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Idyll of idleness
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   In the last five days I've accomplished the following:
     * Mowed the grass
     * Did laundry
     * Shaved twice

   Oh, and I moved the piano out four feet from the wall and later moved
   it back again so my wife could paint the music room, an enterprise for
   which my main contribution, besides moving the piano, was to say, "It
   looks lovely, dear." I've also read most of Steven Pressfield's "The
   Afghan Campaign" and two comic books that Tiger Lilly checked out of
   the library. All in all I'm feeling pretty good about myself.
   The last four months have been very busy at work and at home. Well,
   home has been about normal, but I've been arriving there so late most
   evenings and working so much over the weekends that it seemed as if
   there wasn't much time to do anything. I love those mid-week holidays,
   though, especially when I can extend the time off through the weekend
   with a couple of vacation days. I promised myself that I'd simply veg
   on the 4th and then maybe just check office emails on Thursday and
   Friday; as it turned out, vegging out felt so good that I never got
   around to the emails until earlier today. I know, I'm a slug.
   I also got in some golf one day and this afternoon the family went out
   for a movie and pizza. We saw "Transformers" which was a high-octane,
   super-frenetic film perfect for getting my heart-rate back up to
   work-speed. The previews before the movie, however, suggested to me
   that Hollywood is even lazier than I am. I'm not sure I even remember
   the names of the coming attractions, but they all struck me as
   formulaic rehashes of other movies.
   Let's see, there was a "Napoleon Dynamite" rip-off called "Hot Rod",
   and what looked like another by-the-numbers movie starring The Rock
   and an impossibly cute and precocious little girl about a pro football
   player who discovers he's a dad when the said little girl shows up
   unexpectedly at his door. Comedy presumably ensues but I didn't even
   bother to remember the name of that film. Next was a Will Smith
   vehicle that looked like a cross between "War of the Worlds" and the
   old Charlton Heston flick, "The Omega Man"; I think they're calling
   this one "I am Legend." This preview was followed by one for another
   apocalyptic "thriller" that may have been the same movie except it
   didn't show any scenes with Will Smith. As either an oversight or a
   bold marketing ploy, they never gave the name of the movie. Ooh! Ooh!
   I'm intrigued -- not!
   As for "Transformers," it was pretty good overall even though there
   were logic gaps large enough to drive a Decepticon through. The best
   part of all, though, was that I didn't have to think or work too hard
   in order to enjoy it, which fit perfectly with my holiday weekend
   strategy.
   Now it's back to work tomorrow and, perhaps, more regular blogging.