Song Lyric of the Day: Cowboy heroes / Cops and robbers / Glamour and strife / Bigger than life! / Sitting in the darkness / What a world to see! / Let’s go to the movies Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney & Ann Reinking / “Let’s Go to the Movies“ 5AMUp…
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The ABCs of My OCD
Song Lyric of the Day: High Anxiety / It’s always the same / High Anxiety / It’s you that I blame / It’s very clear to me / I’ve to give in / High Anxiety / You win Mel Brooks / “High Anxiety” In case you’re new to my blog…
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Tuesday 10: Irrational Things I Will Worry About on Vacation
That Rich will give away my cat Belle That Rich will give away my cat Buster That Rich will give away my cat Finn That my puppy will commit suicide That TiVo will forget to record season/series premieres That TiVo will accidentally delete said season/series premieres That I will go…
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Labor Day 2009
Song Lyric of the Day: I don’t want to work / I want to bang on the drum all day / I don’t want to play / I just want to bang on the drum all day Todd Rundgren / “Bang on the Drum All Day“ Holiday weekends spoil me.…
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Photoblogging: Brooklyn Bridge Cables
I took this photo, along with dozens more, when Rich and I walked the Brooklyn Bridge in October 2006. It was a perfect fall day, the kind that makes you happy summer is over.
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My Latest TV Obsession: Being Human
Song Lyric of the Day: In every headline we are reminded / That this is not home for us / Where is it? / Where is home? / I walk a modern tight rope / Of humility and belligerence Bloc Party / “Where Is Home?“ It’s been a while since…
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Tuesday 10: Recent Book Purchases
The Unit, Ninni Holmqvist Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously, Julie Powell The Neighbor, Lisa Gardner Relentless, Dean Koontz Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Jane Austen & Seth Grahame-Smith Austenland, Shannon Hale Burn, Linda Howard Dead as a Doornail (Sookie Stackhouse # 5), Charlaine Harris Meeting Mr. Wrong:…
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My Happy for the Day: "A-Punk"
It’s the rare album that Rich and I (1) both love, (2) fight over which of our vehicles the CD gets to “live” in, and (3) both love to play over and over and over. Vampire Weekend‘s eponymous debut is that agreed-upon album for us these days. We’ve had it…
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My TIFF Lineup
Song Lyric of the Day: The question is a truth / There is nothing we can’t do / I’ll see you along the way baby / The stillness is the move The Dirty Projectors / “Stillness Is the Move“ As you can see, time did not allow for me to…
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Movies on the Mind
Song Lyric of the Day: Interruptions are always on my mind / Interruptions you know I’d like to unwind / And I do have the time / Said I’d like to unwind / But I’m out of the lonely Rogue Wave / “Interruptions“* Today I fully intended to blog about…