Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull |
I am just getting too jaded? Or too old? This is a decent movie, no doubt about it, but it ultimately failed to engage my interest. There's great chase scenes, great hand-to-hand combat, and a mystica...
Posted by Jeff on Fri, 23 May 2008 10:49:00 PST |
Barack Obama, Sioux Falls, SD, May 16, 2008 |
The Democratic candidate displayed his usual oratorical prowess during an evening rally at the Arena. 7000 attended, which is a good-sized crowd for South Dakota in the primary season. He hammered h...
Posted by Jeff on Sun, 18 May 2008 10:31:00 PST |
Jon Favreau/Marvel Comics, "Iron Man" |
This is a fair telling of the origin of one of Marvel's first Avengers....a bit too long on backstory, and short on action, though. The special effects sequences are good though, we just need more! ...
Posted by Jeff on Sun, 04 May 2008 08:21:00 PST |
Stephen King, "The Stand" |
This novel is almost as epic in scope as the the 7-part "Dark Tower" series, also by King. As a stand-alone volume, it is hefty, running 1,100 pages. Once again Mr King came up with an incredible st...
Posted by Jeff on Thu, 01 May 2008 11:23:00 PST |
Pete Dexter, "Deadwood" |
I met Pete Dexter in Sioux Falls last fall, and scored an autographed copy of this book. This man, a son of the Dakotas, is a novelist par excellence! (For you Sioux Falls folks, Dexter’s stepd...
Posted by Jeff on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:37:00 PST |
Farewell, Arthur C. Clarke |
I heard the news today of the death of science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke. Let’s take a moment and medidate on this man’s incredible ideas and imagination. "2001: A Space Odyssey," ...
Posted by Jeff on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 05:32:00 PST |
Stephen King, The Dark Tower, Volumes I-VII |
"Any sufficiently advanced technology will be indistiguishable from magic." --Arthur C. Clarke "In the beginning was the Wor...
Posted by Jeff on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:09:00 PST |
Robin Meade, Supertart |
Robin Meade, of CNN's Headline News, last night completed her transition from journalist to skank. All this week, she has not been performing her anchor duties, but has been "on assignment." And what...
Posted by Jeff on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:48:00 PST |
"Cloverfield" |
If you imagine a variant telling of Frank Darabont's "The Mist," that would just about nail this one. "Cloverfield" takes place in New York City, as opposed to "The Mist"'s small town setting. It al...
Posted by Jeff on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:47:00 PST |
The Journal of George Fox |
George Fox (1624-1691) was the founder of Quakerism. At the age of nineteen, he had a spiritual crisis, because his friends wanted him to get drunk at a fair, so he started wandering around the count...
Posted by Jeff on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 07:15:00 PST |
