And all is well

The "boy's weekend" is over, and I have Bella and Pamela home. Pamela is an hour into a nap (Happy Mother's Day!), and Isaac and Bella are zoning out with shows - Isaac has CARS, and Bella has PLANET 51. They're all tired from the weekend activities. Isaac went to Edinborough Park twice, and had a ton of climbing and play time. Bella stayed up until 10 last night, and still has a full head of gelatin.

And Zinsser is just happy to have his pack back.

Me? No rest for the wicked i suppose. I'm feeding the kids, catching up on some work, etc.

I did have the Avengers over last night for some Scotch: We tasted the new Ardbeg RollerCoaster, which is a selected vatting of 10 years of Ardbegs - and it was delightful. After, we watched Avatar on BluRay, and I must say that having everything there within eye-reach was very rewarding: Some of the more "dense" scenes (the initial landing) were actually fully scannable. The movie was still incredibly engaging. Cameron did a good good thing.

One thing that didn't make it as well to the 2D: Some of the computer displays, once collapsed to 2d, were a bit garish and flat feeling. The amazing 3D effect really made those computer displays something to wonder at in the theater. The other thing I noticed (on a positive note) was how masterful Cameron is with exposition: In the scene with the Marine commander luring our hero into being his spy, you also got a full lesson on how those exoskeletons worked, which came in handy later. But you were never hit over the head with the info. Just pay attention - you'll see this later. It was very well done.

Allright, it's time to go check on my zombie family and start thinking about what I might want for dinner. Alas, I'm off to Cleveland again tomorrow AM, so I've got to drink in this time with the family, even if they are all exhausted.