My sister, bless her heart, keeps trying to get me books that she thinks I'll like. Now, to her credit, she got this one half-right. Looking at the title, the Guinness part is right up my alley. In the beer world, no pint gets me close to sheer happiness than...
If there is one thing the wife can attest to, it's my unbridled love for animal humor in movies. And nothing says this as strongly as when Ricky Bobby tried to face his fear and get back behind the wheel of a car.The wife was lucky when we went to...
My recent column reviewing Final Fantasy XII-2 and NFL Blitz. Thanks to the Ventura County Star for publishing.
Erik Larson has not disappointed me as a writer yet, so digesting every word of his newest book was an easy assignment for me. He's written fantastic books like Thunderstruck and Devil in the White City, so if you haven't read those yet you just haven't experienced compelling writing that...
The last time a trailer for a TV show got me jacked up and excited, I was crushed by the massively disappointing "The Killing." And I'm not going back to it, either. But that was a show on AMC, and before that, I cannot remember the last time a major...
I shall certainly celebrate the return of Ferris Bueller this Super Bowl weekend, even if there's about 30 ways I would make that commercial better and more like the movie while continuing to celebrate a car I will never want to own. But it does give me the opportunity to...
My recent column reviewing The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 — Defiance. Thanks to the Seattle Times for publishing.
It's been a crazy week at work, so we didn't make much progress on the AFI movie challenge this week. Early in the week when my eyes felt like they would burst into flames and my hands were blazing with early onset arthritis, we did take a break to knock...
While we're a week away from the Super Bowl, we're deep in the heart of Premier League soccer, which brings me immense joy. Tottenham is hanging in there for a solid Champions League spot, while down in Spain the heated rivals Real Madrid and Barcelona are staging some epic moments...
My recent column reviewing Star Wars: The Old Republic and Trine 2. Thanks to Newsday and North Jersey for publishing.
Last week the wife came home and made a bold declaration. "There's tons of movies ... really good ones ... that I need to see." See, she'll watch hours of Real Housewives and tons of useless crap on Bravo and E! but when I've mentioned watching movies of actual value,...
We've been in our house now for 2-and-a-half years. 32 months. I love it here, but one of the few things that drives me nuts about this place, is that the former occupants of this abode have neglected ... still ... to forward their mail to their current address. The...