THOUGHT FOR THURSDAY

DUCK ?

Everybody has seen ducks fly by overhead, in the familiar "V" formation.

QUESTION: Why is one line always longer than the other???

ANSWER: On tomorrow's blog.

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Commonly confused words - thanks to John Potter:

"Lie (to rest)
Lay (to place)

Sit (to rest)
Set (to place)

Commonly confused adjectives and adverbs:

Almost (adv. – nearly)
Most (adj. – greatest in amount)

Farther (adv. – actual distance)
Further (adv. – additionally)

Fewer (adj. – refers to numbers (you can count the item))
Less (adj. – refers to amounts or quantities (you cannot count the item))

Good (adj. – desirable)
Well (adv. – satisfactorily)
(adj. – health) as my English teacher says, you can’t feel badly because we don’t feel goodly."
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Greek Mythology - Eurydice and Orpheus

My husband, Lars, and I went to see the live performance of EURYDICE on Friday night, at the Artists Repertory Theatre.

It is a Romeo and Juliette story of two people in love. Tragedy strikes, they should be reunited but life (and death) get in the way just in time to ruin everything.

Jennifer Le Blanc played Eurydice and was an amazing ballerina in one scene. Dangling from the ceiling like a Circe de Soleil performer. That was the absolute best scene of the play. However the stones were fun too. And, Todd Van Voris was a wonderful Nasty Man. Orpheus was played by Gilberto Martin Del Campo and David Bodin was great as the father.

I love live theater.

Summer Comes to an End - Almost

It's probably one of the last weekends of summer weather. We wanted to spend the time, out on the boat, with friends.

Here is my daughter, Kara, wakeboarding.













Janice chose to stay on the boat and soak up the sun - rather than getting soaked.
















Darryl is an obvious boarder - whether its skate or wakeboarding.













Here's my husband, Lars, riding the waves.








I kind of look like a frog.







Then we came home and had a cold drink by the warm fire, sitting on the patio chatting. My brother, Steve, joined us and Kara and Jake hung out on the deck.

How did you spend the weekend?

Movie Night - The Other Boleyn Girl

This was a great show but so sad. Women were traded like cattle and used like assets. Fathers traded their young daughters for monetary gain.

My husband, son (Jake for his college graduation) and I visited Hever Castle (Ann Boleyn's childhood home), when we were in England last year. We saw paintings of Ann hung on the walls. Having seen her home and family paintings, makes this story/movie seem tangible and real. It was very emotional.

And, in reality, Ann Boleyn looked a lot like my niece, Serena. At least I think so, what do you think?





What a rough world it was. Thank God we’ve come a long way baby!

Here are a few photos we took of Hever Castle.

PAX - My sons went to the Penny Arcade Show

On August 29, 30, and 31st Luke and Jake went to Seattle to the Penny Arcade Conference you can read more about it here. Luke spent a lot of his time playing video game challenges and finished 8th.

Jake ran around and checked some of the stuff out, when he wasn't cheering for his brother. He even met Felicia Day who played Vi on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series.

Jake and his buddy Aaron had their pictures taken with the star.

Random Acts of Photography from the Summer

These are photos of friends. First Jess and EJ, then Pintado and EJ, then Jess innertubing. And here's one random sunset over Portland, Oregon.

Fun on Tuesday Night

Here is MacKenzie playing Boil the Cabbage. Just click on the arrow to play.



And here is MacKenzie and Lars playing Adoration:

Phantom of the Opera

My husband, Lars, my sister, Tammy, and my niece, Serena, and I all went to the live performance of Phantom of the Opera after we went to Sinju for sushi.