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outer dark

This was a rather bleak tale from Cormac McCarthy. The word “apocalyptic” was used on the back cover, when describing the book, so I’m afraid I got my hopes up too much. Definitely not one of my favorites, but, it was an interesting read, anyway. My rating: 3/5

groundhog day

This was another film from our top 13. Brian and I thought it held up pretty well. Jake didn’t seem all that into it. Perhaps the humor wasn’t juvenile enough? I guess it was more of a date-type movie. At any rate, my rating stands: 4/5

birthday girl

Lizzy turned 14 yesterday on her observed birthday. We adopted her on September 7, 2002 and she was about 8 months old at the time, so we celebrate her birthday each January. 14 seems like quite a milestone–not many dogs make it to that age. While she has a few …

fletch

Jake was looking for something to watch last night and came upon this movie. I liked it so much when I was a teenager that I named one of my pets, a parakeet, after it. While the guys thought it was really funny, I was not as amused. But, given …

feliz navidad

This evening, we had our annual Christmas get-together with Judy (and Ben) at El Jalisco. This restaurant is the brother of Rey Azteca. They both have the same menu and whatnot (and the food was just as good). But, I digress. We had a nice visit with the two of …