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Don’t mess with WeatherGirl’s mints…

You definitely should check out WeatherGirl‘s piece on “The U.S. Patriot Act, protecting Americans from ROTH-IRA investing Brits and Extra Strong Mints”. In my wildly biased opinion, I think it’s her best piece of blogging to date!

Another open mic night tomorrow, and I think Sub-Evil Boy is going to join me in song and merriment, which should be fun. Jon H. and I practiced our nifty duet this afternoon, and it’s sounding quite good (esp. given that we hadn’t practiced in a month). I’m rather excited.

WeatherGirl and I were at a meeting of concerned community members last night regarding the $620K deficit the Morris school system is working to deal with (see MorrisQualitySchools.org) that ran some three hours. I think that we’ll be able to pass a levy that will be a big help in the long run, and help soften (but not eliminate) the short term blow. There’s a lot of work to still be done, though.

Currently listening to: “Yeah” from Bob Drake‘s weird (in the best possible way) new album The shunned country. Cool concept, but I haven’t quite made up my mind about the whole thing, yet.

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A bunch of recent reviews by WeatherGirl

WeatherGirl‘s been busy recently and caught up on some film and event reviews. I’d been meaning to say something about some of these and haven’t had time, so I’ll point you to her excellent words instead!

  • Sideways: I think I liked the film more than she did, but not so much as to explain the enormous buzz (critical and Oscar), especially when Kinsey got so much less attention.
  • King Arthur (on DVD): So much possibility, too much unrealized. Kera Knightly is so cool, as is the battle on the frozen lake.
  • Hide and seek: I figured out even less than WeatherGirl (although I felt like I should have figured it out) and was thoroughly creeped out. Not as good a film as, say Sixth sense, but very high on the raw scary meter.
  • Kinsey: I could write a book about this, but won’t. Really good film about a very important person, and powerful portrait of the kind of passion and commitment (and accompanying myopia) that is involved in seeing a major (and controversial) project like that through.
  • Turn of the screw: Very cool play nicely done. Remarkable how much breadth and depth they got from such a simple setting and a fine two-person cast. Kudos to The Acting Company for a truly fine production, and to PAC for bringing it to Morris!

Thanks to WeatherGirl! (Even if she drags me to creepy movies like Hide and seek which clearly shorten my life expectancy :-).)

Currently listening to: The shunned country by Bob Drake

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