I’m feeling pretty good about October. I finished a book that had been languishing, and managed to finish three additional books – two of which were quite long. Plus, I’m making headway with books for next month, so that’s good. FINISHED: Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain Huzzah! I finally (re-)finished this book! If you haven’t […]
Month: October 2018
Movie – Black Panther
In the days before and immediately after my baby girl was born, I remember the major cultural point of discussion being Black Panther, which was about to come out. People who had seen it already thought it was amazing – it had few bad reviews, and was being hailed as not just a really good […]
Science – Have You Had Your Flu Shot?
As someone who studied life sciences for 4 years in college before turning to the social sciences in grad school, I feel like I have slightly more authority than your average librarian when I say that you should get your flu shot. Vaccines have been proven to work, so this is not really up for […]
Travel – Shenandoah Valley
I know I’ve said this in the past, but traveling with a baby is no joke. It changes what you’re able to do and severely restricts the times of day you can do things if you’ve got baby on a schedule of any kind. And chances are that baby’s naps are going to be messed […]
Recipe – Homemade Double Chocolate Lactation Cookies
A little while ago, my group was all playing Dungeons and Dragons in the Storm King’s Thunder campaign, and our Level 3 characters were off to do something that was obviously a big fight and going to be meaningful – at least at this stage. We trotted off to the location, made a plan, and […]
Movie – RBG
A few years back I read The Notorious RBG, a biography of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. In fact, it was during my trip to New York City that took place on the tiny plane that I devoured the book. When you’re trying really hard not to look out the windows, because the plane […]
Personal – A Month of Daycare
As of now, my baby has been in daycare for a month. We got her into a place near our neighborhood, and it has turned out really well in general. The teachers are terrific, and it feels strange to find myself going, “Wow – daycare is so cheap!” but compared to the price of a […]
Event – Ali Wong at Arlington Cinema Drafthouse
Sometimes you get lucky, and the stars align so that you can do fun things. I recently (as in, last week), I got incredibly lucky, and a few things fell into place so I could go out on a Friday night and see some comedy. And not just any “some comedy” – Ali Wong, who […]
TV – C.B. Strike (Cinemax)
With the amount of interesting television out there, it’s easy to forget about shows. Because of that, the Boy and I have had a very technologically savvy system of keeping track for a while now – pen and paper. But when the paper started to run out of room with all the shows we’d finished […]
Theater – Comedy of Errors
I have enjoyed Shakespeare for a long long time. And somewhere in my brain, I have a very basic memory of what my first experience seeing Shakespeare was. I can’t be 100% sure, but there’s some bit that niggles at me and says, “Comedy of Errors”, and I’m not sure why. It may be because […]