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Treasures, Memories, Banquets

The first part of my 30th High School Reunion was last night – the “mixer” at the local golf course. It was certainly interesting. Great to catch up with old friends, and to find out what people I barely remember (or don’t remember at all) are doing. There were some… behaviors [...]

Henching For The Naja-Naja

In honor of my 30th High School Reunion this weekend, I’m going to pull out some old comic books from that era and get all nostalgic on your ass.
I have a secret. I’ve always wanted to be the henchman of a supervillain. They’re the cool ones. While the evil overlord frequently gets [...]

Fade To Black

I’m still trying to fully take in The Dark Knight. Here’s a few more (non-spoiler) points.

I forgot to mention in my original review that I saw the IMAX Presentation. Usually when a mainstream movie shows at IMAX, it’s not really in true IMAX format – there are “black bars” at the top of [...]

How Do You Get To Yankee Stadium?

A few months ago, I commented on how the character of Schroeder in Peanuts doesn’t make sense to me. He can’t be both a baseball player and a music geek. Lo and behold, the two sides of Schroeder definitely are at war, and one side has finally won (click to embiggen):

(Note these strips [...]

Battling Evil Is Cute

What’s up with the ABC Family channel lately? Actually, I’ve never really watched it except for reruns of Gilmore Girls, though I hear that their original shows like Kyle XY and Greek are making in-roads among the non-family orientated hip. Based on the buzz, I tuned into the pilot episode of new original [...]

Old ‘Nuts In The Naked Bathroom

There’s one thing that’s always bothered me about the Peanuts comic strip, as exemplified by this one from yesterday (click to enlarge):

The only times you ever see Schroeder in the strip, he’s either 1) playing his piano or 2) the catcher on Charlie Brown’s baseball team. Which of these is not like the other? [...]

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