Today’s just another nice day in the life of this little grey duck. Hey, I got Cocoa Krispies for breakfast! Mmmmm, Cocoa Krispies. They’re better than those silly Cocoa Puffs any day of the week.
Speaking of things that are better, I was treated to more NoHo’s yesterday. Mmmm, NoHo’s teriyaki chicken is the best on the planet.
Why am I obsessing about food lately? Probably because I keep forgetting to bring anything to eat for lunch. Idjut.
Perhaps it isn’t a terribly profound observation, but some days are simply better than others. Take today, for instance. I got a ham and cheese omelette for breakfast, a half hour or so of quiet family togetherness, a warm sunshine sky over my head as I took the bus to work, and a fairly quiet day at the office.
Not only that, but there’s been some success with synchronizing my Palm Pilot with Groupwise. Inbox, tasks, appointments and notes are all exchanging correctly. Now that I have AvantGo installed I can pretty much stop using the HP 620LX entirely. Well, except as an alarm clock. It makes a great alarm clock.
Think about that for a moment. The best use to which I can put my $850 Windows CE palmtop unit is as an alarm clock. And that, folks, tells you all you need to know about Windows CE.
The kids and I watched the Cartoon Network 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program. It was moderately cute, and the kids probably got more out of it than I did. If you’re curious, you can read my review in the TV section. Long story short, though, is that it’s two hours spent watching Cartoon Network original material with some humans and Looney Tunes thrown in for flavor.
Of all the things I could have gotten for my birthday, I think I’m glad I didn’t get an asteroid impact.
Turns out that on the 8th of March, a Tunguska-calibre asteroid passed close to the Earth, almost as close as the Moon is. Scientists didn’t know about it until after it had passed because it came from the direction of the sun, a literal blind spot in the effort to catalog near-Earth objects in space. Follow the link below to the CNN article and related information.
CNN – Asteroid near miss
Turns out that someone I know turned 19 today. Yes, that’s right, #KNRK’s very own peach-pit is a year older and a day wiser.
In related news, fellow “blogger” Kymberlie is also celebrating the ticking over of another year on this planet.
Happy birthday to both of them! March birthdays rock!
Last night was a date night for Wendi and I. We had dinner, breakfast-style, at the venerable Hot Cake House. Following that we spent half an hour finding a parking spot near Cinema 21 so we could catch the 7:00 showing of Metropolis.
I’d like to take a moment to point out the fact that, in all the years I’ve been catching limited-run films at Cinema 21, I’ve never sat through a “coming attractions” segment there without seeing at least one advert for a gay film. No, I’m not a homophobe or gay-basher. I just find it amusing that after all these years, indie filmmakers still treat gay subject matter as edgy and unique. Oh look, those two guys on the screen are in love. So what? Does the movie have anything else going for it?
It’s entirely possible that I’m hopelessly jaded when it comes to the art-film scene. So be it.
Anyway, check the Films review section for my take on Metropolis. And do it soon, since it won’t be in a theater near you for very long, if at all.
