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Beer and a Movie
My Halloween USA store is in Bolingbrook, which is far too close to Hollywood Blvd for me not to go.
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The Revenge of Sir Guy Nounverber of Somewhereville
I find it more than a little annoying that I sometimes think of quotations from obscure places which google refuses to identify for me. In particular, recently I was looking for one (of still unknown source) which went: "If you really want to hurt a man, take something he loves from him, and give it back... broken. I have no idea where this is ( Read more... ) -
Netflix Nexus
Tonight I discovered that when you devote an evening to watching a few movies and unwinding a bit, you really need to really look at which movies you watch in what order. I will present my review of each of the three I watched tonight in the order in which I watched them.
The first movie I watched was Speed Racer. I always liked the animated ( Read more... ) -
Netflix Nexus
A while back I rented The Bride with White Hair and The Bride with White Hair II from netflix.
Back in the day, I used to have a Jetfire transformer toy. What does this have to do with the movie in question? More than you might think, at least to me. To start with, I always loved cartoons. In the fall of 1985, I discovered ( Read more... ) -
Good karma, and hospitals.
I just got done washing my hands.
There is a reason for the significance of this actually, though I may try your patience as I ramble towards an explanation. Perhaps I should begin by saying that I have been trying to walk a lot more recently. Two days ago, I backpacked my groceries from the grocers, even though my car was fully ( Read more... ) -
Confucious say: Man with one chopstick go hungry
I have some disturbing thoughts on unemployment and the economy.
Ok, maybe it wasn't actually Confucious, but the phrase is relevant to my thoughts today. Many Americans are unemployed, and many more are either under employed or simply not covered by unemployment benefits. It is obviously not simple to find a blanket reason for this, but I ( Read more... ) -
Watchmen
Yesterday a large group of us went to see Watchmen in a quite unusual theater.
Hollywood Blvd is an interesting venue, not entirely dissimilar to the Vic theater's Brew & View, though a bit more expensive. Ok, maybe it's more like the Brew & View always wanted to be when it grew up, because there was a menu which included real food, and ( Read more... ) -
Netflix Nexus
Recently I Netflix'd the 1955 movie “The Prisoner.”
As a small child, I recall hearing that Alec Guinness was just fine when I complained “Obi-Wan just teleported, he didn't die.” This lead my inquisitive young mind to fathom what other movies he might have been in. Of course, having learned that movies were “just like TV” (read: not ( Read more... ) -
Triumphant return
It has been over a year since my virgin blog post, and I have been inspired to give it another shot, if only as a sort of diary to sort out my own thoughts Doogie Howser style. As such, there may not be much in the way of theme or consistency for some time, so Absit Invidia but keep your comments to yourself unless you know me (in which ( Read more... ) -
That's Life
A great many of my friends at work are leaving, either now or in the near future. This information has forced me to examine my own feelings on the subject, and I am left with an unenviable conclusion: I honestly do not enjoy my work any more. I realize that this is hardly a unique condition, but I am amazed how very many people contend with this ( Read more... )
