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I think I’m going to consolidate my movie posts to Tuesday. Nacho Libre – Nachooooooooooooooooooo! It’s fun. It’s rediculous. It seems like it wanders aimlessly from time to time like every idea was thrown in and not enough of them were taken out again, but I don’t care. It was fun! Scary Movie 3 – […]

If the dryer’s heat is working but things aren’t getting dry it’s because exhaust air isn’t working. I knew that already. That’s bad because it can start fires, but that didn’t happen here and I knew that too. The likely culprit was the flex hose (knew that) but amazingly there was very little in there. […]

Waiting… – This movie wanted to be Clerks, it even says so in the credits. It has the same problem for me that Road Trip had. The characters themselves were fun but their interaction fell flat. There were a few good scenes but mostly it was a lot of not caring. Wallace & Gromit in […]

They weren’t forgettable, I was just forgetful. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – This goes high on the list of good adaptations of books to movies. The look was great, the characters came out very well, and nothing was left out. One thing I would have added was a […]

I’d have it play the music from Frogger.

The Break Up – An unromantic darkish comedy that I think works fairly well. I bought the relationship as feeling real which is what lets this work. It’s also the only film I’ve liked Jennifer Aniston in. The Omen (the original) – I haven’t seen the new one yet, but I wanted to refresh on […]

It’s the new Weird Al song, but it’s not going to be on the next album (which will appear some time this year). You can get it at this mirror or just go to weirdal.com.

I know you’re all wondering what’s for dessert. Hello Dolly Cake is the answer.

“Crimes Against Nature: How George W. Bush and His Corporate Pals Are Plundering the Country and Hijacking Our Democracy” is the full title and it’s the best non-fiction book I’ve read in a long time. Though at times it seems like conspiracy theory ramblings. I’m aware of a lot of environmental problems over the years, […]

I brought in a set of magnetic poetry to work since it wouldn’t work on the new stainless steel fridge at home. It looked like a few people made use of it before it disappeared today. My guess is that the poems turned naughty as can happen and someone complained. I saw a few that […]