Hello and how’s the family. The rain finally stopped around midnight here in north Texas. But despite the weather, yesterday was a lovely and thoroughly unproductive day that included sleeping through two movies ...
Journey to the Center of the Earth with James Mason — a long-time favorite of mine since I first saw it in the theaters in 1959 — and 90 minutes of infuriating pro-Stalin propaganda called
Mission to Moscow with Walter Huston that actually tries to portray the Soviet Union as a misunderstood nation of progressive, freedom-loving patriots. I thought my brain would blow up.
I should probably add that
Mission to Moscow was made during World War II at the request of President Roosevelt, who wanted to drum up some American support for our Soviet allies. It didn’t work and the movie is outrageous crap.
Remember your middle school science class? Somebody named Rachel produced 118 cupcakes (see below) for her chemical engineering department at work … one for each known chemical element in the periodic table. These are so adorable I’ll take half a dozen Hydrogens, please.
I’m also pleased to include this image of the Los Angeles Lakers posing as gingerbread cookies, which are being sold at the Staples Center to raise money for the team’s youth foundation. Two reviewers said the cookies are hard as granite with no flavor whatsoever. (Next year they should hire Rachel to bake cupcakes.)
I need more sleep. If you plan to hang around for a while please keep the noise down and turn out the lights when you’re through. Thank you.
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