Author: Chuck
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One week
Thanks to everybody who sent e-mails with sympathy and offers to help; it was appreciated. My daddy’s condition is improving very slowly, but he and the rest of the family are going to be pretty miserable until he gets out of the hospital. As for me, I’m 3000 miles away, unable to do anything except…
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Georgia
Just in case anyone’s trying to get a hold of me or wondering why I’m not responding to e-mails: I’m in Georgia for a family emergency. No sign at the moment how long I’m going to stay down here. Until I get back, I’m going to have spotty internet access and even less frequent periods…
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I’m the Juggernaut, bitch!
This week’s summer blockbuster movie was X-Men 3: The Last Stand. I’ll give it this much: it could have been worse. Much worse. Actually, as far as summer action movies based on comic books go, it wasn’t all that bad. If I were the grading type, I’d give it a solid B. The problem, of…
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Pancakes of Doom
I made pancakes from scratch, all by myself. And I’m proud of them way out of proportion to the amount of effort it took. But still, they were damn good. And when you spend so much time in front of computers, making things that are purely digital (even on productive days), getting up only to…
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Who knew blasphemy could be so dull?
Even though I was warned against it on this very weblog, I still went to see The DaVinci Code Wednesday night. Whoo! Somebody light a match! I didn’t expect it to be good, but I didn’t expect it to be the cinematic equivalent of lying under the chair of a guy who’s delivering a two-and-a-half-hour-long,…
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Prophet 5, Fans 0
The season finale of “Alias” aired on Monday night. There’s a bit where Sydney tells her evil mom, “I’m through being disappointed by you.” That pretty much sums it up. I’m not going to bother with spoilers, since it’s already up for free on ABC’s website, and anyone who’s still interested in this show has…
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Rogue Wave
Tonight I went with Mac to see Poseidon. Yes, on purpose. The reviews will tell you this movie is bad, and the reviews will be correct. It’s really tough to recommend; we had fun watching it, but we had to put a lot of effort into it. I think even if I were Joel Siegel…
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Caffeine Free
Through the Scientific Process I have made a discovery: drinking caffeine makes me stay awake. Shocking yes, but science doesn’t lie. I thought I’d developed a tolerance to caffeine what with the years of swilling Coke non-stop. When I got sick a while back, I swore allegiance to the Un-Cola for a while, and ended…
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Your Summer Movie Season, Should You Choose to Accept It
A few weeks ago I was outside the multiplex of the soulless Glendale Galleria, looking at the posters of coming attractions and dreading the summer. Larry the Cable Guy was still playing, and the movies we had to look forward to were The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift and Garfield 2. I was thinking…
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Superman Complains
I woke up this morning just after having a dream where I was Superman. But it wasn’t a cool dream, where I was flying, or beating up on people, or kickin’ it with Lois or Lana, or even bringing back souvenirs for my pal Jimmy Olsen. No, in my dream it was: “Oh HELL no…
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Greedo Went Out Like a Chump
Lucasfilm finally caved and are releasing the original Star Wars movies on DVD. I’m not happy about it. Reason one: I already bought the “special editions.” I don’t like the special editions. The Death Star did not blow up with a shock wave. Either time. And as the Star Wars.com main page reminds us now,…
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Two for the Road
Holy shit! Seriously! I’m not used to having a television show, even the ones I like, make me genuinely feel anything, but this one hit me like a ton of bricks. Like, just sitting there like I’d just been in a car accident or something, with that feeling of dread in the pit of my…