Ok…. it is not Christmas time. However, as we are under a dreaded Winter Storm Warning I felt like talking about one of my favorite Yuletide movies. As I was playing Scene It with my niece earlier this evening, this question was raised: “In the National Lampoon Vacation movies, what was the nickname of Clark […]
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We had an Oscar party last night. It was a lot of fun! We asked the guests to bring a $5 item from home they would have put in a garage sale. Everyone filled out a ballot, and whoever got the most correct guesses (my husband out of sheer luck, can you believe it? He
Well… another Oscar night has come and gone. I was actually please with my ballot results this year: 10/24!!!! I usually do much worse. Perhaps it was the thrill of actually having something to win that created the competitive urge in me. Most of the movies nominated this year in the BIG catergories were not
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I thought this would be a perfect title to use for my venting session about many people’s favorite place to shop, Walmart. But since I just used the title the other day, this will have to be take two on the title. I have a love-hate relationship with Walmart. It’s a lot more hate than
The Price is WRONG, Bit… TAKE TWO, ENTER WALMART Read More »
This above all: To thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. Hamlet, Act I scene iii How rich these words sound nearly 400 years after William Shakespeare put them to paper. Polonius is advising his
Yes, tonight I went to church service. It was actually a sort of unusual service in that all of the children’s ministry was asked to attend the main service. Ordinarily the 4th and 5th grades would be in service anyway as the last weekend of the month they go to service with their parents (in
One of the most common roles I fill in for is special education. Sometimes it’s quite challenging, sometimes quite easy. Well, it is only truly easy when there are teaching assistants who pretty much take over while I take the role of assistant. This is commonly the case in mentally impaired classrooms (autism, Down syndrome,
Everyone has a passion in life. For some it is a hobby. Others maybe family. But whatever it is, most have to learn to balance their passion with what may seem like the mundane world of everyday life. In the movie Mr. Holland’s Opus, one man struggles to do just that and along the way
Finding Inspiration Read More »
Sometimes a movie franchise which begins on a promising note can take a big leap downhill. One case would be the Batman films began by Tim Burton in 1989. The original Batman was dark, very atmospheric, close to the comics began in 1939. By the time Batman and Robin was made, the movies were an
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I was having a brain freeze today and could not come up with a suitable movie to review… until I read a blog form a friend. Happy Gilmore is one of the funniest movies involving one of the most boring sports imaginable: GOLF…. UGH!!!!. Adam Sandler is one of the funniest guys around. I abhor watching
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