Archive for February, 2009
Beyond the Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
Since I didn’t have my copy of Breaking Dawn available when I wrapped up Eclipse, I took a diversion to Beyond the Chocolate War by Robert Cormier.
I read The Chocolate War back in middle school (or maybe early high school) and loved it. The story of standing up for your beliefs, even when it means [...]
Friday Geek Out: Night of the Comet
Here’s a massive dose of 80s flashback for Friday: 1984’s Night of the Comet. I didn’t see this in the theater, but did see it a lot when it hit cable TV. It’s one of the funniest end-of-the-world movies ever. A friend recently brought this movie up (thanks, Stephen) and I had to put it [...]
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Boldly Go… Again
Back in November I wrote about working on a Star Trek sweepstakes and I’ve just completed another one. The prizes are great: a trip for four to the Star Trek movie premiere in May and a trip for four to take a Zero Gravity flight. Pretty cool, right? If you’d like to enter, go to [...]
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Democrats, Republicans & the Economy
I admit I don’t understand the ebb and flow of the economy very well. Example: I was surprised yesterday, on a day when the Federal Reserve Chairman said the current crisis good extend into 2010, that the stock market went up. Huh?
I’m baffled by some of the reaction to President Obama’s speech last night. To [...]
Spider-Man… The Musical
Category: Theatre | tagged Broadway, musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
It’s been rumored for a while, but today it became official.
A Spider-Man musical is on the way. Titled Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is set to begin preview at the Hilton Theatre January 16, 2010 with opening night on February 18, 2010.
Julie Taymor, director of The Lion King on Broadway and the film Across The [...]
Hockey Hunks
It’s been a while since I posted any hockey hotness, but I’ve come upon a couple of worthy new entries in the category.
First up a drawing by J. Bone, a Toronto-based illustrator and comic book artist. He runs a blog called Man’s Adventure (which is occasionally NSFW so be forewarned) where he posts some of [...]
2009 Oscars
Just a few things to say on last night’s ceremony (which, in all honesty, I watched most of in about a half hour this morning courtesy of the DVRs fast-forward):
My favorite three moments:
Milk screenwriter Dustin Lance Black said this at the end of this acceptance speech for Best Original Screenplay: “But most of all, [...]
“Spectacular!” Random TV Thoughts
Category: TV | tagged 90210, Battlestar Galactica, Burn Notice, Dollhouse, Food Network, Kyle XY, Smallville, Spectacular!, Supernatural, Ugly Betty
The mention in Entertainment Weekly prompted me to tune in for Nickelodeon’s attempt to stake a claim in Disney’s High School Musical space. The result was the movie Spectacular!, which premiered last Monday.
Who knew there could be so much drama around show choir? Actually, I’m not sure I was even aware of something called show [...]
Ordinals Fall to Moose, Changes Come for Spring
Category: Hockey | tagged Ordinals, Ronnie's Ice, Saturday Night Scrimmage
In an odd bit of scheduling I only had one league game last night with the Ordinals squaring off against the Moose. While our offense played a pretty decent game last night, defensively we had issues and ended up losing 12-5. Four of those goals came in the game’s opening minutes and I think if [...]
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A Josh & Josh Shout Out
After my workout this morning I hopped on the computer to see what was new out in the blogsphere. My RSS reader showed that Josh & Josh posted a new batch of exclusive podcast interviews, including one with[title of show] co-star and co-creator Hunter Bell.
I immediately went to check it out. You see, a few [...]
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