Random Points, Pt. 3

We recently picked up a copy of "The Runaway Jury" (2003; Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, John Cusack, Rachel Weisz) on fullscreen DVD, and enjoyed it.

I've also recently listened to (and enjoyed) three audiobook novels on audio cassette:

• "Star Wars Dark Forces: Jedi Knight" (1998) by William C. Dietz
• "The Cardinal of the Kremlin" (1988) by Tom Clancy
• "Net Force - Hidden Agendas" (1999) by Tom Clancy

We viewed a video biography of the well-known early-20th century Dutch minimalist artist Piet Mondrian yesterday, entitled "Artists of the 20th Century: Piet Mondrian." Personally, I felt that they dwelt too much on his earlier works, and then glossed over his later pieces. And while many might feel that's a good thing, many of his later pieces were more colorful and enjoyable than his earlier, muted-color pieces.

I read "X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga" comic book book (a book comprised of many comic books) recently. It comprises nine Uncanny X-Men issues (#129-137) wherein each issue is a new chapter, along with an introduction by Stan Lee and a cover gallery at the end of the book. Very cool volume!

We all enjoyed a nice visit from my family over the weekend to celebrate Jared's birthday. During which, we enjoyed a great meal last night at Cooky's Famous Potato House in Marsing. While the service wasn't 100%, the food tasted wonderful and the atmosphere was quaint and refreshing (don't miss the applesauce!)

Our ward boundary lines were redrawn lately, so the ward has grown in size, and the number of people has seemingly nearly doubled. As such, today's Primary program at church featured lots of kids (many of whom are new), and while it went very well, I'm sure Misti is glad it's over.  =)

Random Points, Pt. 2

I recently switched instant messaging clients from Trillian (my previous favorite) to Pidgin 2.1.1, the portable apps version with the optional OTR encryption plugin. Wow, it's definitely more stable and while the look and feel isn't quite as good as Trillian in my opinion, I definitely won't go back. Pidgin's the bomb!

We recently watched "Firewall" (2006; Harrison Ford, Paul Bettany, Virginia Madsen) on fullscreen DVD, and "Ratatouille" (2007; Ian Holm, Brian Dennehy, Peter O'Toole) at the cinema. Firewall was okay, but the cartoon was better, LOL.

I just finished listening to "Forbidden Land" by William Sarabande on audio cassette. I'm liking this series.

Over the past few days, we've watched the entire Season 3 of "House, M.D." on DVD. It was nice to catch all the episodes we had missed during last year's TV season.

I'm back from the Olympia in Las Vegas - it was a fun time - we did approximately 180 video clips and interviews - lots of work, but it was great! Now it's back to the grind! LOL