The Daily: The Apartment

One: Last night, Lindsey and I finished watching The Apartment starring Jack Lemon. It won five Academy Awards in 1960 and has a handful of good quotes. Here are a few:

J.D. Sheldrake: Ya know, you see a girl a couple of times a week, just for laughs, and right away they think you’re gonna divorce your wife. Now I ask you, is that fair?
C.C. Baxter: No, sir, it’s very unfair… Especially to your wife.

C.C. Baxter: That’s the way it crumbles… cookie-wise.

C.C. Baxter: You hear what I said, Miss Kubelik? I absolutely adore you.
Fran Kubelik: Shut up and deal…

Fran Kubelik: He’s a taker.
C.C. Baxter: A what?
Fran Kubelik: Some people take, some people get took. And they know they’re getting took and there’s nothing they can do about it.

I was surprisingly entertained by the film because I usually find the acting in older films to be overly dramatic – like the actors are trying to act. In this movie, that wasn’t the case. It was humorous and entertaining. Does anyone know if there are any remakes?

Two: This morning, I managed to finish shoveling half the driveway about fifteen minutes before the plow truck arrived. I was concerned that we hadn’t met the five-inch threshold and he wouldn’t come. Turns out I was wrong, but put in a good workout early.

Three: Tonight, Lindsey and I went on a nighttime hike through the back part of our lot and along East Shore Road. In reviewing saved articles after retiring to the couch to watch Michigan v. Virginia Tech, I happened upon the following Robert Frost Poem titled, “Dust of Snow”:

The way a crow
Shook down on me
The dust of snow
From a hemlock tree

Has given my heart
A change of mood
And saved some part
Of a day I had rued.

My day was just fine, but the cold fresh air filling my lungs is a good balance to sitting in front of a computer for a large part of the day.

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Chris

Attorney & Amateur Golfer