The Amtrak Shuffle

Thoughts from the train —

Oddest shuffle mode ever. Chose “recently added” playlist, which is now shuffling among Elvis Costello’s latest (“North”), several ’60s surf music collections, Warner Brothers samplers from the ’80s, and the absolute best of Abba.

By the way, note to self, next time I’m stuck in the B’gapple by myself, shouldn’t I waste some of my free time trying to score a ticket to “Mamma Mia”? You know you want to.

I swear, sometimes I get so deep into a pronoun and tense shift that there’s just no getting out.

I have spent the entire week thinking about Lost in Translation. How often does a movie stay with you for that long, especially a movie in which just about nothing happens?