Sunday, October 4, 2026

September 28, 2011

"I don't want luxury!  I wants happiness"--Popeye the Sailor

"Isn't that dirty pool?"

"When she does it to us, yes.  When we do it to her, no."

--Murder One


    Dreamed of visiting an interactive museum south of Amherst, N.S.


    I've started a new computer game called City of Wonder. (I also tried My Vineyard, but it didn't appeal to me.)


    Dinner was scalloped potatoes and ham.


    Headache.



September 27, 2011

"People are so concerned about... dogs"--The Body Snatcher

"Don't get too high and you won't get too low"--Murder One

"Weirdness."

"It's Mom."

--Weeds


    Dreamed of the Tijuana Brass number "A Taste of Honey"; a non-existent animated cartoon involving a bad imitation of Robert Frost's poetry.


    Saw the DVD of the Val Lewton-Robert Wise thriller The Body Snatcher, with Boris Karloff at his best.


    Dinner was beef stroganoff.


    Went to the second Toronto City Opera rehearsal and registered there. (Giuseppe wasn't there because he's gone to Italy.) We went through the Lucia di Lamermoor wedding scene, which I found pretty familiar.

Friday, October 2, 2026

September 26, 2011

Seeing a meteor: "Everything good dies here, even the stars"--I Walked With a Zombie

"Was General Grant stoned when he won World War I?  Was Al Gore stoned when he defeated global warming?"--Weeds


 Dreamed of reflecting that bullfighting has lost its official cultural protection in Spain; not much regretting it; driving in England near Dover.


    Dinner was the rest of the Indian food.


    Saw the DVD of the Val Lewton-Jacques Tourneur thriller I Walked With a Zombie.  The creepy atmosphere was pretty impressive.

September 25, 2011

"Peasants breatfeed"--Weeds

Homer: "The internet--is that thing still around?"--The Simpsons


    Dreamed of looking up information online about the Jet Li movie Once Upon a Time in China.


    I was in bed till almost 14:00! (That cold still has me weak.)


    Baked whole wheat bread.


    John and Kathrine came over for dinner, so we ordered Indian food.


    Got sick later that evening. (I must have eaten too much...)

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

September 24, 2011

    Dreamed of changing my shirt on a bus.


    Dinner was scallops.


    Started playing a Disney game called Gnometown. (I have a soft spot for these kiddie games!)

September 23, 2011

"Why do we live in a town where the smart people have no power and the stupid people rule everything?  Maybe I should just move back to Alabama!"--The Simpsons


 Dreamed of the 1970s horror movie The House on Skull Mountain (which I've never seen).


    Father was finally up to shopping.


    Dinner was frozen Indian food.

Monday, September 28, 2026

September 22, 2011

Phyllis: "It's hard to explain to people who haven't reproduced"--The Mary Tyler Moore Show


    Dreamed of a group of romantics travelling through England in the late 18th century and being given pyrotechnic rockets by their admirers.


    Dinner was butter chicken.