I've known of the term "jump the shark" for many years, but I never recognized it as it happened.  As a kid, I saw Fonzie jump the shark and thought it was cool, but I had no inkling of how iconic that would be ( Read more... )

I had no idea getting contacts was going to be such an upgrade in my vision.  I have a mild prescription and planned to delay contacts until I was correcting my vision 24/7, but glasses pissed me off so much that I made the switch early.  What a great decision that was ( Read more... )

Hey there, in case anyone reads this.  I haven't updated in a long time, so I'm going to rectify this right now and talk about what I've been up to politically ( Read more... )

True Grit ( Read more... )

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2011/1/17/936916/-The-Reverend-Dr.-Martin-Luther-King-Jr.-You-Dont-See-on-TV

After watching the Dems and the GOP play good cop/bad cop on the economy, y'all are probably as sick of Obama and the Dems as I am (while you just expect the GOP to be stupid/evil).

Still, this is worth paying attention to.http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/

Mexican President Felipe Calderon launched his drug war in 2006, and it has now claimed more than 30,000 lives, more than 3000 in Ciudad Juarez alone just this year. Nationwide, 475 police officers have been killed just this year.

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We had an ultra mellow Thanksgiving as my wife and I stayed home.  We went for a nice stroll between football games, and at 5:30PM went to a nearly empty grocery store which was about to close and grabbed lobster tails and sparkling grape cider.  The tails steamed in 5 minutes, making Thanksgiving a holiday where we spent less time cooking dinner ( Read more... )

This movie has the tone of Ocean's 11, but with a lot more explosions.  That should tell you all you need to know about whether you will enjoy this film.