June 2011
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30 June, 2011
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the writing on the desk name plate says: Veronica Martzahl / Records Archivist / Awesome Mom
Veronica hit a birthday today. We won’t say what, but suffice it to say it is a number smaller than mine.
She got a new pocketbook, a gift card for Starbucks, a gift certificate to Porch and Wardrobe, the lovely clothes store downstairs, and, from Thomas, a nameplate for her desk.
27 June, 2011
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The bas-relief on Boston Common that lead to the film Glory
My Top 20:
- Glory
- Field of Dreams
- Henry V
- Born on the Fourth of July
- Crimes and Misdemeanors
- Say Anything
- When Harry Met Sally
- The Little Mermaid
- My Neighbor Totoro
- Do the Right Thing
- My Left Foot
- Dead Poets Society
- Heathers
- sex, lies and videotape
- Batman
- Black Rain (Imamura)
- Drugstore Cowboy
- Hanussen
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- The Mighty Quinn
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25 June, 2011

the Dell paperback cover of Vonnegut's Mother Night
Mother Night
- Author: Kurt Vonnegut (1922 – 2007)
- Rank: #37
- Published: 1961
- Publisher: Fawcett
- Pages: 192
- First Line: “My name is Howard W. Campbell, Jr.”
- Last Line: “Auf wiedersehen?“
- ML Edition: none
- Film: 1996 (***.5 – dir. Keith Gordon)
- First Read: September, 1994 (more…)
24 June, 2011
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) - the best film of 1988 and the best animated film of the 80's
1980 – 1989
Total Films I’ve Seen: 942
Films That Make the Top 5 in Any Category: 43
Best Film Not to Make the Top 5 in Any Category: Platoon
Film of the Decade: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Worst Film of the Decade: Human Highway
Worst Best Picture Nominee of the Decade: Fatal Attraction
Worst Film of the Decade Made by a Top 100 Director: Phobia
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22 June, 2011

The posthumous Pulitzer winner: Confederacy of Dunces
Confederacy of Dunces
- Author: John Kennedy Toole (1937 – 1969)
- Rank: #38
- Published: 1980
- Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
- Pages: 405
- First Line: “A green hunting cap squeezed the top of the fleshy balloon of a head.”
- Last Line: “Taking the pigtail in one of his paws, he pressed it warmly to his wet moustache.”
- ML Edition: none
- Film: long rumored, never made
- Acclaim: Pulitzer Prize
- First Read: August, 2000 (more…)
20 June, 2011
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Thomas blows out the candles on his baseball cake
Yes, Thomas is now seven (insert you feeling old here). As you probably know by now, this means that it’s June 20, and of course, that Veronica has made another impressive cake.
Her comment: “It isn’t his best cake ever.” Yeah, well, the baseball looks pretty good to me and to Thomas, and as you might know, she has given herself a high hurdle to leap. When Thomas turned 3, there was the Blue’s Clues cake. When he turned 4, there was the Very Hungry Caterpillar cake (no picture, unfortunately, because Veronica had broken the camera). When he turned 5, it was the ice cream cone cake. Last year, he had the rainbow cake. Now, it is the baseball cake. (more…)
16 June, 2011

Everyone talks about how short Tom Cruise is - but notice how much taller than Hoffman he is?
The 61st annual Academy Awards for the film year 1988. The nominations were announced on February 14, 1989 and the awards were held on March 29, 1989.
Best Picture: Rain Man
- Dangerous Liaisons
- Mississippi Burning
- The Accidental Tourist
- Working Girl
Most Surprising Omission: A Fish Called Wanda
Best Eligible Film Not Nominated: Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Rank (out of 82) Among Best Picture Years: #35 (more…)
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