So it seems that no matter what, every July 8 is going to be my birthday. Stupid calendar. I guess we have to mark the passing of time somehow. And since most everyone knows that I could care less about my birthday (or any other holidays and so forth), I thought it fun to poke […]
30 years ago my favorite movie of all time was released. I’m pissed that I had this whole recap and historical reference post planned, and the friggin NY Times went off and released their own earlier this week. Damn you newspapers with time and budgets and staff to complete it before I could. Just sucks […]
I’ll apologize right off for the rambling/incoherent nature of this post. It’s going to serve double-duty. Because in the span of a week I got to educate myself on the war in Afghanistan in two ways, both profound in their own right. It started with reading Sebastian Junger’s new book, War. Those who know my […]
Here is my column from two weeks ago. The games I reviewed were Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 and Green Day: Rock Band. Thanks to the Erie Newspapers for publishing, nice to see my column return to that market. […]
That’s right people, I sunk a boat. And it’s no game of Battleship, either. I polished off a whole boat of sushi last week. There is this great Asian restaurant that I love, and if you order enough sushi, they don’t bring it to you on a tray, they load it up onto a wooden […]
As most people know, I’ve had a soft spot for Goofy. I still drink out of a Goofy mug at work (one that I’ve had since high school in an homage to Clark Griswold’s Marty Moose mug), and I have a different Goofy mug that I will use at home on the weekends when having […]
After all the rumors and the stops and starts, Hollywood has indeed decided to proceed with ripping out the soul of my childhood once again. This time, they are moving ahead with the remake of Footloose. When they couldn’t find a director for the longest time, and when that Disney-fied little bubblegum boy Efron bailed […]
Tonight continues my season of concerts. So far this summer I have seen The National for a second time and also seen Frightened Rabbit. Next up is the Silversun Pickups, and as the young folks say, they rock. I’m not a big fan of DAR as a concert hall, because it removes the energy in […]
I’m a big Ricky Jay fan. If you don’t know him, I won’t hate you for it, but you’re shamed because by now you should. He’s been in a slew of good movies playing minor roles but always delivering the goods. Things is, he’s actually an amazingly accomplished card magician and raconteur. Yeah, I just […]
OK, so if you’re not in the graphic design world or have never had to decide which font to use when typing something out in Word or whatever, this may not be funny to you. But damnit, Kelly (who sent me this) and I think this is some funny stuff. Why? Because graphic folks have […]