World’s Best Boss cake for Steve Carrell
Howie and I are huge fans of NBC’s The Office. Steve Carrell is a big part of that, so I’m really bummed to see him leave the show. Fortunately, the rest of the cast is terrific, so I hope it can keep the momentum. I really don’t want to see The Office jump the shark. [...]
Behind the scenes on How the Grinch Stole Christmas
I am a big fan of Chuck Jones’ work and How the Grinch Stole Christmas is my favorite TV fare at Christmastime. Here’s a special that aired on TNT in 1994, telling how this classic cartoon came together. Phil Hartman hosted it and various talents and directors are featured in it. I made a playlist [...]
WWII in HD and pictures of the American homefront
Howie and I recently watched the excellent documentary series WWII in HD on the History Channel. Aside from a few war movies, novels, and what little we covered in high school, I was quite ignorant of many battles and events of the war. The majority of the footage the filmmakers used was original full color [...]
Norah Jones sings to her dog
This new release from Norah Jones’ album, The Fall is great! Any dog lover should appreciate it, especially any single dog lovers. Here are the lyrics to her new song, Man Of The Hour: Man of the Hour It’s him and me That’s what he said But I can’t choose between a vegan and a [...]
Let your contacts’ names remind you
I know he sometimes misses simpler work, jobs he could leave behind for the night or weekend, and I appreciate his working so hard. He’s always taken those after hours work calls at his programming jobs, often when some coworkers wouldn’t even answer their phones. He’s a good man! Anyway, My hubby changed the contact [...]
Breakin’ with Mr. Rogers
Growing up in the late 60′s and early 70′s, I never realized how Mr. Rogers kept his show relevant to the times. I was just learning about the world and had no frame of reference. Through the wonders of YouTube, I now can look back on his show through the decades and see how he [...]
