Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Films on May 30, 2007 | 4 Comments »
It’s been a while since my post about some of the classic flicks we’ve been watching. Here’s a little update:
1) Lawrence of Arabia - a 1962 film starring Peter O’Toole. T.E. Laurence was a military officer in WWI who was sent to assist British efforts to recruit Arab tribes in fighting the Turks, who at [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Books, Films on May 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Reading:
The Contemplative Pastor by Eugene Peterson
Counseling Survivors of Sexual Abuse by Diane Langberg
The Skull Beneath the Skin by P.D. James
The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg
Watching:
Singing in the Rain
Il Postino
Prime Suspect
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Films on April 3, 2007 | 10 Comments »
For a long time I’ve wanted to go back and watch some of the great films that I’ve always heard about but never seen. That’s hard to do at your local Blockbuster - there is never the same demand for them as for more recent releases, so there is never a wide selection. Netflix, however, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Family, Films, life on February 11, 2007 | 3 Comments »
This blog post is brought to you by an assortment of random bits and bobs in my mind today.
On the left you are looking at a picture of my stud-muffin brother in his latest film project, a short called “Dawn’s Early Light.” He tells me this film may appear on a new reality tv show [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Family, Films, Travels on August 1, 2006 | 4 Comments »
Weekend #3 of our four marathon travel weekends* is now over, and today we are unpacking, prioritizing tasks, and recovering our strength from an uber-long day yesterday, which began at 5:00 am in Kentucky and ended in our own sweet bed last night around midnight. It never ceases to amaze me that by way of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Films on January 14, 2006 | 15 Comments »
. . . go see it . . .
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Films on November 5, 2005 | 5 Comments »
November 11
Pride & Predjudice
November 18
Harry Potter
December 9
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
December 14
King Kong
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Films, Friends, life on October 16, 2005 | 1 Comment »
On Wednesday night my computer started behaving sluggishly, making odd ticking noises and freezing up. I tried various troubleshooting suggestions from the Apple website which seemed to help temporarily and quickly backed up my files. By Thursday afternoon, my little white laptop, so integral to my daily life, would not boot up. So most of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Films, life on September 19, 2005 | 1 Comment »
So we don’t actually have a very exciting update from this week, as it consisted mainly of our normal routine of teaching/working, going to lots of classes, and doing lots of studying. Saturday we spent all day reading at Panera, where we serendipitously ran into friends Sean and Anna Finnegan and shared lunch. This afternoon [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Films on June 1, 2005 | No Comments »
The trailer for the new Pride and Predjudice film with Kiera Knightley is out! Here is the link:
Pride and Predjudice Preview
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