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Last year I got super obsessed with the Survivorman series, which features a somewhat whiny, absolutely Canadian, but ever-resourceful Les Stroud in the seemingly unlikely role of lone survivor. And he really seems to be alone, too. At least he makes a big deal about carrying his cameras and such. Good TV, I tell you. […]

Last night the Wife and I took in Children of Men (via Amazon Unbox, no less — pretty sweet). I loved it big time, but then I’m a sucker for distopian visions of the near future.
My favorite part is when everyone stops fighting when they see the first new born in 18 years, letting the […]

I get the feeling that this summer’s going to be a scorcher. That lovely Spring weather I was gushing about has faded into something more akin to a preheating blast furnace.
Saturday evening the Wife and I gathered with our mothers and various other posse members to take in a tooth-and-nail roller derby bout with our […]

OK, so… Sorry about the week an a half of nothing.
I wish I could say I’ve been busy or some such, but no. Mostly I’ve been sitting around alternately playing World of Warcraft and watching TV while trying out new and exciting pillow-influenced hair styles.
I suppose I can blast out a short list of tidbits […]

I have no idea how long it’s been since I’ve actually been to work. I had the week between Christmas and New Year’s scheduled for vacation, but then we had the Hanukkah Blizzard of 2006 so things got started off really early for me. I guess two weeks ago today was the last time I […]

A categorized list:
Hip Hop

Hi-Tek’s Hi-Teknology and Hi-Teknology 2: The Chip are (as the kids say) dope.
VH1’s Hip Hop Honors were great this year. They have been every year.
Dave Chapelle’s Block Party is well worth watching.
Cody Chesnutt was on Block Party. His album called The Headphone Masterpiece makes a good go at living up to its […]

It must have been sometime in college that I read Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Suskind. It easily became one of my all-time favorite novels. (It also makes an interesting gift for a new girlfriend, FYI. There are two copies in my house… I’m just sayin’…)
Now I see that they’re releasing a […]

Today the software team took off early to go see Snakes on a Plane. (It’s quite the phenomenon on teh internets, y’know…)
Much to our surprise, the movie had a 73% on Rotten Tomatoes before we left. (It’s down to 63% now, which is stull hugely high for this particular motion picture.)
It really is a fun, […]