July 2007
14 posts
June 2007
34 posts
Famous Musician Goes "Street"
I read about this earlier in the year and forgot about it until someone brought it back up again today. Interesting story about one of the world’s greatest violinist who agrees to perform in a D.C. subway for the morning masses hurrying to work. Will they stop to listen? Will he be appreciated? Will he make some coin? Realize this guy commands something like $1000 tickets to his shows and...
Recommendation: Full Frontal Nerdity
A friend I met online years ago got me reading the webcomic PvP and I read it pretty religiously every day. Cracks me up. Scott Kurtz, creator of PvP recommended the comic PS238, which I have the first three of in trade paperback. Frickin hilarious. And now I do the same for you in recommending creator of PS238, Aaron Williams’ webcomic Full Frontal Nerdity to you. It’s basically four...
Nothing to see here...
Been kind of a slow week. I had gawd-awful migraines so bad Monday and Tuesday that I called in sick. Then I took on a new trainee these last three days making for longer days at work. Haven’t seen or heard anything too interesting in the news to get me typing, though I read today that this Thursday’s STUDIO 60 will be the last episode. It’s been cancelled. Bummer. We bought a...
“You didn’t beat me. You ignored the rules of engagement. In a fair fight,...”
– Will Turner (Orlando Bloom from “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl”)
“That’s not much incentive for me to fight fair, then, is it?”
– Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp from “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl”)
Review: Pirates of the Caribbean 3
Wow that blows. I was disappointed in the second film too but I laughed more there than here. The plot in “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End” gets even more convoluted and ridiculous to the point you aren’t sure you’re following it correctly but at this point you don’t care either. You’re just waiting for a whimsical quip from Johnny Depp (Captain...
Sad But True
Called in sick today, so I got the chance to sit and watch some cartoons this morning with the kids. First up was Hanna-Babera’s WACKY RACES on Boomerang. And I noticed something I never saw as a kid in the seveties, something kids today maybe still aren’t catching… Dick Dastardly and Muttley should have won every single one of those races! I’m not kidding. Each half hour...
Guest Post: Brother Brian
My brother Brian sent me this reply regarding my peanut butter post, enjoy. “…as I was reading your blogs, I have to correct that I do like Skippy Natural and I think your Simply Jif is not healthier than regular Jif. It may have less sugar but it has partially and other hydrogenated stuff which are the worse fats and much more unhealthy than sugar. I’d prefer natural fats and...
Convention Report
Only made it to the Sunday afternoon portion of Heroes Con, the comic book convention held every year here in Charlotte. Hosted by Shelton Drum, owner of local comic shop Heroes Aren’t Hard to Find, the Heroes Con is strictly focused on the comic book industry. Rarely will you ever find Hollywood in attendence. This one is about writers, artists, publishers, dealers and their ilk. Great mix...
Review: Fantastic Four 2
Marvel Comics made into movies continues it’s trend of improving upon the original with the sequel. FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER was much better than the first film, which I was greatly underwhelmed with. Better story, better script, better f/x all around this time. Sure the dialogue could have used some punching up in places and their were a few inconsistent characterizations,...
Kool-Aid Man Come Back!
Jessica and I loved this flavor of Kool-Aid from back in the 90’s called Purplesaurus Rex. It was reportedly a combination of their Grape and Lemonade flavors. And they no longer make it… and haven’t for years. But the two of us still recall it fondly and wish Kool-Aid would start making it again. And for some odd reason I typed it into Google today and found a whole backstory...
Recommendation: World War Hulk #1
Can you believe it’s taken me this long to bring up comic books here? Anyway, WORLD WAR HULK #1 came out Wednesday and it’s a doozy. Here’s the set-up for this miniseries: Mr. Fantastic, Iron Man, Dr. Strange and Black Bolt all decdied the Earth would be safer without the Hulk. So they shot him into space toward a lifelss but hospitable planet. Too bad he ended up on a horrific...
"Simply" hard to find
So the wife brings home some new peanut butter some months ago. Healthier peanut butter. Great, not that I knew peanut butter was unhealthy in the first place. It’s called Simply Jif. Again great, I grew up and to this day eat Jif. And this Simply Jif says it has 33% Less Sugar and Low Sodium. Ingredients are peanuts. Well almost, it also contains 2% or less of partially hydrogenated...
Urban Myth?
Does shaving really increase hair growth? I mean you hear that… get your hair cut and it’ll grown longer, right? In high school my facial hair grew in verrryyy slowly and patchy. So people told me to shave more often and it would grow in thicker and fuller. Well I’m hear to tell you - twenty years later - bull hockey (this is a family-friendly column). The only thing that has...
New (old) Photos
To the left is a link to my new FLICKR account. I uploaded a couple pictures off the laptop and then a bunch I’ve had on my cameraphone, so some are a year or so old. But that means you’ve never seen them… so click on thru people if you have any interest in seeing my family.
So-So Movie Review
I finally made it to Spider-Man 3. I know, I know, what took a comic book geek like me so long to make it to the theter for this one? The fact that it had three villains is the honest answer. Hearing that and seeing the previews just made me feel like BATMAN FOREVER redux… and we all know how bad that was. Personally I blame that movie for the fall of the Batman film franchise (though reborn...
Television Review
They have assembled a great cast but they just can’t seem to nail down a script or storyline that engages me. I’m talking about STARGATE SG-1 on the Sci-Fi Channel. I admit I came late to the series. I think they had been on for 6 or 7 seasons before Ben Browder joined the cast. That’s when I started watching as I was a huge fan of the series FARSCAPE that Ben had starred in....
Childhood Revisited
When I was a kid I had the Fisher Price Little People Village. It was awesome with a fire station, barber shop, movie theater and walkway over the traffic light. My older brother had the airport and my younger brother the children’s hospital. And we played with them a lot. Now we had bought a couple of the newer Little People pieces for my daughter (the house, park and zoo) and she loved...
“I must say the impatience the organization displayed in both encouraging me to...”
– Daunte Culpepper
Football Fantasizing
So I’ve been checking in at a couple websites everyday for my Pro Football fix. I’ve been into Fantasy Football for almost ten years now and in a keeper league for 4 years, going on our fifth. I want to keep up with the news of whats going on right now with minicamps and rookie development. But its mostly court dates and impending charges or ongoing investigations. I understand a lot...
Turn Over Rate
So we all went to Applebee’s last night for dinner. It’s Jordan’s favorite place to go out to eat, she loves their mozzarella sticks. And once again we had a new waiter. Now we go out to this same Applebee’s restaurant at least once a month and every single time we have had a different waiter/waitress going back as far as I can remember living here, which is going on 5...
Something Sappy
I gotta tell you, I’ve got it alright. I have a decent job I like (but don’t love) and make decent money to pay for a house (that needs some work), two cars (one nice and one that’s paid off), and enough left over to buy stuff without worrying too much. But I’ve always lacked direction. I’ve bounced around every couple years from job to job. Hell I’ve moved more...
Recommended Television
ER is on hiatus but you need to watch that Thursday night 10pm spot. NBC has moved STUDIO 60 there and I love this show. It’s smart, funny, dramatic and has a stellar cast. Aaron Sorkin, creator and writer of THE WEST WING and the late lamented SPORTS NIGHT has taken on the sketch comedy world and he’s brilliant. Sure he’s liberal as all hell and takes constant pot-shots at the...
Too Many Tic Tacs
So we are walking out of the movie Knocked Up (great flick with a veritable who’s who cast of “where do I know him/her from”) when my wife offers me some Tic Tacs. I haven’t had Tic Tacs in years and Orange was never my favorite but okay. So I popped four in my mouth. It was pleasant for a minute, running them over my tongue, remembering the flavor from my youth and that...