March 2007

White stretch limousine on a flatbed truck, the rear end dangling almost to the road surface. Thought of a daschund being carried by a three-year-old.

I’m working on a kickass project, but it’s draining, much the way opening up a wrist and attaching it to a pump is draining. The guidelines are to write ten 20-minute radio-style mystery scripts with 6-9 characters. One per week. Here’s what I’ve learned so far: First, write down a one- or two-sentence description of

My favorite chocolate right now is Green & Black’s Organic Maya Gold: Bittersweet Chocolate with Orange and Spices. Creamy without being molten. The bittersweetness that lingers on the first kiss before the love affair goes south. The solidity: not too airy, not too chalky, not too smoky, not too earthy…mmmm.

Alice in Wonderland dinnerware.

Some guy at work was telling me about some of the differences in Japanese business culture. How you never really knew whether someone liked you or not. How people were so polite…but quick to stab you in the back. How you had to be paranoid about saying something the might possibly maybe be considered even

If you happen to have homeade chicken broth, so much the better. I didn’t have any croutons, though, and they would have been yummy. 1 qt. chicken broth2-3 c. dried cheese tortellini (woo hoo!)1 10-oz. can of diced tomatoes (good ones)1/2 bunch spinach, chopped1 10-oz. can of white kidney (cannawhatsit) beans1/2 tsp. thyme1 clove garlic,

There are many kinds of monkeys, but they all smell the same. Bad. –Bubbles. (From the character commentaries on the PPG Movie.) (Ray’s going through the extra features, runs across the Bubbles commentary, yadda yadda yadda: “She talks a lot!” Lee and I crack up.)

Went to Pan’s Labyrinth last night. What other people have been saying is true: this is an adults-only movie. That being said, I would disagree this is a fantasy; I see it being more of a horror movie. Remember Vincent Price? Those were horror movies. Pan’s Labyrinth is a horror movie. The stuff we call

Old Fish, New Fish. Lee got a new fish today, a black goldfish with a tail like a kite and disgustingly bulging eyes. He let me name it Alucard. Update: Lee says it’s a black moor.

More book reviews… The Grand Tour, Patricia C. Wrede & Carolyn Stevermer. Not as good as The Enchanted Chocolate Pot. For some reason, the authors chose to have the characters travel together and write diaries instead of travelling apart and writing letters…so, there’s a lot of “my version of events” “your version of events.” And