Hollywoodland

Mar

 

There’s a good all-purpose excuse! :)

Well, my horoscope for today has basically told me to quit slacking off and get to work on my creative projects. Guess that means I need to start writing more. :typing: And not use today’s excuse no matter how much I want to! LOL!

Now that the Olympics are over, I’m not quite sure how to act. Time to get back into the swing of other things. Tonight on TV, we have new episodes of Chuck and 24. I’ll be recording both so I can catch up on other things. Yes, I know it’s like robbing Peter to pay Paul but I don’t have enough hours in the day to do all I need to do today.

As promised from yesterday, here are a couple of pictures of the dishy Norwegian curler, Thomas Ulsrud. It’s not the dishiest pic but you can see the pants. *g* Here’s another shot of him.

Oh, and from the world of archaeology, the head from a “colossal” statue of Amenhotep III (King Tut’s granddaddy *g*) has been found in Egypt.

Reading: I’m not quite finished with Death at Bishop’s Keep yet, but I’m loving it and definitely plan to get the rest of the books in the series.

Jan

 

Stick me in a big underground tomb in the desert instead, ‘kay? Archaeologists in Egypt have recently discovered a huge tomb near Cairo.

On this date in 1914, the Ford Motor Company gave its workers a pay raise. They went from a nine hour workday for $2.34 (that’s per day not per hour) to an eight hour day for $5.

The first color newsreel was released on this date in 1948. It was released by Warner Brothers-Pathe. and was filmed at the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California.

Much to my surprise, we have new episodes of NCIS and NCIS: Los Angeles tonight.

Wrote about one page last night.

Reading: I’m about halfway through Doppelgangster by Laura Resnick. Such a fun book!!!

Nov

 

On this date in 1922, the tomb of Tutankhamun (more commonly known as King Tut—and, no, he wasn’t really born in Arizona :rofl: ) was opened to the public.

Movie choreographer Busby Berkeley was born on this date in 1895.

It was supposed to be rainy today. But the sun’s just come out. Yay!

Lots of Christmas movies on tonight. And I must watch Blackadder’s Christmas Carol because it’s such a hoot. Also we have Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

Reading: I’m re-reading Once a Thief by Suzann Ledbetter. Chubby middle-aged home stage professional Ramey Burke answers her door one day to find her uncles and aunt who’ve recently been released from prison standing on her front porch. The Other Dillinger Gang, as they were known, needs a place to live and Ramey’s house is it. Which is fine and dandy until the day a dead body shows up in Ramey’s front yard. This is a cute funny mystery with romantic overtones. :)

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