I Have Opinions About Things
One of the advantages to spending so much time in waiting rooms and on planes (all right, the only advantage) is that it gives me a chance to get caught up on my readin’ and watchin’. And now, bloggin’. Nacho Libre I’m baffled as to why this one is getting walloped in the reviews. It’s…
Go Team Venture!
“The Venture Brothers” is definitely the best show on [adult swim], and if it weren’t for “Lost,” it’d be the best show on TV right now. I got the Season One DVDs when I was down in Georgia, and I’ve finally gotten around to watching the extra features. The extra features aren’t enough to buy…
Top 10 Signs That Superman in “Superman Returns” Might Be Gay
BBC News: Superman ‘not gay’ says director Defamer.com’s painful beating-the-joke-into-the-ground 10. Wears blue tights, red cape, boots, and codpiece. 9. Flies around Earth at super-speed, turns back time long enough to deliver snappier comeback to Lex Luthor than earlier “Oh no you didn’t, bitch!” 8. Starts a weblog. 7. Outfits Fortress of Solitude with hot…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…