Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
(Best of the Web is an occasional series of posts where I highlight websites that I think bring out the best of what the web can be. The choices and the standards upon which they are made are entirely my own) David Oliver is the chief of police for a little community in northeastern Ohio... Continue Reading →
A Most Wanted Man (2014) - A young Chechen man arrives in Hamburg and immediately comes to the attention of the anti-terrorist forces in Germany. He will be caught up in in post-9/11 paranoia, anti-Islamic suspicions and departmental conflict while his young attorney tries to "normalize" his stay. It has been my practice here NOT... Continue Reading →
Last week wasn't as bad as it could be. This one was. I don't even want to talk about it. The whole family is joining in on a new discipline, starting this week. Back to food journaling, which I hate but which I know works. Minimum of 5 workouts a week. Lots of salad for... Continue Reading →
Pi (1998) - A surrealistic look at a mathematical genius in pursuit of the irrational number known as "pi" (π). Max (Sean Gullette) believes that he can unlock the very nature of the universe if he can just figure out the work abandoned by his mentor Sol (Mark Margolis). Sol gave up the quest because... Continue Reading →
It's time to declare that vacation is over. When we moved to Richmond it felt like we had gone on an extended vacation. Not that I wasn't going to work every day and doing my job. But the weather has been beautiful, we're living in a great apartment with a pool just a short way... Continue Reading →
Away We Go (2009) - Burt (John Kasinski) and Verona (Maya Rudolph) are very much in love. When they discover they are pregnant it suddenly dawns on them that they're not quite sure what to do next. A cross country trip takes them to the homes of family and friends who slowly hone the couples... Continue Reading →
I am still struggling. Work is ramping up as we head back into the program year. We have a "surprise" deadline that is making life a little difficult. Plus both of the ladies in my life continue to struggle finding employment. It's put me in a less than ideal space for focussing on things like... Continue Reading →
Skyjack-The Hunt for D.B. Cooper by Geoffrey Gray (2012) - There are few crimes in American history that have grabbed the imagination the way the hijacking of an airplane by a man known only as "Dan Cooper". Through a mistake "Dan Cooper" became "D.B. Cooper" and that is how history remembers him. Cooper hijacked Northwest... Continue Reading →
The Purge (2013) - In a new middle-of-the Apocalypse America the "New Founding Fathers" have instituted a new way to deal with the negative emotions of modern day life. One day a year, for 12 hours, all laws are suspended and all emergency services are shut down. For the 12 hours of the "purge" everyone... Continue Reading →
So a two week pause. One week had a good excuse, the second one didn't. Not to worry, we're back in the groove. Showing off our new "hometown" to our daughter was great fun. She was really, really impressed. Which brings me to this week's topic - how much we really like this area. Now... Continue Reading →
