The garden continues to trudge along. I thought that by scaling down the number of plants this year I would have an easier time keeping up with it, but so far that hasn’t been the case. It’s been raining a lot, and the sun’s been out too, so things are growing well. However, that means [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Garden: Green plants and weeds galore
Posted in Emerald Place Garden 2008, Photos, tagged blueberries, corn, cucumbers, dill, gardening, onions, shallots, squash, tomatoes on June 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
EW’s 100 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years, Part Two
Posted in music, tagged arcade fire, bob dylan, de la soul, entertainment weekly, flaming lips, guns n' roses, interpol, kelly clarkson, mariah carey, shania twain on June 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The other day I made it through my thoughts on the first 20 of Entertainment Weekly’s list of the 100 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years.
Here’s part two, looking at records 21 through 40.
21. The Emancipation of Mimi, Mariah Carey, 2005 (link)
I have a feeling this batch is going to be a pretty poor [...]
Clouds on Ferry Street
Posted in Photos, tagged clouds, Easthampton, Ferry Street, mill buildings, storms on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Clouds on Ferry Street, originally uploaded by joshuat1974.
I snapped this photo last week from the backyard as clouds were rolling in. There wound up being a lot of thunder and lightning, but the rain wasn’t all that heavy overall.
The mill buildings that the clouds are hanging over were intended to be turned into a multi-use [...]
EW’s 100 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years
Posted in music, tagged beck, entertainment weekly, music, prince, radiohead, the cure, u2 on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Coming home from work today, I found Entertainment Weekly’s 1000th issue in my mailbox. At the exact same moment, my neighbor was delighting over receiving his new issue of National Geographic, so I guess that probably says a lot about me and where my interests lie.
The 1000th issue boasts the headline “The New Classics: The [...]
Incredible Hulk, or AWESOME Hulk?
Posted in Geekitude!, movies, tagged Incredible Hulk, Marvel, movies on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
First post in the new location, and all I can think to write about is the movie Incredible Hulk, which I saw last night.
I know, it’s not super insightful or anything, but I was thoroughly entertained and the more I think about the movie the more I feel like I truly enjoyed it. The movie [...]
