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BMWfilms – The Hire

Bette is gone for the night, so while eating leftover Chinese, I usually watch something unacceptable to the family. Gotta be short, no time for a whole movie. Some days it’s the lobby scene in The Matrix, some days a Futurama episode or two. Today I found the DVD of BMWfilms.com presents The Hire, 8 [...]

Bye Bye Birdie

Saw Kat in the Deerfield Family Theater production of Bye Bye Birdie at Caruso Middle School in Deerfield. She was one of the teen extras, and it was fun to see her up there. The sets were great, and the cast was good. I had never seen the play, and I feel like I never [...]

Herrington Hijinks

I get the Herrington catalog. It’s got some neat stuff, I wouldn’t buy most of it, but I did get some great Sun Valley Belts and I have worn the Sailmaker’s Hat so much at volleyball that it looks like hell and Bette wants to pitch it. I also tried the Masai sneaker with the [...]

Pasty Heaven

Anyone who has been up the UP of Michigan should be familiar with the pasty, a pie-crustish pastry blob stuffed with good stuff, typically ground beef, cubed potatoes and onions. Bake it, and it is like a pot pie without the pot. We got them in Ironwood when skiing at Joe’s Pasty Shop. I must [...]

JPEG FYI

In my continuing struggle to keep a library of interesting reference materials that I actually may use and to keep my wife around, which implies there is room for her, I have been trying to pitch old magazines. My old mantra is “I might need them someday”. My newer one is, “is it on the [...]

Studs Terkel, 96, RIP

Heard about Studs Terkel passing away yesterday at 96. I have read a lot of magazines with wonderful articles by him and about him. He seemed like a real great guy, with a big heart and a powerful mind. Just the kind of guy you could have a nice beer with, and the kind we [...]

Wilton Candy Kitchen

On our way to Amy’s wedding in Kansas City, we stopped for lunch at the Wilton Candy Kitchen in Wilton, Iowa. It is a 5 minute ride off of I-80 (Exit 271), and you are in a small town, looking a bit down on its luck, kind of like some around here.

We found [...]