The Winter Woes and On Being Productive

We’re at the tail end of a nice little winter storm in Oklahoma right now, tho it looks like the worst of it is past, especially since we’re all heading back to work today.  Luckily we kept our electricity, so got to hang at the casa without shivering in front of the fireplace *g*.
 
So today [...]

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Movie/Music Monday…There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood (2007)  I was all jazzed about watching this movie, because I’d seen so many accolades about it.  When we saw the length (2½ hrs), we had to make sure it was on a night when we could actually get through the whole thing before the hubster crashed.  Guess we didn’t have [...]

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Thirteen movies in my TBW queue (January update)

Thought I’d add my Netflix queue to the whole Thursday 13 gig ’cause I’m tres lazy and we’ve actually been using the service since football is ostensibly over!

The Bourne Identity
Citizen Kane
There Will Be Blood (watched it Tues night…review on Monday!)
Iron Man
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Little Miss Sunshine
Gone Baby Gone
Crash
The Constant Gardener
A History of Violence
Dexter: Season 1: Disc [...]

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Where did the words (and my time) go?

Since I last checked in, I’ve written about 1,000 words, which is totally disappointing. So what in the heck have I been doing with myself?  First, the week back at work after the holidays was pure, unrequited hell *g*, in addition to being damned cold, so by the time I got home, I was not only shivering, [...]

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TABT…Pleasures of the Night by Sylvia Day

In the Twilight between sleep and consciousness, a battle rages between Dream Guardians and Nightmares.  Captain Aidan Cross is a legend, as skilled in fulfilling erotic dreams as he is with the glaive that kills his enemies.  Women see Aidan as part of their fantasies…except Lyssa Bates.  Exquisite, desirable, enigmatic Lyssa perplexes this immortal seducer [...]

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Movie/Music Monday…The Good Shepherd

The Good Shepherd (2006)  I’m a huge Matt Damon fan, have been since his eye-catching performance in Courage Under Fire waaaay back in 1996.  In fact, going back to look at his IMDB, I’ve seen a majority of his movies, or have them in my queue at Netflix.  And the whole Sarah Silverman video made [...]

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TABT…Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh

Separated from her son and forced to create a neural implant that will mean the effective enslavement of her psychically gifted race.  Ashaya Aleine is the perfect Psy—cool, calm, emotionless—at least on the surface.  Inside, she’s fighting a desperate battle to save her son and free them both form the vicious cold of the PsyNet.  [...]

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Movie/Music Monday…Burn After Reading

Burn After Reading (2008)  This flick was exactly what I expect from the Coen brothers…funny, quirky, freakish violence and outstanding performances from a wide variety of excellent actors.  John Malkovich’s character was my favorite, tho JK Simmons gets serious props for playing a CIA superior with gleeful cluelessness.  The closing scenes made the hubster and [...]

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TABT…The Shadow Man by Cody McFadyen

Once, Special Agent Smoky Barrett hunted serial killers for the FBI. She was one of the best–until a madman terrorized her family, killed her husband and daughter, and left her face scarred and her soul brutalized. Turning the tables on the killer, Smoky shot him dead–but her life was shattered forever.  Now Smoky dreams about [...]

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Back to the day job…

No movie or music review this week, because we’ve been watching football, football and more football.  And when we’re not watching that, I’ve been working *g*.
 
Worked my way through two sets of revisions, an editing job and logged some new words on Duck & Run and Live & Let Die.  So I’m very happy about that.
 
Now [...]

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