Wednesday shuffle

The concept is simple: Click shuffle on your iTunes music library and in the order each track comes up, answer the following questions with the song titles. It’s like a Facebook version of Mad Libs! Let’s see how it “shuffles” down today.

 
HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF?
Rattlesnake Smile (Kane) 
WHAT DO YOU LOOK FOR IN A GUY?
All [...]

5 + 1 things I love this week

July 19-25, 2009

Online tutorials. I’ve learned more this week about basic Photoshop tasks than I ever did on my own. And having videos at my fingertips to show me step-by-step processes is invaluable. Yay for technology!

This little green avatar that gets randomly assigned on Typepad blogs and the fact that I seem to always get [...]

HIDE

DVD viewing 
 
While standing in a lobby waiting to see Pulp Fiction back in 1994, a friend’s husband said to me, “You actually liked Reservoir Dogs? I’ve never known a girl who liked a Quentin Tarantino film. They usually find them too gruesome.” I simply smiled and said, “I’m not like most girls.” This has been [...]

5 things I love this week

July 12-18, 2009 

Fancy Fast Food. The website tagline says it best: “Yeah, it’s still bad for you, but see how good it can look!” Never before has fast food been so… gourmet!

 

The Philanthropist. This show was a winner with me as soon as I saw its premise: billionaire playboy gets an up-close-and-personal look at the [...]

5 things I love: MLB All-Star Game

1. The crazy awesome beard of St. Louis closer Ryan Franklin. Oh, and his pitching was pretty good, too.

 

2. The return of Josh Hamilton and his continued joy, amazement and gratitude at being where he is in his life.

 

3. President Obama’s visit to the players’ locker rooms and the sheer reverence given him by the [...]

5 things I love this week

July 5-11, 2009 
1. These photos and the stories being told by my friend Becky, whose family is making a life in South Africa. I am equally proud and envious, as she is living out one of the dreams that has lingered in the corners of my mind for a decade now. These sunsets are just [...]

Summer Film Series – Vol. 7, No. 3: PUBLIC ENEMIES

July 5, 2009, at Movies 14 in McKinney, Texas  
At this point I’m a full-fledged fan of both Johnny Depp and Christian Bale, so the idea of both starring in one film — and a gangster film set in my beloved Chicago, no less — really just sealed the deal for me with regard to Public [...]