HOME Wednesday, December 15, 2004 Busy You probably have noticed that I've been light on the blogging.  I can't tell you how much time and energy is involved in helping take care of a new baby.  And no one is sleeping through the night yet so I could land a role in any zombie movie being cast at the moment. Hands down!  But I am enjoying every minute of this. Today, I came home from work, walked in the door, and started talking.  He immediately started looking around trying to see where I was.  For a one month old to do that, I thought that was quite impressive.  Of course, our own kids are the smartest on the planet, right?    11:54:14 PM   | COMMENT [] | TRACKBACK [] VO Christmas Edition I've been a fan of VO ever since I was born into the blog-o-sphere and knew what it was.  Mark Hoback and Paul Hinrichs gather great stories, essays, opinion pieces, satire, photos, and artwork for every edition. I have been most fortunate and honored to be part of a few of their editions.  (Thanks guys! You're the best! I owe you beers or coffee or lattes or soda refills--whatever your fix is.) For this edition, please check out my review of a Christmas film released last year, Love Actually.  I was greatly enamoured by the story, music, cast, and acting.  It's one of my favorite holiday films. 11:46:13 PM   | COMMENT [] | TRACKBACK [] Blog banner taken from the oil painting "The Departure" (40"x 30") by Michael Parker, 1999. December 2004 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31   Nov   Jan Click on one of the calendar days to read my journal posting for that day. E-MAIL ME Film Page PREVIOUS POSTS Favorite Films of the 80's Open Books and O'Reilly Shaun of the Dead (2004) Love Me Like A Song Wilson: On Character December 26, 2004 University of Utah Dominates Pitt in Fiesta Bowl Top Ten Family Films of 2004 Look! I'm a Soundbyte Susan Sontag Tsunami Death Toll Rises Family SuperHeroes Top Grossing Films of 2004 Patrick Stewart's Reading of A Christmas Carol Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Decisions, Decisions, Decisions Busy VO Christmas Edition This Is Your Soul The Paper God Rummy and the Soldier Testing a new interface. One -Thousand Hedges: On Our Dual Nature's Archive 3 Archive Pages, 2 FAVORITE BLOGS    Archives July 2003 August 2003 September 2003 October 2003 November 2003 December 2003 January 2004 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 MUSIC REVIEWS Mario Frangoulis Sarah Brightman's 'Harem' Spectacular Switchfoot: The Beautiful Letdown The Reinvention of Madonna NEWS   Salon   LiberalOasis   New York Times   Slate   Tom Paine   Mother Jones   The Guardian   CNN   The Washington Post   - Start your own blog   Subscribe to this blog in   Radio: Updated Salon Blogs Salon Rankings