Artist: Raymond M. Nelson

Happy Art Friday! Isn't this a beautiful piece? This is hand-blown glass and believe it or not, it's a SINK! Can you imagine? It's so beautiful that it seems wrong to spit your toothpaste in it. LOL To me, part of it looks like stylized sheet music. If only I had the type of house and decor that would merit such a piece.

Anyway, this guy does other gorgeous things with glass. Check out his website if you'd like to see more. Have a glorious weekend!

Thursday 3: Pass the Kleenex

My CP and good friend D'Anne can attest to the fact that I don't cry often. She might even say that crying more often might be beneficial to me. Perhaps. :) Here are the last three times I cried.

1. Saturday, Feb. 27: My Cousin Warren passed away last week. He was 57 and I loved him a lot. He was a force of nature--jovial, cuddly in a fierce sort of way, larger than life, a big Chinese teddy bear. If you saw the King and I movie, remember the scene where all the princes and princesses are being introduced to Anna? There's one last prince that scurries in late right between Yul Brynner's legs. THAT was my Cousin Warren. :) 'Course, he wasn't big then. Rest in peace, Cuz.

2. Two weeks ago: I was watching a performance of Honk, Jr., a middle school play my son was in. The little girl who played "Ida" the mother duck made me cry as her character cried over what she thought was the dead body of her duckling.

3. Last month: my son hurt my feelings when he told my husband he'd rather go skiing than see a production Phantom of the Opera, after I'd spent two hours on the Internet trying to find good, cheap seats that wouldn't break our bank account.

So, D'Anne! Three times in the past month. Are you proud of me???

We're All "Special"

We all have talents.

I can put a cherry stem my mouth and tie it in a knot.

What is a particular talent that you have? Something people might not know you can do.

70 Best Pictures

After watching the Oscars last week, I got curious about how many of the Best Pictures I've seen. So, here's the tally: 38. Bold means I've seen it. A "+" means a liked it. A "-" means I didn't.

+ 2008 - “Slumdog Millionaire”
+ 2007 - “No Country for Old Men”
+ 2006 - “The Departed”
- 2005 - “Crash”
- 2004 - “Million Dollar Baby”
+ 2003 - “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King”
+ 2002 - “Chicago”
- 2001 - “A Beautiful Mind”
+ 2000 - “Gladiator”
- 1999 - “American Beauty”
+ 1998 - “Shakespeare in Love”
+ 1997 - “Titanic”
- 1996 - “The English Patient”
+ 1995 - “Braveheart”
+ 1994 - “Forrest Gump”
+ 1993 - “Shindler's List”
+ 1992 - “Unforgiven”
+ 1991 - “The Silence of the Lambs”
+ 1990 - “Dances with Wolves”
+ 1989 - “Driving Miss Daisy”
+ 1988 - “Rain Man”
- 1987 - “The Last Emperor”
1986 - “Platoon”
- 1985 - “Out of Africa”
+ 1984 - “Amadeus”
- 1983 - “Terms of Endearment”
+1982 - “Gandhi”
1981 - “Chariots of Fire”
1980 - “Ordinary People”
1979 - “Kramer vs. Kramer”
1978 - “The Deer Hunter”
1977 - “Annie Hall”
+ 1976 - “Rocky”
1975 - “One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest”
1974 - “The Godfather Part II”
+ 1973 - “The Sting”
1972 - “The Godfather”
1971 - “The French Connection”
1970 - “Patton”
1969 - “Midnight Cowboy”
+ 1968 - “Oliver!”
1967 - “In the Heat of the Night”
1966 - “A Man for All Seasons”
+ 1965 - “The Sound of Music”
+ 1964 - “My Fair Lady”
1963 - “Tom Jones”
1962 - “Lawrence of Arabia”
+ 1961 - “West Side Story”
1960 - “The Apartment”
+ 1959 - “Ben-Hur”
+ 1958 - “Gigi”
+ 1957 - “The Bridge on the River Kwai”
+ 1956 - “Around the World in 80 Days”
1955 - “Marty”
1954 - “On the Waterfront”
1953 - “From Here to Eternity”
1952 - “The Greatest Show on Earth”
+ 1951 - “An American in Paris”
1950 - “All about Eve”
1949 - “All the Kings Men”
1948 - “Hamlet”
1947 - “Gentleman's Agreement”
1946 - “The Best Years of Our Lives”
1945 - “The Lost Weekend”
1944 - “Going My Way”
1943 - “Casablanca”
1942 - “Mrs. Miniver”
1941 - “How Green Was My Valley”
1940 - “Rebecca”
+ 1939 - “Gone with the Wind”
1938 - “You Can't Take It with You”
1937 - “The Life of Emile Zola”
1936 - “The Great Ziegfeld”
1935 - “Mutiny on the Bounty”
1934 - “It Happened One Night”
1932/1933 - “Cavalcade”
1931/1932 - “Grand Hotel”
1930/1931 - “Cimarron”
1929/1930 - “All Quiet on the Western Front”
1928/1929 - “The Broadway Melody”
1927/1928 - “Wings”

I was surprised by how many I'd seen. Of all of them, the one movie I could probably watch over and over and not be bored would be Shakespeare in Love. It totally violates my deep-seated need to have a happily ever after ending, but there you go.

How many have you seen? Which was your favorite?

Change of Plans

Bop over to my Woman's World Style Blog to read a review/analysis of the February 23rd story by Randy Taylor-Irwin.