Funny Friday - T-Rex Hates CPR

Upcoming Movies

I have been going to the movies quite a bit lately and therefore seeing a lot of previews.

So far, here are some upcoming movies that I would like to see

Veronica Mars - I LOVED that show - can not wait for the movie!!

Son of God - Looking so forward to seeing this. 
 
Three Days To Kill - new Kevin Costner movie...a thriller, looks good

Non-Stop - starring Liam Neeson - also a thriller, but on a plane

Winter's Tale - Colin Ferrell's latest - about reincarnation (I think)

Gloria - actually a 2013 movie that is just making it to the U.S. - foreign film (South America) about a woman re-inventing her mid-life self.

Here are movies I do NOT want to see:

22 Jump Street - was21 Jump Street's movie (with Jonah Hill and Tatum Channing) that much of a money maker to warrant a sequel?  I wish they would have made a real 21 Jump Street movie based on characters and concept of the TV Show.

About Last Night - I loved the original movie.  In fact, I just watched it a few nights ago and it is still good.  Why remake a movie like this.  The preview I saw had some of the EXACT dialogue but also had a lot of "updated" things - like "Debbie" and "Dan" becoming "friends" on facebook and "Dan" being teased about it.  It looks awful.

Endless Love - Seriously?  Another remake ?

Are there any movies you are looking (or not looking) forward to ?

February 20th - Today in History

Since Facebook as "Throwback Thursdays"

I thought I would do my own version today and share a bit of history....

Today is Thursday, Feb. 20, the 51st day of 2014. There are 314 days left in the year.

Here are some things that happened on February 20th.....

In 1792, President George Washington signed an act creating the U.S. Post Office.

In 1809, the Supreme Court ruled that no state legislature could annul the judgments or determine the jurisdictions of federal courts.

In 1862, William Wallace Lincoln, the 11-year-old son of President Abraham Lincoln and first lady Mary Todd Lincoln, died at the White House, apparently of typhoid fever.

In 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt signed an immigration act which excluded "idiots, imbeciles, feebleminded persons, epileptics, insane persons" from being admitted to the United States.

In 1933, Congress proposed the 21st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to repeal Prohibition.

In 1950, the U.S. Supreme Court, in United States v. Rabinowitz, ruled 5-3 that authorities making a lawful arrest did not need a warrant to search and seize evidence in an area that was in the "immediate and complete control" of the suspect.

In 1962, astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth as he flew aboard Project Mercury's Friendship 7 spacecraft.

In 1987, a bomb left by Unabomber Ted Kaczynski exploded behind a computer store in Salt Lake City, seriously injuring store owner Gary Wright. Soviet authorities released Jewish activist Josef Begun.

In 1999, movie reviewer Gene Siskel died at a hospital from brain tumor surgical complications outside Chicago at age 53.

In 2003, a fire sparked by pyrotechnics broke out during a concert by the group Great White at The Station nightclub in West Warwick, R.I., killing 100 people and injuring about 200 others.

In 2004, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered the state attorney general to take immediate legal steps to stop same-sex weddings in San Francisco. (The next month, the California Supreme Court ordered an immediate halt to same-sex weddings in San Francisco.)

Today's Birthdays:
Gloria Vanderbilt is 90.
Sidney Poitier is 87.
Marj Dusay is 78. (She played Alexandra Spaulding on Guilding Light) 
Sandy Duncan is 68.
J. Geils is 68. (I cannot believe he is 68!!)
Peter Strauss is 67.  (Peter Strauss is younger than J. Geils, who knew?)
Patricia Hearst is 60.
Charles Barkley is 51.
French Stewart is 50.
Cindy Crawford is 48.
Andrew Shue is 47.
Lili Taylor is 47.
Rihanna is 26.

WIP Wednesday - ATW Afghan - New Approach

I started back working on my Around the World Afghan.  I think I have been procrastinating on it a bit because it is a little overwelming when I think about it.

I mean it has 945 tiny granny squares - 1,072 if I decide to add the border (which I will probably do in black,  perhaps).

I was working from the center, but I have decided to take a different approach and work row - by - row from the bottom up.  Then I will join with the center part once I get there.

I'm not sure why I am changing this approach - maybe because when you crochet, you are kind of use to working in rows.  Anyway, that is my approach for now - I finished a whole row in just a few hours.

Unlike the pattern states, I am not crocheting each square and then joining at the end.  I am joining as I go along.  With that many squares, I think it best to do it that way.

Her is about half of a row - see where there is pink then black then pink again - the black in the middle is the center of those pinks is the center of the row - so I added greens then blues on the other side of the pink there (just haven't taken a photo yet)

Fun in the Snow

We had a bit of ice and snow this week.  I decided to have a bit of fun with these Big Bang Theory Mystery Minis - I think they are cute!

Funny Friday - Procraftinating

Knitting at the Olympics

How cool is this?  This is Antti Koskinen, who coaches the Finnish snowboarder Roope Tonteri.

It is hard to tell with all the warm layers of clothing but to make the situation even better, Antti is a man!

So it is nice to see a guy knitting an on the snow board slopes no less - AWESOME !