Once, On Cleaning Up Eggs, and How PBS Won Me Back

Three things:

1. Once the movie that I wrote about last week is up for an Oscar for best song. I love that movie and think that they totally deserve to win — even though I’ve not even heard their competition. And, if you want to hear the song Falling Slowly, then just click here and you can download it for free.

2. My sons have decided, thanks to the movie, Ratatouille, that they would like to have cheese omelets for breakfast. And, given that we’re always challenged in the breakfast category, I’m thrilled. Sometimes my early riser wants to help me crack the eggs for the omelet. And that works brilliantly when he remembers to crack them over the bowl instead of, say, the kitchen floor. So, here’s my tip, the next time you or one of your sweet little helpers cracks an egg on the floor, sprinkle it with a heap of salt and let it sit for a few minutes. The salt makes the egg much, MUCH easier to clean up and might make you a little less frustrated with yourself or your little assistant.

3. PBS scored two thumbs up from me with their adaptation of Northanger Abbey on Sunday night. It was just really well done. The casting was great — especially Catherine and Mr. Henry Tilney (who, by the way, looks a lot like Lee Pace). Watching it actually made me want to read this novel again. That is, I think, the ultimate compliment. The only thing that I can’t figure is how the same screenplay writer can be responsible for this wonderful adaptation and the terrible Persuasion from last week.