Review

I finished “R Is For Ricochet (Kinsey Millhone Mysteries)”, “S is for Silence (Kinsey Millhone Mysteries)” and “Eleven on Top (A Stephanie Plum Novel)” haven’t been released in paperback yet. So, I’m hard up for stuff to read. I resorted to reading stuff that’s good for me. I mean like, books where I’m going to … Read more

R Is For Ricochet (Kinsey Millhone Mysteries) by Sue Grafton I finished “R Is For Ricochet (Kinsey Millhone Mysteries)” (Sue Grafton) last night. I think I’ve been reading Grafton too long. This is like the five or sixth Grafton book in a row. R is For Ricochet is a standard Millhone fair. If you’re a … Read more

Every Saturday morning I have breakfast with a friend of mine. We usually end up hanging out together most of the day. We go to various restaurants throughout Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz has some great offerings. This morning we went to Ideal Bar & Grill, mostly because they are currently running a breakfast special. You … Read more

March of the Penguins It was family movie night. Somehow, March of the Penguins ended up at my house. I don’t know how but it did. In a word, zzzzZZZZ. March of the Penguins is a National Geographic travelogue on par with Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom. Actually, Wild Kingdom had better scripting, March of … Read more

If I Really Believe, Why Do I Have These Doubts? by Lynn Anderson I finished this book a few months back. It had been on my read list since I read “The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity” (Lee Strobel). Strobel interviewed Dr. Lynn Anderson for his chapter on doubt. … Read more

The Stepford Wives Interesting movie. Not all that good in my opinion but thought provoking. There are probably going to be spoilers here so if that bothers you you may want to come back after you’ve seen the movie. The movie is about a town called Stepford which is supposedly in Connecticut. Mapquest says there … Read more

Day 17 Music is an interesting thing. For quite a while I listened to the music I brought with me. A lot of Hawaiian, Japanese, Jazz. But I started finding that most of it made me sad because the songs all reminded me of something about my family that I then missed. Listening to Hawaiian … Read more

I walked out on a movie tonight. I have done that in years. It was so bad I simply could not continue watching it. As I left I muttered to myself, “this is disgusting.” And it was. The movie Kill Bill is a live action rendition of a particular genre of Japanese manga. They are … Read more

Well, I did the obligatory viewing of The Matrix Reloaded today. It was OK. A bit slow in places. Some interesting puzzles to mull over while we wait for The Matrix Revolution. I recommend the movie mostly because it is a cultural phenomenon. Aloha