Entertainment

My Lucky Rocketship Underpants

I spent a significant portion of my afternoon searching for examples of the Calvin & Hobbes cartoons where Calvin talks about his lucky rocketship underpants and how they make him more prepared and excited for his day. But apparently, there are zero examples of that…

Lyricists

I was driving into work this morning and the radio was playing "Miracle Drug" by U2. I have always loved that song, but I sat there and really listened to the lyrics for the first time. I was stuck yet again by how Bono is…

Harry Potter

Danielle will be so proud of me. Target had all of the Harry Potter books (except the very latest) on sale and in paperback so I scooped them up. Never read any of them before. I am hooked. Already almost done with Chamber of Secrets.…

Tune In Tokyo

As I was stalking Dooce again this morning, I noticed this photo on her Flickr site and nearly fell on the floor laughing when I read the comments. For those of you who don't get the reference (and I will be shocked if any of…

Non-Movie Soulmates

I was just looking at my Netflix queue and chuckling to myself... it seems that so often, we have completely opposite opinions of movies than our best friends, Jeff & Danielle. (Unless it's a chick flick - then Danielle and I are usually on the…

Pride & Prejudice

Just saw it with Danielle, and the short review is: LOVED IT.OK, long review. Warning, semi-spoilers ahead. Although, if you are reading this far, you are a fan - and have read the book or seen the BBC mini series... so it technically won’t be…