Message 267

Yesterday I had coffee at Starbucks with the usual group including Helen's daughter Jody who is visiting from Seattle> She is expecting a baby girl in June and was here for a shower with her local friends.

I watched Obama's news conference yesterday. In the evening Joshua came over to watch 24 with me. This afternoon at 4 PM the Sharks play Boston for the big game of the year, because we hope it will be a preview of the Stanly cup finals because Boston has the best record in the East and the Sharks have the best record in the West. Joshua will leave work early to get here by at least the second period to watch with me. Afterward we will go out to dinner.

Message 266

Yesterday I went out to lunch with Vanessa and the kids. Julian is in Las Vegas for a couple of days for meetings. After lunch Vanessa took Beech to the San Mateo High School production of Peter Pan. Even though it is high school kids, it was a professional quality show. Beech loved it. I baby sat Annie and had a wonderful time. She is quite a girl.

Last night I watched part 2 of Sense and Sensibility on PBS. It was quite good and well worth watching a second time. Even though it has only been a couple of months since I saw it before, I enjoyed it.

Message 265

Today is my Boniva day, and I have to wait an hour and remain sitting or standing upright before I can eat or drink anything. I can write this while I wait because I always do it sitting upright anyway.

Yesterday Joshua came over at 4 PM to watch to Sharks lose to Columbus in overtime 3-2. After the game we went to Celia's, the Mexican restaurant where Fontana's used to be. I then came home and started watching Rain Man on PBS at 8 PM. About 9 PM Judi called and asked if I wanted to go see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Larry and her, so I did. They picked me up at 9:50 PM and drove to Redwood City for the movie. It was ! AM when we got out. I give the movie 3 stars. The make up work was extraordinary, and it was a nice movie, but the concept was too limited to be much more than a nice curiosity.

Message 264

Last night after my regular Friday night lineup of shows on PBS I watched a DVD of the movie Live Free or Die Hard. This movie was the third (I think) in the Bruce Willis series of action movies. I saw the first one in a theater, and maybe the second one too, but I had never seen this one. I give it three stars. The plot was absurd, but it was fun to watch, so for the sake of entertainment I am willing to ignore the continuing string of impossible events.

I also got started reading this week's Economist, and have made a lot of progress in my book, The Afghan Campaign.

Message 263

Last night I watched the Sharks lose to Carolina 4-3 in an overtime shootout. They blew a two goal lead twice. Even the best teams have off nights I guess. Joshua and Jason went to the game, but I did not see them on TV. Joshua bought tickets on e-bay or somewhere online and invited Jason to go with him.

Today is our second rainy day in a row, but the rain is so light it is not helping with our drought problem. Maybe it will be more of a regular rainy season pattern now though. I hope so. You can tell I don't have anything important going on when I have to write about the weather.

Message 262

I just got back from having breakfast at Heidi's Pies with Vanessa and Annie. Afterward I took Annie to the San Mateo Library for story time, all of which is my usual Thursday routine.

Last night I watched a DVD of the movie The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer. It was another old (1948) black and white movie with Shirley Temple and Cary Grant. This movie won an Oscar for best screen play, but it is hard for me to grasp how little merit it had by contemporary standards. I give it three stars, but unless you are interested in studying old fashioned movie making, I don't really recommend it.

Yesterday I also started reading The Afghan Campaign, a novel about Alexander the Great's war. It is fun to read. I will let you know what I think when I finish it.

Message 261

Last night I watched a DVD of an old black and white movie called The Major and the Minor. It was made in 1942 and was set in the time just before the US got into World War 2. It stared Ginger Rogers and Ray Milland and was directed by Billy Wilder, his first time as a director. I give it three stars. It was a comedy, and a harmless piece of fluff, but movies were different back then.

Today I pick Beech up at his school and take him to Burger King and then to his gymnastics class.