The other day, a vendor at work kept saying “antidote” in the following way:
“When you give antidotes in class, maybe only use one or two. When you use three or more antidotes, you really eat up time on the clock.” The instructor to whom he was speaking nodded, but looked a little confused. I would have been too. If an antidote is any good, you should only need one, right?
Should be the same for ANECDOTES.
Many of you know that my husband, Film Chris, likes to play Wii. His favorite game right now is Mario Kart, and he has enticed some of his friends to play against him on-line. His friends are in Michigan, and his friends are young. Kevin is 6 and Zachary is 11, and they’re his nephews. (Zack by marriage and Kevin by close-enough-to-be-family.)
Today when I came home from work, I wondered if he had played with either of them on-line (he played against Zack yesterday, tying at 2 races a piece.) So I asked:
“Did you find any little boys to play with on-line today?”
I really hope no one is bugging our apartment.
What’s worse? The misspelling or the fact that they have a “sauce and dipping policy”?
I’m not often surprised by the Vatican, but I am today.
The most interesting part of this article (to me) is the following bit:
“The Bible ‘is not a science book,’ Funes said, adding that he believes the Big Bang theory is the most ‘reasonable’ explanation for the creation of the universe. The theory says the universe began billions of years ago in the explosion of a single, super-dense point that contained all matter.”
Just when I think I know someone, they go ahead and do something like this to surprise me.
For all of my CA and NY friends who make fun of my “accent”, enjoy this link:
http://www.michigannative.com/about.shtml
For those of you who still live in MI, yes, you do have an accent. Or should I say, “You’se guys have an accent.”
Early Oscars broadcast.
I don’t have to stay up until midnight to see the entire Academy Awards Program. I can cook a simple meal of steak and potatoes (to be honest, it was tenderloin filets on the Weber with roasted fingerling potatoes, tossed in a white truffle oil with fresh rosemary and sea salt) and open a bottle of Rosenblum Zinfandel, and sit down with Chris to enjoy it with John Stewart’s opening monologue at 5:30 p.m. (And I can’t discount DVR, which allowed us to start a little late and skip some lesser-engaging song performances.
Ah, the Oscars. Great story about the Oscars: When Chris and I had only been dating a few months (the first time, for those of you who know there is more than one time we dated) we watched the Oscars in my apartment while we played Scrabble. Someone wasn’t present to accept their Oscar, and I commented to Chris that I couldn’t believe someone would skip the Oscars. Chris said “When I get mine someday, they will have to say ‘Chris Vander Wal is not here to accept his award, as he is home playing Scrabble with his wife.’” Neither of us said anything. Did he just say his wife? I hardly breathed. “Did I just say wife?” Then we both laughed, at first nervously, then loudly.
Few Oscar moments can live up to that for me, but here are a few, just from tonight:
Friday night we went to see Editors at The Warfield in San Francisco. Aside from the fact that I really want to make it “The Editors,” I liked the show.
There is another reason that made it surprising I liked the show, though. I’m not really a concert person. I admitted this to my hubby and the couple who accompanied us on Friday. I always thought saying “I don’t like concerts” out loud would be like saying “I don’t like fun.” But it’s the truth. There are a handful of performers I might get excited about seeing in concert (Amy Winehouse, for example) but otherwise, nah. I would rather hang out with friends at home, drink some wine, and put on the iBoom Box.
We all confessed our first concerts that night, and it got me thinking about my pathetic list of concerts attended:
1. Amy Grant (this is the only one in actual chronological order)
2. Harry Connick, Jr.
3. Barenaked Ladies
4. Dave Matthews Band
5. Prince
6. Neil Diamond
7. Sheryl Crowe and John Mayer
8. Jimmy Buffett (twice)
9. Aimee Mann
10. BFD (Live 105 all day concert)
I’m quite the rocker, aren’t I? Make all the comments you want about the lame list; I know I have bad musical taste. (My husband told me.)
So Editors is good music, by the way. I couldn’t get near the excitement Chris had at the show, and I was thrilled we were not in the General Admission section (aka mosh pit) but I also didn’t hate it and didn’t fall asleep. So that’s something.
You’ll notice in the sidebar that I have one of my favorite Winston Churchill quotes, a section called “The Dishonor Roll,” and another called “What I’m Reading.” I’m looking for a better name than “The Dishonor Roll” so let me know if you have anything. I will use it to highlight my language pet peeves.
I’m using text widgets to fill in the sidebar, and can’t figure out how to bold or color the headlines. If you have tips, please let me know. I don’t like that the three text widgets run together.
But here it is, my new blog. Sorry 360, it was good for a while. Really good. But you forced people to log into Yahoo! to see my blog. That level of control is never good for a relationship.
