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Field Notes: Red Blooded from Coudal Partners on Vimeo.

YES, it is an ad. Yes it is still awesome.

Under the knife she went. Nervously I dropped her off vowing she hadn’t had food or water since 8pm the night before. Handing over the leash to the attendant who smiled and promised she would be ok and that I could call at noon to check her status I left with thoughts of anesthesia overdoses or slipped scalpels to the eyeball. Fear unwarranted. Dr. Adams and the Maxfund Wellness Center took care of business. 8 hours later, as I stood in the lobby waiting for her return to me, listening to her mournful cries in the back room that had started upon my first spoken words to the receptionist, I felt so thankful and excited to have her back safely to me.  Within moments of her entrance to the lobby, pulling the attendant, she was her usual leaping, crying, barking, sprinting, obnoxiously overexcited, disobedient self. Now to survive the next 14 days of her defiance against the limitations of her cone. Hank has already had his neck broken, but that’s another story.

La Mer de Pianos from Films & Things on Vimeo.

Woke up this morning thinking about the importance of storytelling in our lives. It’s really pretty magical, the spell one feels under when entranced by a good story. Good movies, books, friends who can craft a good tale..have such a great affect on spirit. This is a wonderful tale of robbing a bank, legally, but it is so captivating I can see it as a short movie. Really good. from Boing Boing.