Day: December 31, 2006
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Taking advantage of the time zone
Happy New Year, approximately one hour early. I spent the last week in Colorado, on Mountain Time, so I’ll use that as my excuse. Not that I’d be staying up to midnight anyway. 😉
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Movie: The Good Shepherd
Our Christmas evening movie this year was The Good Shepherd. This dark look at the CIA and its founding, through the fictional story of the director responsible for planning the Bay of Pigs invasion, is generally strong, and worth the nearly 2.5 hours it asks of the audience. Still, I didn’t enjoy it as much…
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Book: Sick Puppy
2006 is coming to a close, and before I head up to bed (no late evening for me), I must note another fun Carl Hiaasen read: Sick Puppy. Take a trust-fund enviromentalist with anger-management issues… and that’s your hero. I finished this one just before Christmas, and passed it on to other family members. Wasn’t…