October 31, 2005
Say It Ain't So, Gerard
Is International Superstar Gerard Depardieu really going to hang it up for good? Will we be denied the long awaited sequel to the romantic comedy classic Green Card? Stay tuned. He might have been drinking....City of Villains
Oh Boy! Look what came out last week! Bryan bought me a copy of City of Heroes last Christmas. I spent a good six months playing it a few hours a day. It was ridiculous. I was hooked on it. I finally got the game out of my system. Now this comes along. I’d have to say there’s about...October 30, 2005
Flaming Lips Webcast
SBC’s Blueroom website is offering a free live webcast from the Vegoose concert this weekend. Tonight is the last night. The Flaming Lips are on at 8:00 CST and (Bryan’s favorite) Arcade Fire performs at 11:00 CST....Stephen Chow
I’m becoming a big fan of Stephen Chow. I had never heard of the guy before Kung Fu Hustle. I rented Shaolin Soccer last night. Wow! This guy is the real deal. Hustle and Soccer are two of the most entertaining movies i’ve seen this year. His style is part Bruce Lee, part Three Stooges, and part comic book-like...October 29, 2005
Badger Weekend 2005
Last weekend the fellas and I traveled to Madison to see the Badgers beat Purdue. Here are a few of the pictures I took. We met up with Jim and his crew for a little pre-game tailgating. No scandal here - when you’ve gotta go, you’ve gotta go. At the Essen Haus - The woman sitting next to Les was...October 27, 2005
Ali G and the NBA on TNT
Have you seen these spots yet?!! They’re awesome! Kudos to TNT for the great commercials. You can check them out here....October 27, 2005 10:38 PM | 2 Comments
What happened to scary movies?
I love the zombies, but other than that I’m not a big horror fan. Connie likes the horror stuff, so I’ve brought home a few rentals over the past couple of weeks, Wes Craven’s Cursed, The Ring 2, and White Noise. To my surprise, based on these selections, horror movies just aren’t scary anymore. I hate the cheap jolts...October 26, 2005
Halloween Memories
While watching the annual airing of It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (which still holds its charm, mostly because of its familiarity) last night, it dawned on me that Halloween is this weekend. Last year, I went with Connie to her friend’s party as a pirate. It was awesome. I had a cool hat and sword. Unfortunately, there will...October 24, 2005
Website
Bryan is an internet super genius. He put together this fantastic new website for Atlas. Thanks Bryan. You’re number one, everyone else is number two or lower....October 19, 2005
Rome
I’ve been DVRing HBO’s newest series Rome for the last eight weeks. Les has raved about the show since the beginning. Last night I finally gave it a look. It’s fantastic! Between the beheadings, crucifixions, animal sacrifices, slashed throats, and spears through the chest, Rome doesn’t pull any punches. It’s a pretty brutal show. Not to mention the sex. If...October 16, 2005
Walker Texas Ranger
I’ve been watching football this afternoon. During just about every commercial break CBS has been running ads for their movie tonight featuring Chuck Norris as Walker Texas Ranger. In these ads they tout this as the return of “America’s favorite hero”. When the hell did Walker become our nation’s favorite hero? Where was I when this happened? If Walker is...October 13, 2005
Leno, still not funny.
While flipping through channels tonight I caught a little bit of Leno. They were doing a knock-off of SNL’s Celebrity Jeopardy skit. Leno was the host. They had a guy doing George Bush, Fred Willard as himself and Gilbert Gottfried as Harriet Miers, Gottfried’s impression of Miers consisted of talking like he usually does and holding a pained look on...October 12, 2005
One of my favorite scenes from The Graduate
I noticed that The Graduate was playing this morning on AMC, so I sat down to watch a bit of it. It’s so great, isn’t it? There are so many parts of the movie that just make me smile. One of my favorite scenes is this one. INT. BRADDOCK KITCHEN - DAY It is early morning. We see a swinging...October 12, 2005 9:46 AM | 1 Comments
Imagine me holding the bottom of my palms together up to my face and blowing into them as one would to a trumpet.
That’s what I think of this year’s American League Championship Series - White Sox vs. Angels. Guess what? I’m not going to watch it, because I just couldn’t care less. Yeah, yeah…I know. I may seem like a bit of a hypocrite. I’m all for parity in professional sports, but the Yankees are my one exception. Thanks for screwing me...October 11, 2005
A New Bond
Goodbye Pierce Brosnan, Hello Daniel Craig. I love the idea of James Bond. He’s cool, suave, and dangerous. He drives the best cars, has the coolest gadgets and beds more than his share of beautiful exotic women. Not to mention, he saves the world on a regular basis. When I was young, my friends wanted to be policemen, firemen, basketball...October 9, 2005
My Place
Dan claimed his second Mr. RISK title a couple of months ago. On Friday night, he defended it. Bryan, Dan, Les, Andy and I played our first Mr. RISK game since Buchs Weekend. It was a highly tense battle. Pacts were made, then broken. Tempers flared. It got ugly. At one point the competition was halted in order to settle...October 4, 2005
Peavy
Playoff baseball is here! It’s an exciting time of the year, isn’t it? Not so much for San Diego Padres ace pitcher Jake Peavy. The Padres limped into the playoffs with a 82-80 record as champions of the National League West. Their first round playoff match up is against the Cardinals, baseball’s best team. The two teams met this afternoon...Mothly Archives
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