We're going to an A's game tonight with friends. They're on a winning streak, and I hope we don't spoil it. I have my A's hat, tee shirt, sweatshirt and bag set out. It's a beautiful day again, and I hope the evening will be balmy, but I can bring my A's blanket to be sure. I'm looking forward to seeing the new movie about Jackie Robinson. It got good reviews today. Malick's film got a bad review in one paper and a good one in the other. I'll probably see it, but I'm not too excited. It sounds like it is not as good as "Tree of Life". I also want to see "Disconnect" based on two great reviews. But probably I won't tackle any of them until next week.
I finished "Life after Life" and it was so great it knocked the breath out of me. I was stunned afterward. It is a great book: passionate, luscious details and description, characters you care about and a profoundity about this thing we call life. It becomes a spiritual experience. I can't recommend it enough.
We saw a DVD last night that was early Daniel Day-Lewis: "How Many Miles to Babylon". It was a lovely film. It was great to see Day-Lewis in his beautiful youth. It is part of a DVD set of three of his BBC films. I hope the other two are as good. Well, I'm done with my reviewing for the day.
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