There are two cases this year dealing with cars and the fourth amendment in front of the Supreme Court. My little SCOTUS nerdy heart is a little excited. Both of them will be argued today. Byrd v. United States So I can see the argument in this case (here is a professional write up if you… Continue reading SCOTUS: Searching Cars
Reading Challenge!
Goodreads does an annual reading challenge (if you aren't on Goodreads yet - GET THERE) Last year I set myself 52 books - a book a week. I ended up with 57 according to Goodreads. So this year I said 60. That's 5 books a month. Whew, I better get cracking! Now, last year I… Continue reading Reading Challenge!
New Year’s Resolutions
I don't do normal resolutions. By normal I mean the list of "this year I'm gonna lose 20 lbs" or "I'm saving $1 every day" I aim for my resolutions to change me; change my outlook or my philosophy or some aspect of me. They really become more than just one-year resolutions. For 2018, my resolution… Continue reading New Year’s Resolutions
Review: Star Wars (SPOILERS)
Ok, there are 2 reasons I'm writing a second post. The first is the easy one: SPOILERS. The second is (perhaps) less obvious. I needed a few days to really process my thoughts on the movie. Let me begin by saying: I enjoyed this film. In a lot of ways I think it's among my… Continue reading Review: Star Wars (SPOILERS)
Review: Star Wars Last Jedi
I don't know if I can avoid spoilers. I am going to try. But if you (like me) did everything you could (including avoiding interviews) so you could go into this movie with as little knowledge as possible - well, I might let slip something you didn't want see. Fair? Good. I would give it a… Continue reading Review: Star Wars Last Jedi
Review: Bad Characters
Oh the irony that I got called out for "always liking the books I read" and then I read something awful. Thanks universe. Thanks a lot. (Thanks OBAMA) Without naming names, this book was pretty awful. It's the first of a trilogy and as much as I hate leaving a plot unfinished, I don't think I want… Continue reading Review: Bad Characters
Memories: Three years
Ok, so I missed the anniversary (by quite a bit actually) - but I've hit 3 years blogging! Wow. I was doing some admin clean-up and considering if I want to try a different skin (I feel like the "look" of my blog is... off/wrong/meh). I looked at my post history and found it had… Continue reading Memories: Three years
Memories: Ideal Weight
It's holiday season, which is always a stressful time and made more stressful for people who are trying to lose weight. With Thanksgiving past, I am seeing the annual parade of posts about "hitting the gym" and "getting back on the horse." This is hard for me. I am overweight. Technically, I am "obese" although… Continue reading Memories: Ideal Weight
Review: Critiques & criticisms
I wanted to take a few minutes to talk about my form of critique. I had a friend who mentioned that I'm only blogging about books I enjoyed. Their actual comment was something along the lines of, "You like everything you read." That isn't true. I'm reading something right now I'm not enjoying very much.… Continue reading Review: Critiques & criticisms
Musings: Books I want to see on screen
I was looking through this article (here) about 100 books being (maybe) turned into movies. I found myself rolling my eyes at another remake of 1984. As much as I'm looking forward to (I hope!) a good movie version of A Wrinkle of Time, there are some titles I think are grossly missing from this list. #1:… Continue reading Musings: Books I want to see on screen
Dream by Day 