Saturday, April 30, 2005

Meeting of the Law Posse

Gye Greene, The Lady, and The Bub went over to lunch at one of the Law Posse's house. I was feeling a bit shy and not like much company, so I stayed home with Ralphie the Dog.

Gye Green calls them "The Law Posse." It's a circle of friends who went to law school with The Lady who still keep in touch. (The Lady has a law degree, but never practiced as a barrister as she decided she'd rather do something else.) I think GG said there's about eight of them (including The Lady), of which three are still in Brisbane, one's in Canberra (but was up for the weekend; hence, the lunch), one's in England, and two others are in Australian cities neither I nor GG can recall. Oh: I guess that's seven.

Three are still single, I believe. GG wandered in, looked over my shoulder, and says if anyone wants to date a nice Australian Barrister or Solicitor, they should contact me. ;)

A nice bunch of ladies, GG says. I asked why they don't come over here, and GG says it's because the house is so crowded and such a mess with boxes. He hopes that when the new house is built, perhaps they can actually have people over for lunches and dinners and such.


--TG

Wednesday, April 27, 2005

Posted some photos

A "thank you!" to The Linux King (A.K.A. "Captain Linux") for hosting a handful of photos.

I've gone back to old posts and inserted the relevant photos. One of the dog hair, and one of the dog himself (scroll down three entries.

--Tall Guy

Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Aussie terminology: threads, yarn

A possible minor point of interest: Here in Aussie-land, "cottons" are threads; "wools" are yarn.


Examples:

"I need to buy some cottons for my needlepoint."

"Hey, could you pick up some red wool so I can finish knitting my sweater?"


Still learning the lingo. :)


--Tall Guy

Movie reviews: The Others; Being There

Two movie review I've had kicking around, forgetting to post until I've already logged off:


The Others -- saw 4/16/05 -- Nicole Kidman. Good movie, tense but not "scary" -- no blood, little violence, little-to-no-cussing. Well-made. Only complaint: The scene with the old lady sitting on the floor (you'll see...) did not logically fit with the "rules" of the rest of the movie.

Being There -- saw 4/14/05 -- Peter Sellers. Developmentally disabled gardener in Washington, D.C. becomes the toast of the town, as people mis-interpret his simplistic utterings for deep wisdom. From 1979; viewing it from today's perspective, I saw parallels with the later-occurring Rain Man (1988; Tom Cruise, Dustin Hoffman).


--Tall Guy

Monday, April 25, 2005

Well, a good run of it

Well, Ralphie and I had a good run of it. Wednesday through Sunday, someone at home with us.

Today, GG, The Lady, and The Bub went in to Uni. Just a half-day, but both had some stuff to take care of.

Federal holiday today, ANZAC day. For you Yanks, somewhat of a combination of Veteran's Day and Pearl Harbor Day: honoring the veterans, but over a pretty disasterous military operation.

At least, that's my understanding. I'm still new here.

Sunday, April 24, 2005

Watchin' videotapes; RENT "The Shadow"!!!

Gye Greene's feeling better, but remarkably, wasn't much up to reading. (Watching movies requires less concentration than reading...) So, we just dug thru the stack of videotapes and DVDs. Sabrina (w/ Harrison Ford); The Shadow (Alec Baldwin; **highly** under-rated movie!); Field of Dreams (actually, that was yesterday); L.A. Story (one of Steve Martin's better ones). Tried to watch "That Thing You Do," as GG was in the mood for it, but danged if we couldn't find it!!!

Also, last night The Lady was kind enough to go rent a movie: "Ella Enchanted." Pretty good, worth renting once. Hints of "Shrek" (in its spoofing of fairy-tale conventions, although Shrek did it first and better), and "The Princess Bride".

Again: GO RENT "THE SHADOW"!!! Like the Tim Burton "Batman" remake, with excellent "period" re-creation of art deco-ish 1920's, period technology, etc. A number of good lines. And I like the whole "darkness that lurks in the hearts of men" theme.