Month: June 2013

(Audio)Book Talk: LIFE ITSELF, by Roger Ebert
June 6, 2013 reading

(Audio)Book Talk: LIFE ITSELF, by Roger Ebert

Life Itself: A Memoir Roger Ebert Audiobook read by Edward Herrmann (IMDb) Grand Central Publishing (September 2012), Paperback (ISBN 0446584967 / 9780446584968) Memoir/essays, 448 pages Source: Purchased audiobook (Hachette Audio, 2011, ISBN 9781611133226; Audible ASIN B005MM7F1S) Reason for reading: Personal, via DearReader.com and the Slate Culture Gabfest podcast Opening lines: “I was born inside the movie of my life. The visuals were before me, the audio surrounded me, the plot unfolded inevitably but not necessarily. […]

Wordless Wednesday: Sports Spectating
June 5, 2013 randomness

Wordless Wednesday: Sports Spectating

Since the Linked-Up Wordless Wednesday crew solicited our May photo themes from the Moms in our lives, we’ve gone to the Dads for our June prompts. Today’s is “Sports (playing, watching, talking about..you know, guy stuff)” When it comes to spectator sports, I think minor-league baseball is major-league fun. Before I moved to Southern California, my home team was the Memphis Redbirds, AAA affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. Rooting for the home team: the […]

(Audio)Book Talk: THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY Trilogy, by Douglas Adams
June 4, 2013 reading

(Audio)Book Talk: THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY Trilogy, by Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams‘ Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy, Parts 1-3 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Audiobook read by Stephen Fry (IMDb) Crown, 2004, hardcover (ISBN 1400052920 / 9781400052929) Fiction (sci-fi/humor/satire), 224 pages Audio edition: Audible ASIN B0009JKV9W (Random House Audio, 2005) The Restaurant at the End of the Universe Audiobook read by Martin Freeman (IMDb) Del Rey, 1997, paperback (ISBN 0345418921 / 9780345418920)  Fiction (sci-fi/humor/satire), 256 pages  Audio edition: Audible ASIN B000GPCO0S (Random House Audio, […]

Right Here, Right Now: Sunday Status 6/2/2013
June 2, 2013 'riting

Right Here, Right Now: Sunday Status 6/2/2013

Time: Saturday evening, for posting Sunday morning Place: Home, where husband and stepson are watching Serenity (we finished Firefly last week) and I’m partially doing the same, but I’ve been more attentive to weeding nearly two weeks of posts from my “book blogs” folder. It’s crazy-hot this weekend in Simi Valley, and nice to be indoors and cool. Eating: Nothing right now, but mentally debating dessert. Tall Paul grilled turkey burgers and corn on the […]