Blogolalia

Monday, November 10, 2008

There’s a brief update at Ticklish Giggles.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

You can read the whole thing here.

FWIW, I agree with him and I look forward to dressing up my kids and taking them out to get candy for me. :wink:

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

The latest pregnancy update is posted at Ticklish Giggles.

There’s also an update at Whiny Complaints from yesterday.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

There’s a new update over at Ticklish Giggles.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

1. There’s an update at TG.

2. I didn’t know until last week that Jim Zorn is the head coach for the Redskins. I totally had a crush on Jim Zorn in junior high school when we lived in Washington state. He was the Seahawks QB at the time and had a good passing partnership with Steve Largent. And he’s a solid Christian guy, too. Cool stuff.

3. Phenergan does it’s job really well. Too well. More than 12 hours after taking one last night, I’m still really sleepy and my brain will not work right.

4. My son is the cutest kid on the planet. His favorite phrase right now are “oh no” and the way he says it is hilarious. Also, when he really wants to share whatever it is that Mom or Dad are eating, he will give all of the baby sign language signs he knows in his excitement and desire. It cracks me up to be told, “More, please, more, thank you, please, more….” with some hand clapping included. He is the light of my life.

5. We’re making the switch to FiOS - I just need to call them to schedule it. Our cable bill is ridiculous and Verizon is running a special now that would reduce our bill by more than half for the first 3 months and then the monthly rate will still be less than Comcast.

I guess that’s it for now.

Thursday, August 07, 2008

Beau has a couple of new posts up about Reagan. Good stuff there.

Ronald Reagan and Patriotism

Reagan and Carter as Pilgrims

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Today marks the 6th anniversary of my blogging life. On one level it’s weird to think that something like blogging would become such a regular part of daily life. And yet on another level, blogging has become such a part of my daily life that I can’t imagine that life without the blog and the blog world I inhabit.

The one thing I cherish from the past 6 years is the people I have met, either online alone or in person. You all are a blessing and I’m grateful for the way you have integrated into my life. You have seen a lot of changes over the years - from my single girl days, to when I met and married Beau, to the challenge of pregnancy and the birth of sweet Jesse. I’ve been a part of two wonderful churches in those years - involved in youth ministry at one and the worship/music teams of both.

I wonder what the next 6 years will look like in blogging and how any life changes that occur will impact how I blog. I guess we’ll just have to see, right?

Thank you, faithful friends and readers, for your loyalty and continued presence here. I appreciate you.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

My new favorite humor blog - CakeWrecks.

[via granny]

Jesse has adopted a book from Beau’s office that when in the basement he carries around. It’s an old hardback that is missing the dust jacket. The linen cover is a lovely aqua color.

Yesterday he decided to gnaw on the spine. Quick thinking Beau snapped the picture below.

When I got home, I went up to get him from his nap to find this blue stuff around his mouth.

Silly boy.

[x-posted]

Monday, July 21, 2008

Beau has a poll here. Go vote, will you?

Sunday, July 20, 2008

I’ve read two three reviews of The Dark Knight by bloggers whom I respect. Their opinions are sharply different.

First is Kevin D at Dean’s World. A snippet:

Unlike, say, Iron Man, I didn’t walk out of the theater completely excited.  I knew I liked what I saw but I wasn’t giddy like I was after even Batman Begins.  This made articulating my feelings about the film difficult.  Looking back I think I now know why.

Many people are calling The Dark Knight a great superhero film.  Maybe even the greatest.  But in my ears it sounds like they’re saying, “The Dark Knight is great - for a superhero movie.”  As if the film was king of its own genre and should be happy with that.  And, maybe it should.  But then I realized why I didn’t feel giddy.  I didn’t feel that way because in my heart I didn’t feel I really saw a great superhero movie.  I just saw a plain great movie.

And I think that should be the legacy of The Dark Knight.  It transcended its genre like The Return of the King did for the fantasy movie genre.  They’re each great films, not just great superhero or fantasy films.

He then goes on to discuss Heath Ledger’s performance and the themes within the movie.

Next is Brant Hansen of Letters from Kamp Krusty. A snippet:

At one level, this movie is a bunch of violent, purposeless noise.

But there is a second deeper level.  At that level, “The Dark Knight” is a discourse on the nature of evil.

And then… there is a third, still deeper, final level.

At that final level, this movie is a bunch of violent, purposeless noise.

[...]

“The Dark Knight” is cultural rigormortis.  It’s what happens when we are done, and we are done.  Jacques Barzun had it right, when he wrote a history of western culture up through the 1990s, and said, certainly, that our age is defined by boredom.  We are excited by nothing, really, but maybe for a moment here, or a moment there, we can try to be turned on.  Sex can do it (or fake sex, much more likely) but brutal violence can work, too, if for a short time.

Our culture is lying on the table, and “The Dark Knight” is just another jolt before the flatline resumes.

Brant didn’t like the movie at all. Go read his entire review - it makes one think twice about seeing it.

So will I see it? Probably, but I’ll wait for the DVD. I doubt we’ll be able to get to a theater to see it, and while Kevin D liked it, his and Brant’s reviews have given me enough misgivings about it that I’m reluctant to spend the money on the tickets and a babysitter to see it in the theater.

[UPDATE 7/20]: The third is Philip of The Thinklings. He is a Batman fan to the nth degree. A snippet:

This is the Batman movie that mature (or should I say adult?) Batman fans have been waiting for. I thought it was “Batman Begins” which is awesome, but nope. The Dark Knight is it. “Finally”, we grown-up Batman fans are thinking, “the rest of the world will understand why we like Batman so much.”

This the Batman the world has been deprived of for so long by all the other attempts. Batman is not a superhero, so much as he’s the anti-anti-hero. Batman, as we fanboys know him, is a dark, conflicted character that escorts us into a journey into human nature that is so scary that we’re glad to have him as a guide, even though we know he’d never let any of us actually be friends with him.

I kept asking myself if I liked the movie throughout the movie. I realized when it was over that I should have been asking myself, “why so serious?”, which is the promotional tagline of the film, and is spoken by The Joker. I was so serious because this is a serious film. It is not a summer super-hero popcorn flick. It explores the dark side of human nature in such a way that forced me to ask “where is the hope?” when I left. There is an answer found in the self-sacrifice of some of the characters of the film. But wow, what a journey.

He likes it and gives a good review for why he likes it without giving too much away in spoilers. Thanks for the warning to parents, Philip.

Saturday, July 19, 2008

Beau is starting a blog. We got him set up over here. Posting to start soon, I’m sure.

Friday, July 18, 2008

I couldn’t watch yesterday, but here’s the link to Dr. Horrible, Act II.

I love the first song.

Thursday, July 17, 2008

She’s hilarious.

And I totally agree with her. Choice quote:

I read a LOT of blogs, and I also read a LOT of blogs written by females (I’d say 75% of the blogs I read are written by women) (and WOW I am apparently really in love with percentages today). So all this week I’ve been rather bored by The Topic of BlogHer.

[...]

What sucks is that - all next week? Guess what I get to read?

A. BLOGHER WAS AWESOME! I met Dooce! She was SO COOL. And tall. And just as funny in person. She promised she’d visit my blog! Hi, Heather! *

Go read the whole thing, please, to get the rest of the multiple choice answers.

Saturday, June 28, 2008

A new update is up at Whiny Complaints - he feeds himself with utensils now.