Sunday (coda)

  • As I mentioned earlier, the Ravens, Dolphins and Panthers all played during the early games today. I started watching the Ravens game. Good thing. I watched it while lying on the futon. NOT a good thing. I wound up sleeping though most of the games. It’s amazing what lack of sleep will do to your Sunday afternoon TV watching. The Ravens and the Panthers pulled off wins; The Dolphins… no go.
  • After Jess left work, we went to The Gateway. We met Mary, Angie and Jon at European Connection. We had coffee and crepes. Rather tasty.
  • Then we went to Larryland North (commonly referred to as “Megaplex 12 at the Gateway) and saw Treasure Planet. It was good. I have never read Treasure Island, the Robert Louis Stevenson novel on which the movie was based, but I think that I will have to put it on the “To Do” list. The movie reminded me of Titan A.E. in some ways. It might be more apt to say that Titan A.E., in retrospect, reminded me of Treasure Planet.
  • A friend of mine told me about a hare-brained thing that his brother did. He was asked if he would mind being interviewed about software piracy. He said ‘no problem.’ He was also asked if he had any pirated software/media on his system. Again, he said ‘no problem.’ They asked if they could use (i.e.: PRINT) his name in the article. He said… that’s right…. ‘no problem.’ Hello?! McFly?!
  • The Dick Van Dyke Show is on. “True Confession” time: I like Dick Van Dyke as an actor. I wasn’t a big fan of Diagnosis Murder, but I have been a longtime fan of the 1960s show… not to mention his various Disney movies. However, there is something a little surreal about seeing this tonight: Mary Tyler Moore. No, MTM is not surreal in and of herself. Let me backtrack a little: Last week, at the Virgin Megastore, I came across a copy of Change of Habit. This movie stars Elvis Presley as a doctor (?!?) and Mary Tyler Moore as a nun. (For some reason, after seeing Sally Field as The Flying Nun, thinking of MTM as a nun isn’t too much of a stretch.) The surreal thing is that Change of Habit is playing on AMC at the moment. “Curiouser and curiouser,” said Little Alice…

    Synchronicity. Who knew?!

That’s about it for now.

Namaste.