Posted in Books on Feb 28th, 2009 No Comments »
Curtis Sittenfeld
While this book is a work of fiction, and “loosely inspired” by the life of Laura Bush, I found myself asking the question, “Did that really happen to Laura?” throughout the entire novel. After reading an interview with the author, where Sittenfeld states that she feels about 85% of the book is made up, […]
Posted in Movies on Feb 26th, 2009 No Comments »
This 11-minute movie won the Academy Award for best animated short film. For only 11 minutes, it was a really moving film. An old man lives in a town submerged in water. He must continually add bricks to the top of his house to keep up with the rising water. When he swims down to […]
Posted in Movies on Feb 25th, 2009 No Comments »
I saw this movie the day before it won an Academy Award for best documentary. It was good - especially the old footage from Philippe’s early days. And the build-up as Philippe and his friends plan to sneak into the World Trade Center to set up a high wire for Philippe to cross is suspenseful, […]
Posted in Movies on Feb 22nd, 2009 No Comments »
The title of this movie tells the premise of the entire film: two friends, Vicky and Cristina, go to Barcelona for the summer. While the girls are very close friends, their opinions on love and relationships differ greatly. Vicky prefers long-term, committed relationships, while Cristina flits from relationship to relationship, and quickly falls in and […]
Posted in Movies on Feb 18th, 2009 No Comments »
W. was an interesting movie. It was less about George W. Bush’s presidency than it was about how he got there, with a focus on his relationship with his father. The movie was not an overly condemning film of our 43rd president, but it also didn’t portray him in a great light, either. The best […]
Posted in Movies on Feb 10th, 2009 3 Comments »
One user on IMDb wrote a comment, which I thought summarized this movie well: “Cute enough for an evening’s mindless entertainment, but exactly that and not a penny more.” I was never a huge fan of the television series, but I watched it occasionally. I find it really hard to relate to the obsession with […]
Posted in Books, Jack on Feb 9th, 2009 2 Comments »
Whoever came up with the phrase, “slept like a baby”, probably did not have any children. After months of very little sleep, Ed and I decided it was time for some changes in Jack’s sleep habits. Since Jack arrived, we’d actually read several books on the sleep topic: Babywise, The No-Cry Sleep Solution, and The […]