The Complete Robot by Isaac Asimov

For the first 10,000 miles my fuel economy on the Prius was around 39 mpg. Since then it's gone up steadily until it hit about 45 mpg. I reset the counter and paid a bit more attention to how I was driving for 2 tanks of gas and this is where it ended up. 54 mpg is pretty good, considering the fact that it was mostly on the highway and the EPA rating for this car is 51 mpg on the highway (60 in the city, 55 combined).

With gas at this price, the investment in a hybrid is paying for itself more quickly than I expected.

I'm not quite sure how, but I managed to miss seeing this movie until a couple of weekends ago. Honestly, every time I passed by it on tv, I just saw Lili Taylor (whom I love) singing songs and Eric Stoltz partying, and I didn't think much of it. But wow, I have to say I'm really glad I finally gave it a chance. I feel like now I can understand why John Cusack is a star. I mean, I have always liked him, but this is the best role I've ever seen him in.

I always thought Say Anything was a party movie, but it's much more serious. Who would have thought post-high school life involving a guy's girlfriends' dad being audited for fraud would have been so charming and effective? I never even knew John Mahoney was in the movie. Since I'm a fan of his from Frasier, that instantly made me like the movie all the more. I really enjoyed the dynamic between father and daughter, James and Diane Court. Oh, and shut up! I just looked up Diane Court and realized that Ione Skye played Ann's mother on Arrested Development - you know, the one who tried to make out with Michael. That's awesome.

From classic 1980s editing to very natural acting, the movie is a lot of fun and very sincere. It was able to capture the all-around feeling of two people falling in love for the first time perfectly. I loved the movie's end, as Lloyd and Diane sit in the airplane waiting to see if their future will be okay, as long as the plane takes off successfully. Great movie.

Wooohee. I just finished watching the first season of Jericho. And I'm really glad that nuts campaign worked, because if I would have seen that season finale without being promised new episodes in the fall, I would have been so ticked! Quite a cliffhanger. Anyway, if you haven't checked it out yet, start watching on Fridays, beginning July 6th. They're going to replay the entire season for people who haven't seen it yet. Either that, or hop online!