To cheer myself up (earlier this week when I still needed some cheering up) I bought the latest Indiana Jones movie on DVD. I’ve watched it twice now. Perhaps I missed it, but as far as I know, people did not go wild for the movie. I, too, am a little disappointed about one or [...]
Things are slowly getting better. Meaning that I’m slowly getting back into my groove. It occurs to me that there is somewhat of a balance between being stuck in a rut because one is too afraid to move outside the “safety zone”, and keeping up a stable routine that works. I suppose the critical question [...]
After almost two months of blogging and barely two weeks of walking I have fallen off the wagon somewhat. I had a terrible, depressing Easter. This was probably part exhaustion, part family interaction, part falling back on bad habits. At least I had lots of time to reflect. It is strange that I am prepared [...]
I mentioned on Sunday that I’m sure that “Meet Joe Black” is a remake. I must have missed the reference on imdb.com, but today google told me that the original movie is the 1934 “Death takes a holiday”. It is, in turn, based on an Italian play. I haven’t seen either, but I suspect they [...]
I only got to bed at 5am, so I felt totally justified in sleeping late this morning. Well, not too late. When I woke up for the first time around 8am the sun was shining in quite a lazy way and the birds were singing winter songs. I was sure that a new season had [...]
[The new WordPress installation refused resolutely to publish this post until now. Very strange. Everything seems OK now.] Today was not my most productive day, but I did manage to get a few things done. Most importantly, I’ve upgraded this blog to the latest version of WordPress. In general, I’m not a big fan of [...]
This weekend I watched the last two third of the movie “Meet Joe Black” again. I liked it the first time I saw it, and I still like it a lot. It has its flaws: perhaps it is a little slow and a little sentimental, for some people. But I don’t really think that. I [...]
It was my intention to upgrade to the new version of the blog software at the end of March, but honestly, I am too tired. (It requires a thorough backup.) After I finished the paper last Sunday I was exhausted. I have experienced this often: after I finish a large and intensive chunk of work, [...]
The conference ended today on a bit of a bad note. The last speakers were running on and on and on, and the chairman was too timid to stop them. It really creates a negative feeling when they just won’t stop, no matter how interesting the topic is. It is inconsiderate. But apart from that, [...]