The Simpsons Movie delivers exactly what you would expect from the family’s first foray onto the big screen. It plays just like one big episode, one big, really good episode. Homer dooms the town as he creates a huge toxic mess, yet in the end it’s up to him to save the day. And the [...]
28Jul07
Saturday Stuff
J.J.’s Trek: A bit of news came out this week about the casting for the reboot of the Star Trek movie franchise. It’s been known for a while now that J.J. Abrams, mastermind behind Alias and the best of the Mission: Impossible movies, is taking over the series with his eye on a December 2008 [...]
27Jul07
WORST. WEEK. EVER.
Things started out great, then God promptly gave me a cosmic bitch-slap to put me in my place. Not only am I serving on a jury (Is there anything worse than jury duty? The Answer: NO) but this morning, while showering at the gym, I felt something crunch beneath my foot. I don’t wear flip-flops [...]
I’ve Geeked Out on a previous Gerry Anderson TV show a few months ago with Space: 1999. This show, from 1967, was shot in Anderson’s trademark Super-Marionation, which many U.S. fans remember most from Thunderbirds. Captain Scarlet focuses on Spectrum, Earth’s security agency. During a mission to Mars, to Spectrum agents accidentally destroy an ancient [...]
23Jul07
Democrats Talk Marriage
CNN and YouTube sponsored a major presidential debate tonight, moderate by Anderson Cooper. Gay Marriage was high on the list of topics YouTube users brought to the table. With a couple of questions answered on the topic, Congressman Kucinich, Sen. Dodd, Gov. Richardson and Sen. Obama all seem to be for equal protection under the [...]
22Jul07
Pretty in Pink
I played for the NYCGHA’s Pink Panthers last night as a last-minute sub to help them round out their bench. It was a good time. I haven’t played in D8 in a couple months and it was great to play with some friends I haven’t been on the ice with of late. And, I got [...]
22Jul07
Hairspray
And here is my favorite movie of the summer, at least so far. I am a fan of both the original 1988 John Waters film and the 2002 Broadway musical based on that movie. I’m happy to report the movie musical version is fantastic. Produced by the team responsible for the Oscar-winning Chicago, Hairspray takes [...]
