January 1, new beginning, blah, blah, blah. I’m not feeling very profound today. Or maybe I am. Depends on your perspective, I guess. The mood I am not in is one in which I self-flagellate for three or four paragraphs on all of the heinous mistakes I made in 2011, then make grandiose pronouncements of … Read more
Well, the UPS man brought me Hostel: Part III today—release day—and what better time for a feel-good family flick than the interim between Christmas and New Year’s, eh? (No, I didn’t watch it with my boys. No need to call DHR.) This is the first one not directed by Eli Roth (or “presented by Quentin … Read more
The boys had a good Christmas morning, I believe, though this is almost certainly Aaron’s last year to believe in Santa Claus. Nathan, calling on subtlety and understatement I didn’t realize he yet had, did a good job preserving it for Aaron without overselling it. Lea and I got a new couch for Christmas, and … Read more