Weather: Spring is sneaking up on us -- some snow in the mountains, though, and cold mornings.

Wildlife: I fed the birds in the MORNING -- greedy-assed deer were munching too much at night.
Robins, Robins, Robins -- all over the campus -- beautiful singing!

Charity Alert: The Animal Rescue Site : Feed an Animal in Need

Media watch: Kingdom Hospital gets weirder and weirder -- Diane Ladd is fabulous.
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy has an interesting new wrinkle -- Jai Rodriguez actually makes contacts for some of these ambitious people. Considering that Thom Filiccia's work is worth thousands of dollars, a little humiliation can pay big dividends.
This last guy was in the midst of his own changes, so he kinda resisted Carson Cressley's fashion tips -- but Carson was more wrong than right with this man's body type. Also, Ted wasn't able to throw him off-kilter in the kitchen -- he cooked a great meal! He was caught dragging his ass out of the bathroom when some of his guests were there, however.
Roxy Hart was on the satellite -- based on the 1920's play Chicago, it was better than the 2002 movie done from the play -- especially with Adolph Menjou playing the sleazy lawyer in a magnificent display of farcical over-acting. The costuming wasn't right -- it was made in 1943, and the women's clothes were NOT styled from the 20's. We later saw Adoph Menjou in a movie from 1923 -- he looked almost the same, and the REAL flapper outfits were a joy to see! William (Fred Mertz) Frawley was also in Roxy Hart -- what a fantastic actor!

Weather: Frost, but no pumpkins. (It's March gawdammit!) The roads and parking lots are showing their loads of sand, rocks, and dirt from the winter. My own car is showing rust spots from the salty de-icer they're starting to use here!

Wildlife: The geese and ducks are parking regularly on Middle Foy's Lake. No eagles for about a week.

Charity Alert: The Hunger Site : Give Food for Free to Hungry People in the World

Media Watch: I read FRANKLIN AND WINSTON: An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship by Jon Meacham. It is an interesting point of view of the complicated events known as World War II.
I watched Karmen Gei, a Senegalese version of the Carmen story -- the male victim/lead was too passive, and not tragic enough in his hard fall from policeman to criminal and murderer. The Femme Fatale was excellent, though, as was the African music. California Newsreel - KARMEN GEI
Another thing I watched was Fleetwood Mac -- Destiny Rules, an interestingly-presented documentary of the current line-up (since 2003): Stevie Nicks, Lindsay Buckingham, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood. There were two sponsors, and no real breaks in the show -- animated updates in the corners let the audience know what they were watching, the network ID, and who was paying the bills. Good idea!
Buckingham and Nicks were two-thirds of the front line of the absolutely best version of this ever-changing band.
I missed seeing Christine McVie, but she's doing something else, and she's earned the right to come and go as she pleases! Here's a fan site with bios of MOST of the bandmembers over the years: The Fleetwood Mac Legacy

At the College: It's time to edit some video!