What I’ve Watched: Up in the Air

The Campbell holiday tradition continues, this time with the Clooney flick, Up in the Air. Like most movie-going folk, I am a Clooney fan. He’s fantastic when being in serious films like “Good Night and Good Luck” or when hamming it up and being a good sport like in “Oceans Eleven.” This movie has a […]

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What I’ve Read: The Omnivore’s Dilemma

Better than just about any documentary on how your food is prepared and where it comes from, The Omnivore’s Dilemma kills it in the first third of the book, giving detailed accounts to the uses and ubiquitousness of America’s greatest food source, corn. I am a foodie and I care a lot about where my […]

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What I’ve Watched: Sherlock Holmes

A Campbell family Christmas tradition is to go check out movies. It started many moons ago and continues to this day, and it’s always fun to talk to my mom and plot which movies we shall conquer during my stint back in Louisville. First up, Sherlock Holmes with the always-cool Robert Downey, Jr. There was […]

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Idiot of the Day VII

To the person, or persons, who work at the SunTrust Bank branch on Georgia Avenue up near my house. I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that replacing that lightbulb might just be a good idea if you are hoping to retain customers and not give off the impression that you are a […]

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My Childhood, Bastardized

The fun never stops in Hollywood, at least when it comes to killing my childhood. I had heard about this remake awhile back, but somehow thought nothing of it when I never heard further and thought maybe, just maybe, the studio people had figured out that remaking a movie that was a definitive 80s classic […]

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Playoffs? Play..Playoffs?!?!

Yes, if you’ve never seen Jim Mora’s rant (yeah, he was a real head coach in the NFL, scary), then make sure you check it out. He might have been just a tad crazy. Well, it’s time for the playoffs … in fantasy football. If you don’t know what fantasy football is (and I had […]

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My Childhood, Bastardized (OK, not really)

I’ve not shied away from complaining to anyone who will listen that Hollywood just never ceases to try and re-imagine, reboot and retool every damn thing they can if it means they don’t have to use a creative bone in their collective body. For those of you who don’t know, they’re at it again … […]

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