Beware Of Falling Boulders
Pet Peeve of the Day: When movies try to hit you over the head with their settings. Last night, the gf and I watched Catch and Release, a character-driven movie about a young woman played by Jennifer Garner whose fiancé dies in some un-detailed sporting accident before the movie even starts, and how she [...]
What We Let Into Our Homes
Pet Peeve of the Day: Entertainment Weekly. I’m a subscriber, and when I got the latest issue in the mail yesterday, I couldn’t believe my eyes. There’s Kiera Knightly, her backside all exposed and covered with Oscar writings, and James McAvoy, canoodling in the rain, all sexy-like. Hey, EW, when did you [...]
The Best Albums of 2007
Here’s my year-end best of list as posted to LoudFans (or close to it, anyway; I’ve made a few changes). This is probably closer to arbitrary than any year-end list I’ve ever made. I’ve just got more music than I have time to comfortably listen to. Some of these that ended up [...]
I Will Think Of Something To Do
Ahhh, January. I think this is my favorite month. I like the winter better than the summer because of the cold (easier for sleeping) and because I don’t have to worry about “outside” stuff like yardwork. January is a time to relax after the hustle and bustle of the holidays and before [...]
Viking Quest
Pet Peeve of the Day: Predictable comic strips. One of the little games I play with myself is “guess the punchline”. When reading the comics section of the morning paper, I will sometimes cover up the final panel of a gag strip and guess what the punchline is going to be. I only [...]
You Know The Drill
So last night marked the first time that A Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report returned to the airwaves since the start of the WGA writer’s strike. I of course was really needing my Stewart/Colbert fix after so long a dry spell, so I recorded them and watched them this morning.* [...]
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