Monthly Archives: July 2006

Tenderfoot

Posted on July 31, 2006 by Allen

This weekend was Get The House Ready For Sale Weekend at Chez Holt, with lots of minor improvements to the house made to enhance its saleability and curb appeal. My father’s visiting from Florida this week just for this purpose, … Continue reading →

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Huzzah! Hand-drawn Animation Returns to Disney!

Posted on July 28, 2006 by Allen

As I had hoped when the Disney-Pixar deal went down, Pixar’s John Lasseter is reintroducing traditional hand-drawn animated features in his new role as Chief Creative Officer at Disney. First up: The Frog Princess, to be directed by Ron Clements … Continue reading →

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South

Posted on July 18, 2006 by Allen

I’ve been in North Carolina for four days, and I’m already beginning to think in a Southern accent again. Yup, consider this the “Gone Fishin’” message I forgot to post last week [1]: the family and I are on vacay … Continue reading →

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Wikipediholic

Posted on July 13, 2006 by Allen

Last night at about 10:30, I told an exhausted and bedward-bound Terry I’d be coming to join her in bed very soon. I hadn’t realized when I said it that I was lying: by “very soon,” I apparently meant “shortly … Continue reading →

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Hobbesless

Posted on July 11, 2006 by Allen

This cartoon makes me inexplicably sad.

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