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It's been over a year since I posted anything on my blog since I discovered Facebook. Hope to get caught up.

I finished reading "The Enthusiast" by Charlie Haas ABOUT THE BOOK Henry Bay has his own America going. If there's an offbeat...

We watched the DVD "My Best Friend's Girl." Synopsis Dustin (Justin Biggs) an amiable guy, is in love with Alexis (Kate Hudson...

I watched the DVD "Vicky Cristina Barcelona." Synopsis Conventional Vicky (Rebecca Hall) who is engaged to Doug (Chris Messina) tr...

I finished reading "Killing Rain" by Barry Eisler. ABOUT THE BOOK John Rain has a new employer, the Mossad, which wants him to fi...

We watched the DVD "The She Found Me." Synopsis A New York schoolteacher (Helen Hunt) hits a midlife crisis when, in quick success...

I finished reading "The Scarecrow" by Michael Connelly. "The best of the best." ABOUT THE BOOK Jack McEvoy is at the en...

We watched "Shall We Dance." Synopsis John Clark (Richard Clark) is a man with a wonderful job, a charming wife and a loving famil...

We watched the DVD " Henry Poole Is Here." Synopsis In a working class neighborhood in Los Angeles, a world weary Henry Poole (Luk...

I won a free tasting at Noodles & Company for 5 of my work associates an me. We had a wonderful lunch and got to try a loy of different ...

I finished reading "First Family" by David Baldacci. ABOUT THE BOOK It began with what seemed like an ordinary children’s birthda...

We watched the DVD "Modern Romance." Synopsis Robert Cole (Albert Brooks), a film editor, is constantly breaking up with and recon...

We watched the DVD "The Big Bad Swim." Synopsis The film is an ensemble comedy-drama that focuses on a few people who are afraid o...

We watched the DVD "Bait Shop." Synopsis Paradise Lake, near Kissimmee, Florida, is hosting a Professional Bass Association contes...

We watched the DVD "Burn After Reading." Synopsis Osbourne Cox (John Malkovich), a Balkan expert, is fired at the CIA, so he begin...

We watched the DVD "My Sassy Girl." Synopsis My Sassy Girl is the tale of the first and last time Charlie Bello (Jesse Bradford) f...

I worked as a volunteer for the Downers Grove Park District 5 & 10 miler. On the busride to my corner the bus got hit by a car and delay...

I finished reading "Boogers Are My Beat" by Dave Barry. ABOUT THE BOOK In Boogers Are My Beat, we get the real scoop on: • The sc...

We had dinner at "Cabana Charleys" at Seven Bridges in Woodridge. It was a don't cook night fundraiser for the parish. We saw ...

We watched the DVD "Real Time." Synopsis A hit man (Randy Quaid) gives an old acquaintance, a compulsive gambler (Jay Baruchel), o...

I finished reading "The Guards" by Ken Bruen. ABOUT THE BOOK Still stinging from his unceremonious ouster from the Garda Siochana...

We went to Katie Larson's high school graduation party at Buffalo Wild Wings by Seven Bridges in Woodridge. She is going to work in Door...

We watched the DVD "No Reservations." Synopsis Kate (Catherine Zeta-Jones) is a terrific chef at a Manhattan restaurant, sent to t...

We watched the DVD "Ghost Town." I thought parts of it were very funny. Synopsis Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais) is a man whose peo...

We watched the DVD "Nashville." We're planning a trip down there. Synopsis In the wake of JFK's assassination, under the s...

We watched the DVD "Waitress." Synopsis Jenna (Keri Russell) is trapped in an unhappy marriage with a controlling, jealous husband...

We watched the DVD "House Bunny." Synopsis Finding family. Shelley Darlingson was raised in an orphanage, finally happy when she b...

I finished reading "Cross" by Ken Bruen. ABOUT THE BOOK Cross (kros/ noun, verb, & adjective) means an ancient instrument of t...

My brother drove my dad and me down to Flora so we could go to the wake of one of my dad's best friend's wife's wake. We really ...

We watched the DVD "Tropic Thunder." Synopsis A film crew is in Southeast Asia filming a Vietnam-war memoir. It's early in the...

We went to Chuck McGregor's wake after the picnic. His son went to Our Lady of Peace with my oldest son. My son saw a lot of his old cla...

We had our annual Memorial Day picnic and of course it rained again.

My oldest son came in first in the St. Alexander's Memorial Day 5-K. It was the first time he came in first in a 5-K. Awesome. I worked ...

We went to the Track Sectionals. A lot of our guys will be going downstate.

We went to my oldest son's last choir concert.