Sunday : 29 October 2006
I decided to sleep in and not head south today, either. And I was good with that decision. I lazed about the apartment for a while, keeping tabs on the Ravens as they took on the New Orleans Saints. The outcome? Baltimore is now 5 – 2. I’m quite happy with this development. Granted, they let New Orleans rally from a 28 – 7 halftime deficit to wind up with a final score 35 – 22, but a “win” is a “win.”

invited me to join her and her boys for lunch. After that, we watched The Shining. The original, “Heeeeere’s Johnny!” Jack Nicholson version. (The man’s hairline hasn’t changed in almost 30 years…)

After that, I went for a drive up Parley’s Canyon and back down Emigration Canyon. As much as I ride those roads, UDoT might start charging me a toll. This week’s excursion was as relaxing as it usually is. That was good. Post-canyon run, it was time to do a little grocery shopping. I realized that I didn’t really need a lot of stuff, so I got out of the store on the cheap. Ain’t nothin’ wrong with that!

had invited me back over to watch Without a Trace – it was their 100th episode. It took a little bit to figure out a couple of the twists – and I don’t feel that they covered one aspect of the resolution very well – but it was, on the whole, a good episode. Channel surfing, we found CSI: on Spike, the “Fur and Loathing” episode. (My thoughts from the show’s original broadcast can be found here.) I don’t know that the episode necessarily broke her, but I think that it might have come close in a couple of spots.

Annnnd, home.  Selah.

Stray Toasters

  • My mom makes me laugh.  She called this evening to see how I was doing.  Part of the conversation went like this:

    Mom: So, is there any particular reason you don’t call your mother anymore?
    Me: Because she calls me every few days to see how I’m doing…?
    Mom: Oh.  Was that a smartass answer?
    Me: Yes.  Yes, it was.
    Mom: Was it an intentional smartass answer?
    Me: No, it just happened to come out that way.
    Mom:  I see…

  • USA Today’s Pop Candy had a link to the trailer for the upcoming season of 24.
  • Want to see something inspirational?  Check out this video.  “Armless swimmer,” that’s all I have to say.  Well, that and “Wow.”
  • : You may already know this, but Aimee Mann has put out a Christmas album.
  • It’s been almost 20 years since I saw The Who in concert; they’re coming to the Delta Center in a couple weeks.  Part of me wouldn’t mind seeing them again.
  • Project Gutenburg
  • Is Apple abandoning the iPod’s click wheel?  According to this article, maybe so…
  • These posters amuse me.   And the Cackalacky Film Festival?  That amuses me, too.

Namaste.