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EarthSea

I watched the rest of EarthSea last night, and I have several thoughts about it.

First, the director must have been a fan of the EarthSea books. You can tell because he allowed an amazing amount of detail from the book to fill in the parts of the movie that made no sense. It’s as if he applied his book knowledge to the characters in the movie, and as a result, those parts are missing.

The One Month Old Alarm Clock

I haven’t seen Berta in our bedroom in a while. I hope she doesn’t enjoy sleeping in the living room with Riley after he wakes up screaming in the middle of the night.

Last night was interesting. He just wouldn’t stop crying. It was the ear-splitting cry morphing into hoarseness. Around 2am I stumbled downstairs to the tune of one-month-old-alarm-clock. The eardrum-blistering wail had begun about ten minutes prior, and probably started as a mere siren much longer before that.

5:30 vs. 6:30

Can someone please explain why I can get up at 5:30am and feel rested and refreshed, but then if I go back to bed (assuming that I will feel more rested on 7 hours of sleep than 6) and wake up at 6:30am I feel like I’ve been run over by a lawnmower?

Holiday Contest

I had assembled a few puzzles for your holiday enjoyment when I thought, “Let’s make this interesting.” So, here it comes…

The Asymptomatic Holiday Contest 2004

I’m giving away prizes for correct solutions to my puzzles!