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!
Thursday, March 18, 2004
Monday, March 15, 2004
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!
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!
Friday, March 12, 2004
Weather: Another spring-like day -- Morgan, one of our students, looks very nice in shorts, but I hope she doesn't catch cold!
Wildlife: The geese "slept over" at our lake, and took off as I went to work. It's getting hard to tell where the water ends anymore -- ice breakup soon!
Charity Alert: The Breast Cancer Site : Fund Mammograms for Free
Media Watch: The "straight guy" from this week's "Queer Eye" was skating on A&E -- John Zimmerman -- mostly in group choreography.
Lou Dobbs on CNN is still poking his finger at "Exporting America," meaning job losses and outsourcing -- good. Hobbes' Leviathan will eat up the world, and then starve to death if left alone. Half-baked, discredited ideologies are never effective substitutes for public policies.
I actually spent very little time in front of Da' Tube last night -- a discussion of Jewish history attracted my attention on an email list.
Geneological Talk: No, I'm not Jewish, but I have Swiss ancestors named Silverstein and Mangold on my paternal grandmother's side -- from Great-Grandmother Bushman, who married Great-Grandfather Rhodes.
Via the Rhodes family, I'm related to George Washington, the imperialist financier Cecil Rhodes, and have thousands of polygamous cousins in Central Utah, many of whom are also named Rhoades -- after a Mormon patriarch who was associated with a legendary "lost" gold mine. (Double-great Grandma Rhoades married a man named, uh -- Rhodes.)
OK, OK -- now that THAT quarter of my family tree is online -- how about my paternal grandfather?
His mom was Janet Buchannan from Rothsea, Scotland. She walked to Salt Lake, because the railroad wasn't completed yet. His daddy was Johnathan Evans, born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Mormon immigrants from Llanelly, Wales.
Both of my maternal grandparents were from Oslo, Norway -- they immigrated to Salt Lake City during WWI, along with hordes of other Norwegian LDS converts.
Even though I'm named Evans, I resemble my Norwegian grandfather named Waring (His father was named Larsen). None of my immediate family is associated with the Mormon church, especially me!
Wildlife: The geese "slept over" at our lake, and took off as I went to work. It's getting hard to tell where the water ends anymore -- ice breakup soon!
Charity Alert: The Breast Cancer Site : Fund Mammograms for Free
Media Watch: The "straight guy" from this week's "Queer Eye" was skating on A&E -- John Zimmerman -- mostly in group choreography.
Lou Dobbs on CNN is still poking his finger at "Exporting America," meaning job losses and outsourcing -- good. Hobbes' Leviathan will eat up the world, and then starve to death if left alone. Half-baked, discredited ideologies are never effective substitutes for public policies.
I actually spent very little time in front of Da' Tube last night -- a discussion of Jewish history attracted my attention on an email list.
Geneological Talk: No, I'm not Jewish, but I have Swiss ancestors named Silverstein and Mangold on my paternal grandmother's side -- from Great-Grandmother Bushman, who married Great-Grandfather Rhodes.
Via the Rhodes family, I'm related to George Washington, the imperialist financier Cecil Rhodes, and have thousands of polygamous cousins in Central Utah, many of whom are also named Rhoades -- after a Mormon patriarch who was associated with a legendary "lost" gold mine. (Double-great Grandma Rhoades married a man named, uh -- Rhodes.)
OK, OK -- now that THAT quarter of my family tree is online -- how about my paternal grandfather?
His mom was Janet Buchannan from Rothsea, Scotland. She walked to Salt Lake, because the railroad wasn't completed yet. His daddy was Johnathan Evans, born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Mormon immigrants from Llanelly, Wales.
Both of my maternal grandparents were from Oslo, Norway -- they immigrated to Salt Lake City during WWI, along with hordes of other Norwegian LDS converts.
Even though I'm named Evans, I resemble my Norwegian grandfather named Waring (His father was named Larsen). None of my immediate family is associated with the Mormon church, especially me!
Thursday, March 11, 2004
Weather: Cold and bright -- maybe 40 degrees (F). People are risking brochitis the way they're dressed.
Wildlife: Flocks of birds migrating northwards -- checking out the pond at Middle Foy's Lake.
Charity Alert: The Child Health Site : Help a Child in Need Lead a Healthy, Active Life
Media Watch: Steven King's Kingdom Hospital again -- not bad -- 2 to 1 ratio between drama time and commercials this week. -- last time it was 1 to 1.
TV's 'Kingdom Hospital'
Wildlife: Flocks of birds migrating northwards -- checking out the pond at Middle Foy's Lake.
Charity Alert: The Child Health Site : Help a Child in Need Lead a Healthy, Active Life
Media Watch: Steven King's Kingdom Hospital again -- not bad -- 2 to 1 ratio between drama time and commercials this week. -- last time it was 1 to 1.
TV's 'Kingdom Hospital'
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
Weather: Early Spring weather -- cool in the mornings, and warming up in the day to almost 50 (F).
Wildlife: Those pheasants were chasing off the deer in the front yard -- they want first peck at the seeds and cracked corn!
Charity Alert: The Rainforest Site: Help Save Our Rainforests!
Media Watch: A new Queer Eye for the Straight Guy was shown last night -- Thom, the interior decorator, sure has to do a lot of work! I also bought a Sarah Brightman CD called Classics. It has "La Luna" and "Nessun Dorma" -- my favorite songs from her concert last week. Here's a general discography:
Sarah Brightman
Wildlife: Those pheasants were chasing off the deer in the front yard -- they want first peck at the seeds and cracked corn!
Charity Alert: The Rainforest Site: Help Save Our Rainforests!
Media Watch: A new Queer Eye for the Straight Guy was shown last night -- Thom, the interior decorator, sure has to do a lot of work! I also bought a Sarah Brightman CD called Classics. It has "La Luna" and "Nessun Dorma" -- my favorite songs from her concert last week. Here's a general discography:
Sarah Brightman
Tuesday, March 09, 2004
Ain't Monday no more!
Weather: All of last week's snow has melted -- our back yard's fulla deer poop.
This morning was foggy at the college, but as the sun rose, a near-rainbow arched across the Northwestern sky. It was mostly white, with just a gimmer of the prismatic colors of a conventional rainbow, but it was impressive. I wonder what you call these things? Fog-bows?
Wildlife: The eagles are still haunting Middle Foy's Lake, and the deer are haunting our bird feeders. There are dozens of pheasants eating corn and sunflower seeds.
Charity Alert: The Animal Rescue Site : Feed an Animal in Need
Media Watch: The Concert for George on PBS was pretty darn good -- Eric Clapton led an all-star band at the Royal Abert Hall featuring the songs of George Harrison. The line-up was mostly musicians who had worked with Harrison, or were his friends. The great Ravi Shankar was there, which was only right, but I was pleased to see Dhani Harrison too. Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney both did very well -- especially when Ringo was wisecracking from the drum stool.
Great Performances . Concert for George | PBS
John Waters' Female Trouble was on TV last night -- wotta gross, wonderful flick!
A John Waters Site: Welcome to Dreamland
Weather: All of last week's snow has melted -- our back yard's fulla deer poop.
This morning was foggy at the college, but as the sun rose, a near-rainbow arched across the Northwestern sky. It was mostly white, with just a gimmer of the prismatic colors of a conventional rainbow, but it was impressive. I wonder what you call these things? Fog-bows?
Wildlife: The eagles are still haunting Middle Foy's Lake, and the deer are haunting our bird feeders. There are dozens of pheasants eating corn and sunflower seeds.
Charity Alert: The Animal Rescue Site : Feed an Animal in Need
Media Watch: The Concert for George on PBS was pretty darn good -- Eric Clapton led an all-star band at the Royal Abert Hall featuring the songs of George Harrison. The line-up was mostly musicians who had worked with Harrison, or were his friends. The great Ravi Shankar was there, which was only right, but I was pleased to see Dhani Harrison too. Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney both did very well -- especially when Ringo was wisecracking from the drum stool.
Great Performances . Concert for George | PBS
John Waters' Female Trouble was on TV last night -- wotta gross, wonderful flick!
A John Waters Site: Welcome to Dreamland
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