FlasshePoint

Life, Minutiae, Toys, Irrational Phobias, Peeves, Fiber

Skillet Skills

For the last several months, I’ve dabbled in the not-usually-male art of cooking. I never did much home cooking before, preferring instead to eat fast food or processed meals like “Healthy Choice” frozen dinners (which are anything but, as most are laden with trans fats and crap). I’ve found that when I cook [...]

Revisionism

Your eyes are not playing tricks on you. I’ve closed some entries and edited others. I have my reasons.
Last weekend, I watched the 2.5 hour Empire of Dreams documentary on the Star Wars Trilogy DVD set. Strangely enough, there was no real negative stuff about George Lucas or the prequel trilogy on [...]

Go Team Venture!

I wanted to mention my new favorite animated show on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim: The Venture Brothers. On the surface, it’s a fond parody of (homage to?) the old Johnny Quest series. It manages to be somewhat respectful of the source material yet still extremely funny. It’s brought to us by some [...]

Is This Thing On?

Sorry for the lack of updates… work, work, work. Computers suck!
I did manage to sneak out and see Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. Loved it! Right up there with Kill Bill Vol 2 and Spider-Man 2 as one of my favorite movies of the year so far.
Now bring on Team [...]

Ain’t Got No Henhouse

Found a fox napping in my backyard this morning:

More pix from my sucky old digital camera here, here, and
here.
The white stripe in some photos is a reflection off the window. I probably could’ve gotten some better pictures if I’d gone into the yard, but I was afraid I’d scare him away. So all I [...]

You Flew Your Lear Jet Up to Nova Scotia

Hey, it was my birthday yesterday, and to celebrate, I somehow got a water blister on my eye!
Work-wise, the hits just keep on coming.
I did see a movie though.
Open Water
Boat, please come back now
We’re freezing in this ocean
The sharks are hungry
Very very tense
Kind of like Blair Witch Project
Without all the laughs
Nudity is good
Alias artifacts bad
Digital [...]