Yesterday, in between works and stuff, I did my taxes. I like this on-line e-filing business; there's nothing like high technology to distill and focus that ol' universal misery, eh? gets it all over with in just a few minutes.
The sting of civic duty was ameliorated by a surprise visit from JJ - she was in town from Wisconsin and in the neighborhood, so we had an impromptu reunion at the Sunlight. As with all out-of-town visits, she's not here long enough, but it was great to see her.
Then it was some shopping and up to Cap Hill to hang with Neds at Caffe Vita while Otis did some writerly stuff. We all hooked up again with Soapy at Johnbai's for another rousing session of D&D.
Today, we did Otis's taxes, and recovered with some hearty pho in Ballard. Then it was up to the Crest with Dingo, to meet Yito for a showing of Atonement. The movie was... very... deliberate... and slow, even though... it was... occasionally... very... beautiful. It's very hard to make a literary novel into a watchable movie, and this one wasn't exceptional. But Keira Knightley actually acted in this film, and Vanessa Redgrave was a nice surprise, and all the gals thought James McAvoy was the bomb.
Neds and Stella were also at the Crest, watching Charlie Wilson's War, so we waited for them and then headed to 3PB/LFP for some coffee-an', where Neds got a ginormous piece of toothpaste cake and the rest of us shared a dainty cinnamon roll.
I started to mention this to Neds and Stella up at 3PB, but it's better seen then described:
click for linkyI think Otis might especially like this one, but everyone will appreciate it.
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Recycled words: What a fantastic find, walaka! His work is beautiful and now I have a new use for the books I want to get rid of.
In a curious 'the world is a handkerchief' (as the Spanish say), one of the people who submitted this map is my friend Nickbob, who you know.
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