Bunches of sundry things
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amethyst73- The Ginger Peach Tea jam sold by Republic of Tea is really quite excellent. (I ordered some for my mom, in the assumption that it would arrive sometime while we were visiting.) There's a strong ginger flavor to it that really makes the jam. I can't taste the tea in it, but that's okay.
- There's a free iPhone app specifically for browsing and downloading Librivox titles called Audiobooks. From what I've heard, it's got a fantastic interface for browsing, downloading, and listening to LV books. Go to the App store, or visit this website for more info.
- We spent time with animals the first few days here. Sunday night, my brother and his family (two nephews, age roughly two and five) visited us, and Monday we saw a muskrat and a heron. (Tuesday we got hopefully passable pictures of the muskrat.)
- Watched the Star Trek movie Tuesday night (had lots of fun as promised by virtually everybody) at the Somerville Theater. Yay for old-style movie houses with front-row balcony seats! Though it would have been nice had my seat bottom not parted company with the rest of the seat several times.
- Adjunct 1: there will be a Star Trek movie post later with amused snarkiness
- Adjunct 2: the crepe place 2 doors down from the Somerville Theater knows how to do strawberries and dark Belgian chocolate. Yum!
- My bro lent us the Get Smart movie on Sunday, which we watched Wednesday night. Apart from a few moments that were Absolutely Not Necessary (e.g. upchuck in the fighter plane), it was surprisingly enjoyable. It was rather refreshing to have Agent 86 be really quite competent as a field agent! It was a good choice, I think; it would have been difficult to carry off an entire movie-length period of bumbling-incompetent-somehow-saves-the-day-anyway.
- There's a free iPhone app specifically for browsing and downloading Librivox titles called Audiobooks. From what I've heard, it's got a fantastic interface for browsing, downloading, and listening to LV books. Go to the App store, or visit this website for more info.
- We spent time with animals the first few days here. Sunday night, my brother and his family (two nephews, age roughly two and five) visited us, and Monday we saw a muskrat and a heron. (Tuesday we got hopefully passable pictures of the muskrat.)
- Watched the Star Trek movie Tuesday night (had lots of fun as promised by virtually everybody) at the Somerville Theater. Yay for old-style movie houses with front-row balcony seats! Though it would have been nice had my seat bottom not parted company with the rest of the seat several times.
- Adjunct 1: there will be a Star Trek movie post later with amused snarkiness
- Adjunct 2: the crepe place 2 doors down from the Somerville Theater knows how to do strawberries and dark Belgian chocolate. Yum!
- My bro lent us the Get Smart movie on Sunday, which we watched Wednesday night. Apart from a few moments that were Absolutely Not Necessary (e.g. upchuck in the fighter plane), it was surprisingly enjoyable. It was rather refreshing to have Agent 86 be really quite competent as a field agent! It was a good choice, I think; it would have been difficult to carry off an entire movie-length period of bumbling-incompetent-somehow-saves-the-day-anyway.
