Tuesday, February 21, 2012

My Weekend with Marilyn and The Artist

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(:)(:)(:) for The Artist (:)(:)(:)(:) for My Week with Marilyn   This weekend I saw The Artist and My Week With Marilyn .   I was ea...
Saturday, February 18, 2012

See In the Next Room or the Vibrator Play Now!

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(:)(:)(:)(:) for In the Next Room or  The Vibrator Play  at Capital Stage in Sacramento Now! I haven't had much time to blog lately...
Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Whither the Tower Theater?

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My recent experience of watching Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy in a freezing Tower Theater made me wonder what's up with Tower these day...
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Saturday, January 21, 2012

5 Snouts up for Black Swan on DVD

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(:)(:)(:)(:)(:) for Black Swan starring Natalie Portman as Nina Sayers as experienced on DVD on my Mac months after everyone else in the...
Friday, January 20, 2012

4 snouts up for Tinker Tailor, 2 snouts up for freezing Tower theater

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(:)(:)(:)(:) for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy but sadly only (:)(:) for the extremely cold Tower movie theater.  Look, I was so cold, I almo...
Thursday, January 19, 2012

How to get your kids to like a college

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Reed College Most people who know me know that I am an enthusiastic member of the Reed College graduating class of 1983.  Reed, a sm...
Tuesday, January 17, 2012

The Rip van Winkle Effect

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Since I've been back working in and around the state Capitol, I'm experiencing the Rip van Winkle effect.  Remember the Washingto...
Monday, January 16, 2012

Can I take MLK's legacy seriously?

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Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. day--the day every year when millions of American do laundry and take down Christmas cards.  Seriously,...
Sunday, January 15, 2012

Daddy Squeeze Live in Downtown Sacto January 20th

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This Friday, January 20th, Southside Park Cohousing is hosting a "house concert" with Dan "Daddy Squeeze" Newto...

(:)(:)(:)(:)(:) for Of Gods and Men (Des Hommes et Des Deux)

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5 snouts up for Of Gods and Men  on DVD now (a 2010 film in French with English subtitles).  I had read about this movie and I had wanted...
Thursday, January 12, 2012

Pew poll: Class warfare visible for many

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This is a reprint from Politico--I just think this is so exciting.  Sara By  MACKENZIE WEINGER  | 1/11/12 2:48 PM EST Althou...
Monday, January 09, 2012

Meditation Lesson 2: the truth is in the breach

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The Buddhists call it "Monkey Mind," the propensity of the mind to swing and chatter from thought to thought, worry to doubt to...
Thursday, January 05, 2012

The secret to walking more and getting out of your car

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That's me above by the way, I've turned into a 30 something model walking to work (where, is that Guggenheim behind her? or a spa...
Wednesday, January 04, 2012

5 Snouts up for "The Thick of It" British television series

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(:)(:)(:)(:)(:)  An almost unheard of 5 snouts up for The Thick of It  a hilarious British television series that satires government and p...
Thursday, December 29, 2011

Rock 'n' Roll sitting down with Matthew Sweet at Yoshi's

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(:)(:)(:)(:) Four enthusiastic snouts up for Matthew Sweet at Yoshi's San Francisco Jazz Club in the Fillmore district.  I don't ...
Wednesday, December 28, 2011

(:)(:)(:)(:) for the Descendants

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Four enthusiastic snouts up for The Descendants in theaters everywhere.  I even toyed with awarding 5 snouts here, but the kids reminded ...
Monday, December 26, 2011

(:)(:)(:) for the Adventures of Tintin in 3D

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3 snouts up out of a possible 5 snouts for Tintin in 3D. At 9:50pm Christmas night, after a rich meal and a rousing Oh Hell card game ...