I was torn about how to spend my Saturday. Should I roll down to 4th Ave, have a bite at Bison Witches, have too much to drink and injure my shoulder again playing air hockey at the Surly Wench? Should I finally see Burn Before Reading, before it leaves theaters? Should I visit my mother? Stay in and read, finally start The Master and Margarita ( Read more... )

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A vast, secret criminal organization with operatives using names like Mr. White and Mr. Green. Could it be... SPECTRE? Dare one dream?

October 10th and 11th. The Loft.

The Big Wii-Bowski, a celebration of the 10th anniversary of one of my favorite films, The Big Lebowski. There will be wii-bowling on the big screen, games and prizes, to say nothing of the film itself ( Read more... )

I should get up and get ready for a BBBQ (the extra B is for BYOBB (that extra B is a typo)), but Alma has other plans. She thinks we should continue to sit and watch movies.


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Thursday I took a vacation day, so that I could watch The Animation Show 4 at The Loft. My observation that these shows grow less entertaining with each passing year continues to hold. The flaw this year is that the works are almost all exceedingly short... to say nothing of the repeated appearance of a claymation crotch-biter, and I assure you ( Read more... )

I suppose I should finally put some real interests in my user info. It's been four years and the joke might be rather stale. It also breaks any meme program that harvests one's interests to arrive at its results.

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Those who know me know that I am a fan of steampunk and its cousin, pulp adventure. The former has not been much represented in film, and never particularly well-done. The abortion now known as LXG I submit as exhibit A- truly a wasted opportunity. Pulp movies have enjoyed more success, and are more often attempted, though with one exception ( Read more... )

Odd result, since I got a 9 in Ninja traits and only 7 in Cowboy. Then again, lots of western plots are cribbed from samurai stories.

Your result for The Cowboy-Ninja-Pirate-Knight Test...
a Man with No Name

You scored 9 Honor, 4 Justice, 7 Adventure, and 3 Individuality!


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An acquaintance asked me to attend a benefit show at the Surly Wench tonight. I went, though he and his compatriots were nowhere to be found; perhaps it was one of his funny jokes. In any case, the show was mostly dudes doing stripteases. Not being a raging homophobe, I drank my beer and concentrated on other things. A man offered to buy me a ( Read more... )