August 2011
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Among the most unusual things some libraries lend is equipment. The Oakland...
– - “You can get that at the library?”, Chicago Tribune.
(Also, free wireless in many places… even after hours.)
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So in brief...
‘Trollhunter’ was just as astonishing as I’d been led to believe. If you only see one new film this year, etc.
‘The Wicker Tree’ was pretty woeful, sad to say. Maybe in a couple of years we can quietly forget about it and remember Robin Hardy as a guy who at least made one great movie with the word ‘Wicker’ in the title.
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grant: Hurricane Irene: Advice from Florida →
grantimatter:
1. Now would be a good time to get an old-fashioned landline phone. NOT CORDLESS. (If the power goes out, your cordless phones and cell phones won’t have batteries. Old Ma Bell phones still work.)
2. It would also be a good time to fill a gallon jug or two *most of the way* with water and put them in the freezer. (If you fill them all the way, they’ll probably burst. If the...
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This week's movie watching schedule.
Tuesday: Frankenhooker
Yesterday: French Dressing
Tonight: The Frightened Woman / Don’t Torture A Duckling
Tomorrow: night in, but if I feel up to it I might go for La Amour Braque and/or The Skull
Saturday: Trollhunter / The Wicker Tree
Sunday: The Divide / The Innkeepers / The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry / Detention
My eyes, my eyes…
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