Month: November 2002

I Love English

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Yes, this is considered correct grammar:
He, where I had had “had had,” had had “had had had;” “had had had” had had “had had” written next to it as a correction.

And therefore by extension, this is also allowable: He, where I had had “had had ‘had had,’ had had ‘had had had;’ ‘had had had’ had had ‘had had,'” had had something else entirely. Weird.

More Lovely Photos

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I promise to get these on my own server at some point, but for now, go to Snapfish and use this information if you don’t have an account:

User name: junk[at]fiveandtwenty.com
Password: junkjunk

See pictures from Les Miserables and Jen’s birthday.

UPDATE: I’ve moved the photos from Snapfish onto my server. Links are on the sidebar on the right side of this page.

The Weekend That Was

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It’s Monday. The train to work was stuck for an hour and a half between Princeton Junction and New Brunswick. I used that time to catch up on sleep.

I had a most enjoyable weekend. On Friday, Barb came up, and I met her, Denise and Melodie in New York to have dinner and see Les Miserables.

After the show, we headed to the usual spot: Ellen’s Stardust Diner on Broadway and 51st.

Saturday was spent mostly in Princeton. We ended up at the Princeton Record Exchange where I picked up some new music (finally).

Sunday Denise and I joined a Massive Crowd at the Mastoris Diner to celebrate Jen’s birthday. On the way home, we stopped at Terhune’s Orchards to pick up a pie for dessert after dinner at my dad’s girlfriend’s house.

I have tons of photographs from the entire weekend. I hope to have them online tonight if I get a chance.

About Les Mis: While the performance was great, there was a large number of (unfortunate) changes in the show since the last time I saw it on Broadway.

Amused To Death

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There’s a good discussion going on over at MetaFilter (a link-and-discuss website, for those who don’t know) about a family that doesn’t allow their children, ages 6 and 3, to watch television.

Both the article and the discussion on MetaFilter bring up excellent points. I agree with those who say that education from the parents in addition to the television would be the best course of action; letting children learn from the TV alone could be dangerous.

How do you think your television-watching habits while growing up have affected you, or another person you know, as an adult?

A Little Bit Country, A Little Bit Western

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After years and years of preaching my disdain of country music despite its close relation to “classic acoustic/electric folk and folk/rock” (Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, CSN&Y, Peter Paul & Mary, The Byrds, etc.) and “conteporary folk/rock” (Dar Williams, etc.), I finally came across a country song I like.

Understand, I still haven’t found any “contemporary country/pop” (Garth Brooks, etc.) that’s worth my time, but while making a compilation CD including some Norah Jones I came across the original Hank Williams, Sr. version of Cold, Cold Heart. It’s really a fabulous recording. But sorry Shania, I still haven’t found my Enlightenment within contemporary country/pop.

By the way, I hate music classifications…