Divers and Sundry

I remember the first time I saw this. It was on TV, and we recorded it on VHS tape, but we never saw it aired on television again. As the ...

We trimmed our tree today, though it was a bit early for us, and we had our traditional wassail. We do this the easy way: Warm apple cider ...

The Chatham School Affair , by Thomas H. Cook , is an Edgar Award -winning mystery novel. It is a more literary book than some other myster...

What a fun movie! Humphrey Bogart is a delight and Peter Ustinov and Aldo Ray are perfect to make up the rest of the "angelic"...

I had never read this tragic story by Thomas Hardy before but read it for the BritishClassics online reading group at yahoogroups . The f...

with trombone.

but I couldn't find a video like I did for my post on Tom Waits last Sunday. She spoke at the 1996 General Conference . The text of he...

Psalm 132 (NRSV) 1 O Lord, remember in David’s favor all the hardships he endured; 2 how he swore to the Lord and vowed to the Mighty One of...

I finished Chindi this afternoon. I've read and enjoyed a couple of other books by Jack McDevitt : The Engines of God and Infinity Be...

I am currently watching a series of videos online from a conference on science and religion from The Science Network . I just finished th...

Another fairy tale, Shrek includes characters from almost every nursery tale I can think of and turns "Happily Ever After" on its...

Forgive me. This movie stars Tom Cruise , but Legend is a fun movie anyway. Tim Curry (I'll watch almost anything with Tim Curry in ...

Cartoon by Dave Walker . Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons . My feeder of choice: SharpReader .

I saw this movie in the theater when it came out in 1968. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang stars Dick Van Dyke , Lionel Jeffries and Benny Hill .

The boys had never seen The Caine Mutiny before, and it's a movie everybody should see. I remember the first time I saw it -watching t...

Psalm 126 (NRSV) 1 When the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream. 2 Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and...

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I have trouble getting used to and dealing with the cold. Today we stopped after 2 miles. It's so cold to me even just at 31 degrees, ...

#2 Son and I watched The Murder of Roger Ackroyd starring David Suchet , who makes the perfect Poirot .