Once

Saw this sweet little heartbreak of a movie last night. All about music, lost loves, seeking something new, taking risks. Recommended.

(Had to be somewhere with air conditioning. Still hot as hell here in the mountains, where the altitude usually keeps us cool, but not this week.)

OH NOOOOOOOOOO...

I just finished Book Six of Harry Potter. The young 'un returns from vacation with his Dad tomorrow, with his new (birthday present) Book Seven in hand and, according to this morning's phone call, ready to start reading it. So I stayed home today and finished The Half-Blood Prince. NO, NO, NO! I don't like the ending at all. No wonder everyone has been waiting so desperately for The Deathly Hallows.

But no spoilers here. I can't tell you how grateful I am to have avoided spoilers so far. Everyone has been so polite about it. It almost gives me hope in humanity after all.

The Stealing Continues

Thanks to BlueGal for this one. If you don't know the original rap "Baby Got Back" by Sir Mix-a-Lot, you may not fully appreciate this folk version. But listen anyway, in honor of all women with nice big booties to shake.

Because Eileen is a Bad Influence, One More ...

You're the City College of New York!

Emerging from an area of difficulty and hardship, you have risen
to be a leader and champion for diversity. Though you have egalitarian motives,
your surroundings are still derisive and often difficult. And while you claim to
be small, you're actually much larger than you seem. You speak several languages.
For inexplicable reasons, you love escalators.


Take the University Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

Because I Can't Seem to Write a Real Post ...

You're Ireland!

Mystical and rain-soaked, you remain mysterious to many people, and this
makes you intriguing.  You also like a good night at the pub, though many are just as
worried that you will blow up the pub as drink your beverage of choice.  You're good
with words, remarkably lucky, and know and enjoy at least fifteen ways of eating a potato.
 You really don't like snakes.


Take the Country Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid

And For a Lighter Touch ...

This is the kind of humor my mom and I share. She gave me this one just after I separated from my ex. Think she was trying to tell me something?

Yeah, we're particularly fond of Bruce Eric Kaplan. And I just found out he was a co-producer of my all-time favorite TV show, "Six Feet Under."

(I need to figure out how to post the cartoons directly, but in the meantime, enjoy the links.)

Jail Time?

Watch this if you want some insight into the crux of the anti-abortion question.

Anna Quindlen has a great column in the current Newsweek based on this YouTube clip. She concludes: " ... there are only two logical choices: hold women accountable for a criminal act by sending them to prison, or refuse to criminalize the act in the first place. If you can't countenance the first, you have to accept the second. You can't have it both ways."

Amen, Anna.

Addendum: apparently, the embedding of this video has been disabled. If the link above no longer works, try to cut and paste this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk6t_tdOkwo or google "Libertyville abortion protest."