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Drake and I are never up on the latest movies--and we have a hard time getting the full value from our rock-bottom Netflix plan (the one they offered us when we tried to quit). We go to so much music (symphony, opera, ballet) that it pretty much fills our leisure hours.

Last night we finally watched Blades of Glory, which had Drake laughing so hard his face looked oddly sunburned by the end of it (we assumed, anyway, his red face was from laughing). I was a semi-serious figure skater growing up... though that was in the Peggy Fleming era--not quite so flamboyant as it is now.  (In fact, I remember reading that her mother made the skating outfit she wore at the 1968 Olympics.)

My mom would have loved Blades of Glory (she was a big figure skating fan and had a great sense of humor).

For a look back at figure skating, here is a beautiful performance by Peggy Fleming in the 1968 World Championships: