DC is officially potty trained. Well, when I say "potty trained," I mean that she can go when she's awake. When she's asleep is an obstacle that will be conquered in due time. In any case, last Friday, Denisa spent the entire day working with DC to teach her how this whole thing functions, and she's been working with her since. This morning, DC went and did her business entirely on her ...

My Favorite Part of Summer (What's Yours?)

Spring sprang early up here in Maine this year, which means I'm already dreading summer. I know for many of you, summer is a happy time. Lazy days and sunshine and all that rot. Not for me. Summer means hot, and hot means an unhappy Bryce. Plus, there's bugs, and bugs mean an unhappy Bryce, too. It's a recipe for disaster, and I have to mow my lawn twice a week on top of that. Remind me why I'm supposed to like summer?

Ah yes.

The movies. :-)

Summer means blockbusters, jaw droppingly awesome eff...

Movie Review: How to Train Your Dragon

I went with TRC to the movies to see How to Train Your Dragon today. I thought it was fantastic--superbly done. The animation, 3D, story, characters, score--really, there's not a thing I can find wrong with the movie. Best of all, it's a 100% fun time. Go to it if you want to enjoy yourself thoroughly. Four stars. But don't just take my word for it. Here's guest reviewer TRC with his take on the subject:

I thought it was AWESOME! But best of all, the huge dragon, well . . . that dragon was kin...

Fiddleheads

The other night, I had the opportunity to sample a traditional Maine vegetable: the fiddlehead. Basically, it's a baby fern. But where eating baby cows gets you called cruel and inhuman, there's no such stigma against eating baby ferns. Mainers go out and pick these little things by the bagful, then steam 'em, sautee 'em, boil 'em, salt 'em--you name it. Sort of like the many uses of shrimp in Forrest Gump, but without the gumbo. Denisa tried sauteing them. How did they turn out? Well, TRC th...

Writing Group

I had my first writing group session in over two years last night, and it felt wonderful. Leaving Utah, one of the main things I was going to miss was the writing group. I'd been in one for years and years, and going without one wasn't something I was crazy about. But I thought I'd get by. I'd still send copies of my books out to friends, get critiques--that sort of thing. Writing group was just there to motivate me, right?

Wrong.

In the two years I've gone without it, I've discovered what else...

The Tooth Fairy

Last night, TRC lost his first tooth. It proved to be a much more involved experience than I was anticipating. He and I had played a rousing game of Heroscape in the afternoon (thanks for the tip, Dan--awesome game!), and it was time for him to head off to bed. I got him up there, and he noted that his tooth was extra wiggly. I tested it, and sure it enough--it was. (A bit of background: a week or two ago, Denisa noticed that TRC had a tooth broken through already behind one of his teeth. So ...