Did you watch? I'll admit that I did--mostly because Crunch woke me up around 1:30 in the morning to go out for a pee. When I couldn't get back to sleep, I turned on the television and, lo and behold, there was the pre-game coverage. I watched until it got boring.
My favorite moments: Queen Elizabeth standing quietly while everyone sang "God Save the Queen." Prince William leaning over to his bride at the altar and (so say the lip readers hired by the news channels) saying, "I just thought it'd be a small family affair." Fergie's daughters the princesses Eugenie and Beatrice showing up in the most ludicrous hats ever. One hat looked like an IUD. Seriously.
In Other, Less Royal News
There was a gas firing at the studio. I don't put any work in the gas kiln because it's too unpredictable. Dave had about 20 pieces in and he likes about six of them.
My favorite of his pieces is this mug. I took its photo next to my 32oz soda, just for scale.
Probably won't use this one for coffee but for water it should be fine.
Here's another photo from the studio:
That's one of the boys who works in the studio. He's very fun, likes to spend part of his Saturday work day playing and joking around with us.
Book News
I've been reading a lot recently. Yesterday I finished a book called The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz about a group of men who escaped from a Soviet gulag and walked across Siberia, into Mongolia, across the Gobi desert, and into India. It took them a year, and half of them didn't make it. It's a very densely told tale, but a quick and enjoyable read. There are pages and pages of reviews for it on Amazon, about three pages worth of one-star reviews howling that the story is a fake. It may be, but it's still a great read. Kinda reminds me of Mark Twain's admonition to never let the truth ruin a great yarn.
3 comments:
I LOL'd at your IUD comment. I'd heard octopus before, but I think you may have nailed it!
Also, I'm not sure if you are a movie person or not, but there has just been a movie made about the story in your book. The IMDb article is here. It sounds interesting, but the film is getting mixed reviews.
Hi, Helen--
I wish I could take credit for the IUD comment, but I stole it quite shamelessly from Joan Rivers!
I did hear about the movie--I'm on the fence about Ed Harris tho' so I'm not sure I'll watch. Have you seen it? Is it worth two hours of my life?
I haven't seen it. I think it'll be a long time before it makes it to a theatre over here.
I like Ed Harris, and also the director Peter Weir, so if I have the chance I might see it.
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