What I’m Reading

I’ve never done the “Teaser Tuesday” meme before. Here’s how it works:

Grab your current read.
Let the book fall open to a random page.
Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!

This is from the page I’m on:

Simultaneously the thought came to her that should her parents know of this it might not be possible for her to continue this relationship in any form, let alone to develop it or to enjoy it in the future. Yet regardless of this thought now, which arrested and stilled her for a moment, she continued to yearn toward him.

from: An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser, p. 380 (Signet Classic).

I've been enjoying this novel but haven't had much time to read so I'm not even half way through it yet.

Big Bang Theory

One of the science consultants for Big Bang Theory has a blog, appropriately named:  Big Blog Theory.   When I read it, I feel like Penny.

But, like Penny, I know the important stuff:

Sometimes You Just Need a Puppy Pic

I was going through some old photos and found this photo of Truman when he was a puppy and his toys were almost as big as him.   

That’s my dad’s foot next to him – which gives a bit of perspective.  

Afterglow

I'd like the memory of me
to be a happy one.
I'd like to leave an afterglow
of smiles when life is done.
I'd like to leave an echo
whispering softly down the ways,
Of happy times and laughing times
and bright and sunny days.
I'd like the tears of those who grieve,
to dry before the sun
of happy memories
that I leave when life is done.

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Grayce McGuigan Schiller
died December 10, 2009

Graycie, your afterglow is blinding. 

Lux Aeterna

Rules are Meant to be Broken?

I got my season renewal packet for Opera Theatre of St. Louis this week.   I get (have) to sit through The Marriage of Figaro  yet again.  But that’s ok, I like Figaro.  Usually.   And I get to see Eugene Onegin again.  I saw it so long ago I barely remember it.   Then there is an Isaac Mizrahi  designed production of Sondheim’s A Little Night Music.   I love Sondheim and will be exciting to see what OTSL does with it.  Last, but certainly not least, there will be the world premiere of The Golden Ticket,  an operatic version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  

A Little More Dollhouse

Part of me thinks it’s a waste of time to write anything about a show that’s cancelled. But then I remind myself that I’m often watching shows for the first time after they are cancelled and off the air: The Wire and most of Stargate SG-1, for example. Not to mention WKRP in Cincinatti. And a lot of M.A.S.H.

So here goes.

Fun YouTube for a Good Cause

My old college roommate sent me a link to this youtube which the employees of a hospital made for their breast cancer awareness month. It brought a smile to my face watching them dance.