There’s two reasons to be in a Denny’s at 3AM ( Read more... )

In one of the strip malls I pass on my paper routes, there is a porn/adult novelty store called Adam and Eve. Nearby, there is a Christian bookstore called Agape.

So, there's that.

I don't know why it took me so long to link this, but here is michaelallroy's Top 25 albums of 2006 list. I've been listening to as many as I can and so far it's been a great launching pad for eye opening stuff. I'm now the last person on the internet to have an official obsession with The Hold Steady. Best rock lyrics I've heard in years ( Read more... )

Hacker pirates digitized me into a virus ( Read more... )

My ten favorite movies that could be labeled 2006 (either getting a national theatrical release by Dec 30th 2005, or if they didn't get one, a DVD release). Very limited by my resources and laziness ( Read more... )

Twas the night before christmas ( Read more... )

5 embarassing things, not counting my last five posts ( Read more... )

I often wake up still in the emotional grip of my last dream, but with the memory of it fading so quickly that I only remember it not making much sense, or maybe a person who was involved in it. But sometimes I’ll recall it with enough force that the sketchy details become engrossing mysteries ( Read more... )

It was good. There's a lot of cleverness and restraint in the script that makes up for familiar comic ideas and relationship dynamics. The juxtaposing of different characters (in particular the uncommon use of Tom Wilkinson and Blythe Danner as an older couple with the same problems and yearnings as the kids) adds dimension, and never falls into a ( Read more... )

Has anybody seen The Last Kiss? Want to give me an idea of if it's worth paying for gas to go to the downtown theater for? Is it somewhat unique or did you think it was kind of generic? I dunno, I got all free time this afternoon, so I may go anyways =-P Thanks for any info, tho.