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Movie Review: (500) Days of Summer

DKC and I took an Olympic break last night to get in a movie: (500) Days of Summer. I honestly can't remember where I heard about this flick. It's been in my Netflix queue for a while, and then it appeared in my mailbox. I got distracted by other things (Lost, Olympics), and it was getting to the point that I was considering just sending it back to get something new. After all, if I'd had it that long and hadn't watched it, it couldn't have been that good, right?

Wrong.

Fantastic movie. The tag...

Update on the Olympics

So I'm watching the Olympics totally online this year, and I thought I'd give you all a brief update on how that's working out.

Not great.

That said, there are some pros and cons. I've discovered NBC is fairly draconian in the measures they've taken to make sure you can't watch the games anywhere other than their site, if you're an American. So all that free streaming Canada is shooting out into the internets? Unavailable. Which is disappointing.

On the other hand, NBC is at least doing a fairly...

Piece by my Grandfather

This appeared today in an online Mormon scholar site. I don't typically link out to overtly religious pages, but since it's an article by my grandfather, I figured I'd make an exception. (Please note: different grandfather than the one whose funeral I just attended.) It was interesting to read about the journey he's made across the globe as an organist. Some of it I had known, some of it I hadn't. Maybe it won't be as interesting to you, but hey--that's why I have a blog.

Adventures in eBay

I finally took the time to put some stuff I had kicking around the house up for auction on eBay. One of my goals this year is to eBay four things a month at least. So I went for it. Took the pictures, made the posts, calculated the shipping, slapped up the auctions . . .

The good news?

I sold all four items.

For a grand total of $16.

The bad news?

I miscalculated shipping. I don't send boxes much, so I underestimated how expensive it would be.

The good news?

I still made a profit.

How much?

$3.50

I fig...

Winter Olympics

Eight years ago(!), DKC and I were in Utah for the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake. DKC translated for the Slovak national team, so she got a backstage pass pretty much anywhere she wanted to go, and I--being married to her--could tag along. That's an experience that I doubt many people have the chance to do, and I'm really grateful we could do it. We ate lunch at the Olympic Village, sitting right next to Sasha Cohen, walking past all sorts of other Olympians I recognized from television. She w...

Hello Again, and Two Years

Yes, I'm back from Utah. No, if your name doesn't end in Moore or Pope, I didn't see you. Yes, I'm extremely sorry. It was a harrowing weekend. Let it go, okay? Suffice it to say that it was great to see the family I managed to see, but I have no desire to do that whole funeral thing again anytime soon. I'd post more about it . . . but I don't want to.

On to happier things.

Hard to believe my daughter's only been with us now for two years today. Back then, it was snowing cats and dogs outside. ...

Grandpa Moore

My grandfather died last night in his sleep. This was not unexpected--he'd been ill for quite some time, and ever since my grandmother died, he hadn't really been the same. Add to that the fact that his two sons preceded him in death, and there were a lot of people on the other side he likely wanted to see and be around. So while I'm sad to hear that he died, I'm grateful it didn't take longer than it did. It's hard seeing someone you know and love slowly wasting away.

In any case, I thought I...

Listen Up, Woodchuck Chuckers!

It's GROUNDHOG DAY!

That's right. One of the main reasons for my existence has come around once again. And once again (for those of you wondering), Phil saw his shadow. In a nice touch this year, they broadcast it live over the web. I watched it before I had to head out the door to work. Words fail to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather. The video was a bit choppy, but there was Phil, in all his groundhoggy goodness. Six more weeks of winter, folks. But I lik...

Sacrilege

It came to my attention this morning that a sinister force is at work in the world. A force trying to undermine the very basis of our value and belief system. A force so evil--so nefarious--that it would launch an attack at one of the shining beacons of the American Way.

I speak of course, of PETA.

That's right, PETA--I'm lookin' at you. Has anyone else seen this article? PETA wants to have Punxsutawney Phil be replaced by an animatronic groundhog. A robot woodchuck! A cyborg whistlepig. Well y...

Writing Update

It's been a while since I've updated ya'll on how my writing is going, and I'm sure you've been waiting, wondering--dying to know. Well, wait no more. It's going okay. I'll be honest: I can't seem to write as much these days as I could back before I had a full time job. That's not likely to surprise anyone, I know, but I still wish it were different. These days, what with work, family, Elders Quorum and house chores, I'm pretty booked each day. What time I have left to myself, I'm pretty drai...