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A new TV show about Star Wars??????Oh man…..what do you think of this M.E.?
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=794&e=1&u=/eo/20050426/en_movies_eo/16417

Here’s an audio interview with one of the authors of the Fourth Turning. They really are on to something. I’m always impressed with how level-headed they are as they present their case. It’s all holding up very well.http://www.annonline.com/interviews/970606/

This Wednesday, a major event is happening. Airbus is going to test-fly the new Airbus A-380 airliner. This is the plane that the Euro Company has built to replace the 747. The A380 will seat between 550 and 600 people compared the the 747’s 450 give or take. It will [...]

Kelley and Quinaby

A very guilty pleasure of mine this past year has been watching the semi-nauseating new TV series Jack & Bobby, which I’ve blogged about before here.
It’s show that, being about the childhood of a future president, is
determined to address every social issue with its unique mix of
unusually brazen progressive snobbery, surprising thoughtfulness and
sensitivity, and saccharine [...]

I had to compliment my husband on the new design. It looks really nice. Sorry I didn’t look at it sooner, I’m a bad wife. I do have one comment though. I just saw a picture of my head with leaves behind me and it kind of looks like I’m wearing some kind of Vegas [...]

Finally….someone is actively doing something to make cars safer. I don’t want any of our children having to grow up in a world where driving is still dangerous (and which claims the lives of many–especially teenagers). There’s no reason why cars can’t be as safe as airplanes. It looks like german cars [...]

…is about to get 1 worse. Scott and his wife are currently in hospital awaiting the emergence of their first child. They expect a long labor (they’ve been there since last night), so it could be another day or so until the-daughter-with-the-secret-name is introduced to us. Watch this space for updates..

I’m going to Sri Lanka May 8th. I’ll make a stop in Singapore on the way back. I’m looking forward to it. Of course Sri Lanka was hit by the Tsunami so things could be a little weird there. But it should be fun. It’s just me going. J and [...]

Can someone forward me the link to that Star Wars essay that demonstrates that the Empire actually functioned better than the Rebels. I want to include it in my final chapter.

I think this Jonathan V. Last column is what you’re looking for.

Can someone forward me the link to that Star Wars essay that demonstrates that the Empire actually functioned better than the Rebels. I want to include it in my final chapter.

I just got word that Warner Press is planning to market my book very hard and planning to get into 3,000 or more bookstores nation-wide. Oh man…okay now I’m scared.

What an exhausting couple of days. We showed our house on Friday, sold it on Saturday, and after looking at houses for about 14 total hours over the last two days we made an offer on a new home tonight. Fingers crossed, the sellers will accept and we’ll start closing both deals simultaneously.
One thing that [...]

They say that the Portland-area real estate market us crazy right now,
heavily favoring the seller. It must be true. We accepted an offer on
our house today well over our list price (less than a day after we
posted a simple ad on Craig’s List), so we spent today looking at
houses in our preferred zone: Gladstone/Milwaukie/Oregon City/West
Linn. [...]

This morning Amy put a free ad for our house on the web site Craig’s List. Within two hours we had 7 inquiries. Tonight we had three parties come by to look the house, and one of them just called and wants to make an offer tomorrow morning.
Now we need to figure out what the [...]

A pretty amusing recollection by a friend of the feminist Susan Sontag. M.E. and Dorrk might really enjoy this Cinthra Wilson kind of take life idolizing an intellectual like Sontag. Sad to say it…life around Camila Paglia is probably no different than this. Here’s the linK
http://www.lrb.co.uk/v27/n06/cast01_.html

I saw a few movies on the airplane that I would recommend/not recommend.
I recommend that movie with Billy Bob Thornton (especially to Scott) called "Friday Night…" something. It’s about Texas High School Football and the pressures those kids are under. It’s a really good look at that level of HS sports in [...]

As I mentioned in my last post, J and I saw "the Motorcycle Diaries" while we were in New Zealand (with a total U of O crowd from around the world….very funny). Anyway, we both really enjoyed the movie. I found it very moving…especially because it is always very moving to see [...]

Just got back from our 2 week vacation in New Zealand. I’ll have a more full account of the trip at my personal website along with pictures. But overall, NZ is an excellent place to take a holiday. It’s a very beautiful country with friendly people and decent prices. The [...]

Well, the book is going to be published by Warner Press of Anderson, Indiana. They are sending me a contract in the mail and want to even include photos in the book. I think it will be a good-looking book. They do nice work. I think it will also be [...]