THIS 'N THAT

I'm Your Man: This film about Leonard Cohen and his music intersperses musicians and folksingers performing Leonard's music and talking about Leonard with interviews of the composer himself. He's charming, intelligent and honest. I'm still listening to the music all the time, and have a couple of books lined up to read after I finish one called Garden Spells which promises to be a sweet little read.

TV Shows: The Flipping Out finale was great last night. I love these people. Saving Grace is ramping it up this season. Holly Hunter is amazing and over the top and it all works. Mad Men is starting slowly....I hope it builds. Project Runway is pretty low key.There is some talent this season, but not like the last two seasons in terms of new and exciting looks. Stella is my favorite, so I hope she stays in the game for the duration. I love her.

Chicago Tribune: I read this paper cover to cover every day. I opened it up last Monday to find that they've decided to eliminate the daily TV Guide. What a pain!
In the meantime, the Sunday Guide is a full sized newspaper section that is user unfriendly. This is just insult to injury. I continue to read this paper because of the local news coverage and the comics. Lets talk about what they've done to decimate the comic section. Basically we still have Brenda Starr and Dick Tracy; I think because they are both written by local Chicagoans. Brenda Starr is actually written by a Tribune columnist. I fear that if Mary Schmitch ever leaves the Tribune, that will be the end of Brenda. The comics I miss are Gasoline Alley, Hi and Lois and Beetle Baily. Dear Abby was on the comic page for years, and she's gone now, too.

The weather is here this summer. It's been gorgeous outside. Sunny and warm for days on end. Time to go for a walk! Is the Love Heart Turning at the top of my blog distracting? For a long time it didn't turn, then my nephew came over and put something called VCS on my Mac, and the heart started turning. I love that graphic! I tried to make it smaller, but couldn't figure out how to do it without possibly losing the heart altogether. What a nice little blog about nothing today!