Appropriate Birthday Thank You

2010-02-27T08:29:00.000-08:00

So I had a brilliant idea for our son's birthday thank you notes. I thought I would pick a couple of the best birthday pictures and do notes from Costco Photo Center. Costco's Photo Center has great cards that include text, they come all printed with the return address on the envelopes. All I need to do is address the envelopes, put on a stamp and go.

I am getting a little pushback from my husband who thinks we should really hand write the notes. I don't really know if there is an etiquette answer to this question. Oh well, it's too late now anyway because I ordered them and they are shipping as I speak.

Let me know if you have any thoughts.

Tales from the Tapletts!

Spartacus: Blood and Sand

2010-02-26T20:41:00.000-08:00

So we are about six episodes into the Starz series, Spartacus: Blood and Sand. I have to say, we love it. However, a warning. It is not for the faint of heart. There is everything my husband loves; blood, gore, nudity, sex, violence, political manuvering, etc. It is a mix of 300 styling with a little Sin City, Ultimate Fighting, Rome and Gladiator thrown in.

As I said, it is not for the faint of heart; there is vivid blood spatter, full-frontal male and female nudity, graphic sex scenes (male and female and male and male), dismemberment and obscene language. I even closed my eyes a couple of times because it was too much for me.

Underlying all the graphic debauchery is an incredible love story of a man and his wife who were brutally attacked and taken into slavery by the Romans. Spartacus must fight as a gladiator under promise of seeing his wife again. I won't spoil anything but the bad guy, played by John Hannah, is a really bad guy and things don't go as planned for Spartacus.

We are addicted now after watching the first five via OnDemand. We definitely have to see how the rest of the series plays out.

Tales from the Tapletts!