Man, I stink at this "blogging" thing/My favorite death |
So I have so much to write about, Election night in Grant Park, Obama's new job, my holiday season, my new project, an early Xmas visit to Phoenix, staying in Chicago/being away from my immediate fami...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:46:00 GMT |
WE INTERRUPT THIS PERIOD OF BLOG SLACK TO BRING YOU A MESSAGE TO PLAY NICE |
Long 'un today. Pull up an ottoman.
Sooo, some friends of mine got themselves involved in a little blog war recently.
As in, a friend posted some feelings and reactions a...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:24:00 GMT |
Movie I Previously Had No Interest In But Seed Under Duress: The Diving Bell & the Butterfly |
This is a movie I just didn't want to see.It wasn't my choice, I was tired after a long day of working, then working some more somewhere else. I saw the subject matter: wheelchair, guy in hospital. ...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT |
Movies I’ve Seed: Lawrence of Arabia |
I saw this on the big screen in a revival. To see it any other way would be heresy at worst and frustrating at best. Peter O'Toole breaks your heart with his eyes. You've never seen eyes like that,...
Posted by on Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:39:00 GMT |
Movies I Done Seed, 2: 49 Up |
42 Up
2005
Think of 2001. Think of where you imagined then you'd be in 7 years. Where you'd imagine you'd be living, what you'd have accomplished by then, y...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:15:00 GMT |
Movies I Done Seed 1: The Wizard of Auzz |
Let's start off with a classic, shall we? I couldn't help fleshing it out a bit, sorry.
The Wizard of Oz
Rated G, 1939
A couple of years ago, I went to a sing-along screening of this downtown wi...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:32:00 GMT |
Bent over a table by Flixster, as I suspected |
So my worst suspicions about Flixster were confirmed.
I got an email from the lovely Lisa Fairman apologizing for the emails Flixster had been sending in her name, asking friends to r...
Posted by on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:44:00 GMT |
One of those shocking, non-shocking things |
Can't say I really expected George Carlin to make it to 71, and if you knew anything about his lifestyle, I'm sure you wouldn't have either.But I still gasped this morning when I heard the news he'd p...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jun 2008 06:36:00 GMT |
I read books in bed. And what happens in bed, stays in bed. |
So I was invited onto Goodreads and I decided to actually put a few books up there, but the whole thing exhausts me. I hate rating books, simplifying it as if I'm a teacher grading my experience...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 19:45:00 GMT |
Tonys! Tonis! Tonés! |
My reactions to "Homosexual Superbowl," as it's known around Musical Theater circles. You know, the Tony Awards. Which are essentially meaningless except when they get...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:33:00 GMT |
