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Archive for October, 2005


30
Oct

The Sweetest Thing

I was cleaning up more stuff in the tv room so I put this on. Christina Applegate, Cameron Diaz, and Selma Blair are women who like to go out and score with men. But then Christina (Cameron Diaz) meets a guy she actually likes and fails to follow through. So the rest of the movie […]


30
Oct

Jersey Girl (1992)

Did you know there was a “Jersey Girl” before Kevin Smith’s “Jersey Girl”? I didn’t, and neither did Tami when she got it for me (on-line). Anyway, I gave it a go on Saturday while I was goign through stuff piled in the tv room. It starts out with characters that are pretty irritating, but […]


29
Oct

hula hoops and dogs are fun

We went to the school for the normal game of frisbee with the dogs and after awhile I noticed that there was a hula hoop laying in the grass. After a few more minutes I picked it up and tried to get the dogs to go through it but they weren’t having any of that. […]


27
Oct

Bride & Prejudice

Last night we watched Bride & Prejudice and I enjoyed it overall. There was a montage that made no sense at all and I think might be the worst one I’ve ever seen. It’s like they gave up on trying to make it make sense. Anyway, the songs and the dance numbers were fun and […]


26
Oct

Finishing up the hard-scaping

So now the hard-scaping is basically done. Paths, irrigation lines, big rocks, etc. The next phase is to get some plants in there. I think that starts next week, though it might start this week. Right now they are removing the excess dirt they did not use.


25
Oct

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

Last night we watched The Aquatic Life. I didn’t really have any expectations going into it except that it seemed Jacques Cousteau inspired and it might be funny. The first half mostly just reminded me of watch Cousteau shows in the 70s and then it started to get more and more rediculous (in a good […]


24
Oct

The Amityville Horror

This weekend I decided to see The Amityville Horror again. The original, not the recent remake. I hadn’t seen it since I was a kid and I think it still holds up fairly well as a horror movie. I think the 70s were a great time for horror movies since they had to rely more […]


24
Oct

Monday mornign landscape update

Now we have a new fence, and some irrigation starting to get put in place.


21
Oct

Interview questions revisited

Recently Dan posted a rant on interview puzzles. The other day I overheard someone a few cubes away telling the one about the 3 and 5 gallon jugs. I just figured he was talking to someone he knew like his kids or wife since he talks to them a lot. Then I heard him say […]


21
Oct

We have boulders!

Boulders of various size now inhabit our yard. Also some more flagstone paths have been laid down and a fence is gone.

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