Seder – 2016
Every year we are fortunate to have many friends who join us for our Passover Seder, and I am lucky to have married Ellen who plans, organizes, and works to make it a special event.…
Clothes
ME: “Ellen, I am thinking that I might, in the near-term future, throw out the pair of pants that are sort-of falling apart.” ELLEN: “Which one?” ME: “…” It is my feeling that Ellen and…
The Exam Time/Dead Grandmother Syndrome
Now that I am in my 3rd (4th?)(nth?) career, this one as an academic at the University of Maryland University College, I am lucky enough to be able to experience new events and learn new…
Batman v Superman – My Thoughts
Since I wrote about the fact that I was going to see Batman v Superman on Sunday, a few people (to my amazement) actually asked what I thought about it. And since anytime I can…
Going to Movies as a Singleton
So early this morning I am going to go see Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. There are some movies that Ellen just does not want to see, mostly those based on comic books (though…
Let Them Eat Cereal
The other day Ellen told me a life lesson that a friend told her (and I know I am paraphrasing here, since my porous memory has become even more so). Her friend said that a…
Robot and Frank
I just finished my latest watching-while-walking-on-the-elliptical-walker movie, Robot and Frank. It is a fairly short film, just shy of 1.5 hours that tells the story of an aging jewel thief, Frank Langella, who is given…
Who Knew
In the continuing series of my realizing that I am out of touch with, well, just about everything, Ellen informs me that Downton Abbey, whatever that is, is not about an Abbey. Next she’ll probably…
On C-SPAN at the Karl Rove Book Signing
If I had a bucket list, which I do not (I suppose creating a bucket list is my one current entry in my bucket list), and if being on C-SPAN was on that list, it…
I Think Not
For reasons I am not sure I can articulate I am on an email list from academia.edu (I guess because I play one these days at UMUC). I received an email from them today generated…