Gran Torino - loved it, although curmudgeonly Clint Eastwood’s character was tough to listen to at times. 4 stars out of 5.

Did you see the story about a 2 year old girl who scored the same IQ as Stephen Hawking? The article doesn’t go into a lot of detail, but when I read it my thoughts were along the lines of, “So? Jesse does all that, too.” Not that I’m saying that he’s a genius - he is smart for his age, but I’m reserving the genius label until he’s in school and it can be better assessed. She’s probably just a super inquisitive little girl with parents who encourage her curiosity.

I was wasting time on Facebook yesterday and noticed on a friend’s page that she was friends with a mutual friend from junior high school days. So I Friend Requested him and this morning I had a message asking me to remind him who I am. I’m awaiting his response. I admit to feeling a bit hurt that he didn’t remember me, although it’s ridiculous to feel that way - it has been almost 30 years since we last had meaningful contact with each other and he lives in a tiny Navy town whose population changes annually in a significant manner.

I’ve started Tweeting a bit, although I still don’t quite get that one so much. It’s harder to follow conversations.

That said, I am following on Twitter a TV reviewer that my sister told me about. He’s rewatching Band of Brothers and reviewing it on his blog.  That is my all-time favorite TV miniseries, so to know that there others who love it as much is cool. And reading his thoughts on each episode is fascinating - his thoughts match mine almost exactly, but every once in a while he notes something that I missed or didn’t see the same way.

[ADDED LATER]: I’ve been meaning to post a BoB-related thing from work. We have a manager who reminds me of Lt Dike. He’s the useless officer from the Battle of the Bulge episodes who was always heading off the line to “check in” but he was really just trying to protect himself. Anyway, this manager totally reminds me of Dike - he comes across as gung ho, but when push comes to shove he steps out of it with regularity.

Beau’s mother is coming to visit and we’re looking forward to that. She arrives just in time for Father’s Day, which also happens to be the weekend of baby dedications at our church. We’re so happy that she’ll be here to share that day with us. After church on that Sunday morning, we’ll take the Dads (mine and Beau) out for brunch and then it’ll be an afternoon of naps.

And that’s about it for now.

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