animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

qotsa: live

Last night we headed to the Pittsburgh area to go to a concert. I learned an important lesson: never drive to Pittsburgh at sunset. The sun was a huge, glowing ball of fire in the sky and I thought my eyes were going to melt. I’ve never seen anything like …

zodiac

We watched this movie last night (and the night before–it was kind of long). It told the story of the Zodiac serial killer. It was pretty interesting, but more from a detective standpoint than from a “here’s a bunch of people being murdered” standpoint. Oh, it was also directed by …

steve

Our friend Steve came over for dinner this evening. As always, it was a pleasure. On the menu tonight was chicken with 40 cloves of garlic, oven-roasted ratatouille, white bean dip, baguette, antipasto, and marble cheesecake squares. I’m still full. Among many other things, we got to talk about some …

the exorcism of emily rose

I rented this movie to get us in the mood for Halloween. Unfortunately, it was more like watching a version of Law & Order: Exorcism Victims Unit. Ripped from the headlines, of course. The story had an interesting premise–the main focus was the trial of a priest who performed an …

close call

This evening we were on our way home from grocery shopping when I noticed that a police car was behind us and its lights were flashing. I pulled over at my earliest convenience, hoping that the policeman had urgent business elsewhere. But, no, he pulled right up behind me. Brian, …