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Long Delayed Netflix Update

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

Well, life's been more than should be allowed crazy the last few months, but I've finally seen some movies.  Let's see where we stand. Moving On: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Susan) - Fine movie.  Have to have a heart of stone not to be at least a little touched. Sneakers (Mark) ...

Round One is Complete

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

First up, some reviews: Cat Ballou -- Normally, I hate musicals.  Detest them.  Nobody walks around in song describing what happened.  And to think this is the last visual evidence of Nat King Cole.  However, wasn't bad.  Barely 3 stars. The TV Set -- Every joke can be seen coming a mile ...

How does this happen?

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

Admittedly, I'm not high up on the maintain the lawn scale.  But I do try, and today's attempt involved edging the front lawn to the curb by the street.  How does a lawn rise out of the ground?  Look at that, the soil base is three inches higher than the ...

Netflix Update

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Sorry this has been slower than anticipated. The Movie Hero: Boring with a capital 'B'.  It's the story about how movies can be overly cliche, which it managed to be way too meta.  1 star. The Dish: Cute film, nothing objectionable.  4 stars.  Craig moves on. Moving On: Susannah - Dark Knight Mark - The ...

Count Chockula would have been more appopriate…

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

Sign at the entrance of the Acme Market, Wayne PA: Just because you have access to clipart does not mean you should use clipart. Movie update: Barbarians at the Gate: I forgot I had seen portions of this before, but only about 10 minutes, so now I can say I've been through the ...

Just another surreal night

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Some of you know that I moonlight doing game stats for the Michigan hockey team.  Part of that details getting the starting lineups, because we all know that first 45 seconds of a one hour game are really crucial.  One step in this process is to make copies of the ...

One of these things…

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

One of these things is not like the other. One of these things isn't the same.

Netflix update/Travels by Arbitrary Squares

Monday, February 9th, 2009

Some people collect countries visited.  Some people collect states.  Apparently, you can collect counties.  I gave it a try.  Although 21% is impressive, it's a long way to go. In non-geographical news, I watched a few more in the queue. Hamlet II - Really tough one to call here.  Great concept, and ...

Netflix Update #1

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

So far, two movies watched, both 4 stars: Dark Knight (Susannah): Only two complaints.  One, too violent.  I'm not a fan of violence.  Second, Christian Bale while playing Batman.  He sounded like our first ever constipated super hero. Grizzly Man (Greg): Had some reservations watching this, thinking that they would lionize Timothy ...

I cave yet again…

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

If it's really that important to you, I am on Facebook now. Movies picked so far in the Netflix Survivor Challenge: Susannah - Dark Knight Mark - The Shawshank Redemption Phil C. - The Verdict Jim M. - Frozen River Rogers - Barbarians at the Gate Snowed - Cat Ballou Chris - Hamlet II Perry - Man on Wire Greg ...