http://illyriajones.blogdrive.com/ The Happy Phantom Sat, 14 Oct 2006 13:10:00 PDT http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2006. Arts Entertainment Science & Nature http://illyriajones.blogdrive.com/archive/37.html Sat, 14 Oct 2006 18:08:34 GMT Because of my migraine headache accompanied by nausea, I direct you the Unclaimed Territory's editorial on Peggy Noonan's complaints about the Left's intolerance of dissent. This is one of the finest op-ed responses I have read in the Blogosphere since my return. Before you read Glenn Greenwald's piece, remember the words of Teddy Roosevelt: "To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." (1918) Seditious indeed, Mr.... (more) http://illyriajones.blogdrive.com/comments?id=37 http://illyriajones.blogdrive.com/archive/36.html Sat, 14 Oct 2006 00:41:48 GMT This week had the highest highs and the lowest lows. Sometimes, it is difficult to find the balance when something doesn't just tip the scale, but sends one side careening over the edge of the table. I have a lot to be thankful for. A good job. A roof over my head. A loving family, even if they are far away. And I am thankful for these things. But sometimes . . . sometimes I reach out for something to make my life a little less ordinary. And sometimes the less ordinary finds me. In walks The Czech. Since I have been back in MarsVegas (after the one-and-a-half... (more) http://illyriajones.blogdrive.com/comments?id=36 http://illyriajones.blogdrive.com/archive/35.html Tue, 10 Oct 2006 22:51:43 GMT Today at work, I brought in a fantastic chocolate cake! Just this big, fat decadent cake to celebrate my one year on the job. It was delicious through and through! But being that it was of such mammouth proportions, there was plenty of leftover scrumptious cake after myself and my coworkers consumed our hefty portions. We work in one of five buildings --not one much bigger than the other, but they are spread out through the campus. I placed the leftover chocolate cake in the kitchen of my building, but then I thought no one in the other buildings will know it's here, and I didn't want it to... (more) http://illyriajones.blogdrive.com/comments?id=35 http://illyriajones.blogdrive.com/archive/34.html Tue, 10 Oct 2006 00:31:02 GMT For the last several years, I have held Kenneth Lonergan's film You Can Count on Me in high regard. I certainly enjoyed the acting debut of Mark Ruffalo, and I never thought the performances from Laura Linney and Matthew Broderick were ever phoned in. The scenes between Terry (Ruffalo) and his nephew Rudy (Rory Culkin) were certainly unexpected and touching. And the relationship between Sammi (Linney) and her pedantic boss were crackling with the undercurrent of bizarre attraction and humor. But all this has been cast into doubt by a filmhound friend who claims the dialogue and scenes... (more) http://illyriajones.blogdrive.com/comments?id=34 http://illyriajones.blogdrive.com/archive/33.html Sat, 07 Oct 2006 14:27:47 GMT Life is sweet! Why wouldn't it be? Plenty of sunshine and cool weather outside! I'm happy and healthy with a good job, good friends, and good times that just keep rolling in. And now the office is sweet, too! This week, our friends in business services, which is everybody, received bags and bags of sweet, sweet candy. Why? For being such sweet, sweet employees. But this was no ordinary candy! This candy was accompanied by puns. And who doesn't love a good pun? Really? I never tire of someone telling me how great Ernest Hemingway's The Pun Also Rises is.... (more) http://illyriajones.blogdrive.com/comments?id=33 http://illyriajones.blogdrive.com/archive/32.html Wed, 04 Oct 2006 02:16:55 GMT . . . life descended from the sky and landed on my humble doorstep. Nothing alien, nothing strange, but something with a beating heart and a will so strong and so wonderful. Kindness, gentleness, and stunning intelligence all wrapped with a checkered ribbon. A slight pout, a shadowy softness, and a mysterious sparkle. Not quite foreign, not quite native, not quite like anything I had ever witnessed, but there it is, on my doorstep." I feel very much alive today --much more so than I have felt in months. Alive and for once I think I am happy. I'm told by peers and friends that... (more) http://illyriajones.blogdrive.com/comments?id=32 http://illyriajones.blogdrive.com/archive/31.html Sat, 30 Sep 2006 20:25:27 GMT Someone's back in Marvinsburg, but I'm not saying who just yet. http://illyriajones.blogdrive.com/comments?id=31 http://illyriajones.blogdrive.com/archive/30.html Sun, 21 Aug 2005 20:17:11 GMT Enough with the Comments Spam from BigNews.Com! Am I the only blogger getting these lame posts? Why do I even bother posting about people who can't even be bothered to read this damn blog? Yep, I think this blog may be heading for the scrapheap of rejected journals. Comment spammers, don't even bother. No one's reading. http://illyriajones.blogdrive.com/comments?id=30 http://illyriajones.blogdrive.com/archive/29.html Wed, 10 Aug 2005 14:24:24 GMT Oh, life has been difficult lately, and I haven't been posting regularly because the neverending job search has taken precedence. Yesterday, I dumbed down my resume and wrote a great cover letter about how I want to be a mortgage shipper for a retirement community. I'm not really sure what a mortgage shipper is, but I thought I could sort of get enthused by it. So, I've been trying to conserve my pennies and live on the cheap without looking like it. The other day I had a migraine and had to take some special medicine for it. Well this special medicine always gives me bursts... (more) http://illyriajones.blogdrive.com/comments?id=29 http://illyriajones.blogdrive.com/archive/27.html Tue, 02 Aug 2005 14:39:49 GMT A couple of weeks ago, Archie Artifact and I stopped at The Hamhock Tavern to see Chris Merrell, a vocalist and guitarist who has been touring with The Grass Roots for the last ten years or so --but when he isn't touring the urban cities of the nation, he's here in Marvinsburg. Oh yeah, we're just that cool. So I guess you're wondering who Chris Merrell is. Well, I'm not lying about him being in The Grass Roots . . . oh, you want to know who The Grass Roots are!!! Good question. I asked it myself. I mean, I always heard of them and knew they were one of those Allman-esque bands... (more) http://illyriajones.blogdrive.com/comments?id=27