It’s kind of funny how some people have found my blog. For instance, at the time of this writing I am:
#55 on google for celebrating birthdays at preschool
#28 on yahoo for replacing dishwasher door seal frigidaire
#8 on yahoo for Angela Jolie grandmother
and my favorite, #3 on google for rotten potato smell in house
Well, here it is, the first day of March, and we’re in the midst of the biggest snow storm of the winter. To tell you the truth, it doesn’t really bother me. And, I wouldn’t be surprised if we had one or two more of these before the end of the month. It’s hard to be bothered by snow in March. Especially when your daily commute to work normally involves walking up 14 steps inside your house. Plus, I’m scheduled to start planting stuff for my garden (indoors) this coming weekend, so I know spring is right around the corner.
Brian got screwed yesterday. Because all of the weather forecasts were calling for major snow yesterday, on Sunday night he decided that he was going to work at home on Monday. So, of course, we hardly got any snow yesterday, but today wasn’t so good weather-wise. At least he made it in to work OK and on-time.
Think spring!
formerly published as The Jericho Commandment
I just finished this book a few moments ago. This was a very early effort from James Patterson. I didn’t like it as much as I like his current books, but it apparently held my attention well enough as it took me less than a week to read.
This book was about this group of Jews who wanted to avenge the Holocaust. At first their attempt was disguised as a Nazi uprising, but then it turned into a “Jews as terrorists” thing. Not a very believable premise.
The thing I like about James Patterson novels is how short the chapters are. That is one thing that apparently hasn’t changed over the years. I think that’s why I read his books so quickly–if I have two minutes to spare and want to read a chapter, no problem! Whereas another author’s chapter might take 20 minutes to read, so there’s no sense in getting involved if you don’t have the time.
The thing I don’t like about James Patterson novels is the titles of them. Most of them are taken from nursery rhymes and have no apparent tie-in to the plot of the book. So, I can never remember what any of his books are about, given the title, and therefore I can’t ever remember which ones I have read versus which ones I have not.
Another movie and a Margarita night was had last night. The flick was Kill Bill Vol. 2. I found it about as enjoyable as the first one. I liked Vol. 2 more, but Brian liked Vol. 1 best (not enough blood in this one, I guess). I just hope they don’t teach Jake how to pluck out someone’s eyeball or the “five point palm exploding heart technique” at karate. That could be dangerous.
I think the Flick Filosopher hated this one even more than the first. Her review was pretty entertaining, though.
Somehow Dokken has been playing the soundtrack to my life. I realized the other week that when certain events happen, the appropriate Dokken song starts playing in my head. At first I thought that maybe I was responsible for this somehow, but then there was last night…
We started a new rule that Jacob isn’t allowed to come into our bed until either the sun or Brian is up. Well, last night, he sauntered in around 3AM. Brian made him go back to his own bed. Jake started crying and the song “Heartless Heart” started playing in my head. I kid you not. Being it was 3AM, I wasn’t exactly thinking “what Dokken song would be appropriate for this moment?” It just started up on its own. I think this may be some kind of disorder in need of possible psychiatric intervention.
The weird thing is that I was never a huge Dokken fan. I mean I liked them around 15-20 years ago, but they weren’t exactly one of my favorites. If anything, you’d think I’d be hearing Whitesnake songs in my head. If there was one band I listened to, to death, it was them. “Still of the Night” was on my mix tape for like 10 years! Yeah, 10 years. And I still like it. And any mention of Whitesnake to this day tickles me beyond all comprehension. They’ve had a running joke on Joey about Whitesnake and it just makes me like the show more.
But, enough about Whitesnake. If anyone has a cure for my Dokken issue, please send it my way.