October 12th, 2009
Now, I know you can interpret the title two ways: One, I really need to get out more; or Two, I’m incredibly shallow. But the truth is plain and simple – a good haircut makes me feel like a million dollars. I was, literally, bouncing out of the hairdresser’s. I was doing the hair swish thing (see Prince Charming). I was looking in store windows to check it out. I was having my moment of supreme vanity.
Of course, it doesn’t last. No matter how much I contort myself I’ll never get it as good as my hairdresser does (Dee – Your hands are magic). But a good cut does wonders (I have a sort of shoulder-length shaggy layered thing going on), and I’m left feeling confident for another 10 weeks (or so).
How often do you go to the hairdresser? Are you a keep it simple person, or the whole works kind? Do you have any life-changing styles? (Mine is the side part.)
- Jean AAR
Tags: Haircut
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October 10th, 2009
A few weeks after I first posted about my recent discovery of The Vicar of Dibley, my local PBS station dropped the show. I couldn’t believe it. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: LinnieGayl, Television
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October 9th, 2009
Funny how the year I’m outside the United States is the year I’ve gotten the most into the fall TV season. This year, I’ve been absolutely obsessed with three shows: Bones, The Office, and a newcomer that’s making huge waves, Glee. And this week was a winner for all three shows. Beware: if you haven’t seen the episodes of these shows from this past week, stop here.
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October 5th, 2009
This video is not lying. In fact, it’s about the clearest explanation of cricket I’ve ever gotten. Which is about as clear as mud. Cricket is nuts.
Tags: Cricket, sports
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October 3rd, 2009
A recent thread at AAR on the lost art of cursive writing got me thinking about snail mail. I’ve always had horrible handwriting. In fact, the only grade of C I ever received in school was for a cursive writing class. I practiced, and practiced, but could never improve my writing. Read the rest of this entry »
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October 2nd, 2009
Although we live more than 200 miles from Munich, we are Bavarians, so this year, we did what all Bavarians (in my husband’s opinion it’s an act of patriotic duty) should do: we visited the Oktoberfest. In order to avoid the sad crush of the weekends, we scheduled our work so we had an afternoon off, jumped on the train, and off we were. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Real Life, Rike, Travel
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September 28th, 2009
The NYT used to be my go-to site for movie reviews, but of late I find myself bored with their determined cynicism. However, I do have to agree with Manohla Dargis’s summary of Pixar’s latest creation: Though the initial images of flight are wonderfully rendered…the movie remains bound by convention….This has become the Pixar way. Passages of glorious imagination are invariably matched by stock characters and banal story choices, as each new movie becomes another manifestation of the movie-industry divide between art and the bottom line. Well, I’m not sure I’d totally agree with the last assertion, but I do know that the movie left me flat after a glorious beginning. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Pixar, Up
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September 26th, 2009
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I guess the fall TV season is officially underway here in the U.S. It’s sort of hard to tell anymore, with new shows starting all year long (and I do enjoy that). Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: LinnieGayl, Television
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September 25th, 2009
Not going to lie: I’m sort of cheap.
I also really enjoy cooking good food. I’ve been experimenting with making simple but delicious meals. My biggest success so far is a pasta dish with onion, garlic, peas, sardines, and tomato paste. It’s easy to make (Boil pasta. Saute onions. Add peas, sardines, and tomato sauce), and quite inexpensive– which is a huge plus, living in one of the most expensive cities in the world. I’m always looking for new recipes for good meals that won’t break the bank. Any suggestions?
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September 23rd, 2009
Whenever a cool new video makes the rounds on the Internet, I’m often one of the last to know. So there’s a good chance that most of you have already seen this video. But for all of you who’re latecomers like me, I’d like to share a Hump Day* pick-me-up. This is a video of mob dancers invading a store in L.A. and getting their groove on to M.C. Hammer’s timeless “U Can’t Touch This.” It’s Hammertime, baby.
*Get your mind out of the gutter. I’m referring to Wednesdays being the middle of the work week, like a hill you have to climb. You’re over the hump.
–Katie Mack
Tags: Hammertime, Katie AAR, MC Hammer, mob dance, Television
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