Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
Kind of a quiet week, that was inevitable. First full week of The Kid headed out the door bright and early for her new (FULL TIME!!!) job. She seems to enjoy the work and the people so I am over the moon for her. This week saw Sunday School getting cranked back up so... Continue Reading →
In sports this is called a "trap week". The week where you're feeling good, focused on something other than what's right in front of you and it bites you. This was the second very good week in a row. I can begin to feel the changes (pants are a little looser, on some of them... Continue Reading →
What's Eating Gilbert Grape - (1993) Gilbert is a young man with a dead end life in a dead end town in Iowa. He helps care for his morbidly obese mother (Darlene Cates), and his mentally challenged brother Arne (Leonardo DiCaprio) with his two sisters. Meanwhile a customer at the grocery store where Gilbert works... Continue Reading →
I've had some fun blogging about wine and travelling to wineries. The reality is that while I truly enjoy wine, I've been drinking beer longer. My first were stolen swigs of my father's Iron City (still a sentimental favorite).The there was cheap beer in college (PBR!) Along the way I've continued to enjoy beer. But I've... Continue Reading →
It's that date again. That date that will never be the same for any of us. When we take a moment and remember where we were and what we did. For some of us it's a date when we remember who we lost. This date will never be the same for us. But that doesn't... Continue Reading →
The Devil's Quota by Tom Avitabile (2014, Story Plant) - Murder isn't simple when it kills an NYPD detective's partner and drags him into a conspiracy involving the economic 1%. Detective DiMaggio follows the trail through the offices of a sexual behavior specialist and onto the international stage. On the other side of the world... Continue Reading →
Boy, it's nice to have good news for a change! The whole family has re-dedicated itself to getting our diet under control. So we were much more aware of what we were eating. I went back to food journaling. I have used two websites with great success over the last year. The Fitbit website offers a... Continue Reading →
The Lone Ranger (2013) - The classic western icon of the "Lone Ranger" returns to the screen as John Reid (Armie Hammer) survives an ambush that kills his brother. The killers leave him behind, believing him dead. A Comanche warrior/mystic, Tonto (Johnny Depp), finds the Ranger and joins forces with him to track down the... Continue Reading →
I never really got into reviewing local media when I was in WNY because I knew too many of the players and had a long history there myself. It just felt like I was going to be accused of bias one way or the other. If I said nice things about my friends than I... Continue Reading →
Things have been busy but I'm trying to get back into my routine. We are now three. The Little Lady in My Life (LLiML?) has joined us. On her visits down here she has really enjoyed the area and the hospitality. So she decided to just make the move. There wasn't a lot in the... Continue Reading →
