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We're On A Road To Nowhere

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Actually, we are on a road to somewhere. I'm just not sure where. That's part of the adventure that is life.

The photo was taken of the road where Ali's oldest brother lives with his family. I've taken many a photo of that road, but this is the first time I have shot it in winter. It has never looked more beautiful.

We will be taking the kids to the Cincinnati airport this afternoon to put them on their flight home. They have been with us for two weeks, and we have crammed a lot of activity into that time. But the time still flew by.

I wish they didn't have to go back.

Imagine

So...

Have we reached a consensus on how long we must wait before discussing Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows?

I would think that two weeks would be enough time for the almost 12 million people who have bought the book so far to read it.

Oh, you say you want to read the previous six installments again before reading the last one? You've had two years to do that. What the hell is wrong with you people?

Just pick up the new one and read it already!

Lava Lamps are cool!

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Feed Me, Seymour!

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A Question Of Balance

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I almost titled this "I am not a number, I am a free man. "

;)

"That's how winning is done! "

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Alison was asked to review the new Sylvester Stallone film, Rocky Balboa, for a local magazine.

Since it was a rainy and dreary day, and we didn't have anything else in mind to do, we decided to go see it. We checked where it was playing, and when, and decided to catch an early matinée. We ate last night's leftovers for our lunch, bundled up against the cold rain, and headed to the theater.

I have to admit that I have never actually seen any of the previous five Rocky films from beginning to end. Not even the original, although I have seen most of it through several viewings when it has been on cable. So I knew the back story of the main characters.

The new film was much better than either of us expected. Stallone was excellent as the aged, retired champion. A certain suspension of one's disbelief was required to accept the premise of this tale, but it wasn't hard to do.

Like the other Rocky films, it presents a story of the triumph of the human spirit against seemingly insurmountable odds. It's a feel good movie. And that was okay with me.

Imagined Conversation

Bill: Look at all those people talking about you.

Scarlett: Yeah. I didn't believe my agent when he said issuing a press release about me recording an album of Tom Waits covers would generate a lot of buzz.

Bill: Always trust your agent. He knows of what he speaks.

Scarlett: Yeah. I'll never doubt him again.

Bill: Yeah.

Scarlett: But I guess now I will have to record the album.

Bill: Yeah. I think that would be wise.

Scarlett: Bill?

Bill: Yeah?

Scarlett: Who's Tom Waits?

ghosts in the coffee house

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Alison and I can't get enough of Third Street Stuff & Coffee.

It is an eclectic gift shop and coffee house in downtown Lexington. We visit at least a couple of times a week, and we like to take our cameras with us.

You never know what, or who, you might find there.

In Which Allan Shows You His Fuzzy Balls

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These are what I bought at Michael's a couple of weeks ago solely for the purpose of photographing them.

When I posted the photo on an Internet message board I frequent, I received lots of comments about my fuzzy balls.

The best description I heard of them, though, was that they looked like multi-colored tribbles.

In any case, here they are. I hope they brighten your day as much as they do mine.