Danny Novo
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Got me some new kicks today: My first time shopping for shoes online, after years of watching over Aprille’s shoulder. I went to a local store (a big box, not a local shopkeeper) and fitted myself for some Adidas. Size in hand, I went online to Zappo’s, and bought exactly the style I wanted (which they […]
We went to see Star Trek ($22) with our friends Doug and Sarah this past weekend, leaving the kids with a babysitter ($50), and then going to dinner ($35). And we had a good time. The movie is clearly worth it, especially if you are rationing your theater-going. It is big and rambunctious and fun […]
We rented Mamma Mia! from Netflix and watched it over the weekend, and it was perfectly suited to our mood. Delightfully over-the-top, with dreadful performances (who knew Pierce Brosnan couldn’t sing his way out of a paper bag?), classic songs, beautiful island locations, and a trio of broads (Meryl Streep, Julie Walters, and Christine Baranski) […]
The wife went to a conference this past week and weekend. (No, not SXSW, I should be so lucky.) I was left with the boys for three nights, and on the last night I treated myself to a babysitter, and went to the student union movie show. They were playing I Am Legend. Here is […]
I hope this is the first in a continuing series. I am a Netflix subscriber, for better or worse. But one of the things I love best about them is the RSS feed of new releases. Because they include a synopsis of the movie in question. Some of them are delightful. Like this one, for […]
Okay, so I was all set to relate the wonders of Honest Tea, a tea drink in a bottle ($1.35 here in the middle of the Midwest) that was billed to me as delightful and only slightly sweet. I have a sweet tooth when it comes to drinks, and it would do me good to […]
