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…what I've been up to, more or less…

7.5 The Life of David Gale / 12 Angry Men

Old and new commentaries on capital punishment. Neither one has any final answers, of course, but at least they both attempt to provoke a few...
9.5 Blazing Saddles

Re-watched this old classic recently with boo, we were bustin’ a gut… it’s so hard to find stuff this brilliant any more… must have single-handedly made the word “nigger” laughable and irrelevant… big comic book larger-than-life laughs on a budget that was...
9.5 Caprica

Although I must endure perpetual geek jokes from Andrea and Wren, I have enjoyed my obsession with the “reimagined” Battlestar Galactica. Most of the jokes involve some form of chanting “So Say We All”, the nationalistic and quasi-religious mantra of this brand of homo...
8.0 The Village

From the “red sleastacks” dept… This was fun. We went in with low expectations – thrillers are definitely not our film genre of choice – and spent the first few minutes snickering. But we were pulled into the yarn of this creepy fairytale and had a good time with it....
9.5 Massive Attack – Paradise Circus (Breakage’s Tight Rope remix)

I didn’t pick up on this song until TapTapRevenge gave it away for free, and I realized I already had it on my iPhone. 10 years ago, my friend Zac didn’t appreciate the subtleties of Massive Attack, instead preferring more-direct bands like slipknot and Powerman 5000 that got right to...
Vegan options in downtown Raleigh

I am so happy to be “working in the city”. One of my greatest delights is perusing the various and sundry gastronomical venues. Here’s a rundown…...
[9.5] LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring

Strongly recommended for anyone who’s ever enjoyed any of Tolkien’s work, this is the best example I’ve seen of a screen adaptation of an epic story, done...
9.0 Down With Love

Yeah, it’s a romantic comedy, but it has teeth. Lots of ‘em. And lots of kitchy nods to the great 50′s classics like The Seven Year Itch. Sleeper of the...

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Jun
12
2011

Fetch me that pitcher, farm boy…

Posted by m In Daily Life | 5 Comments »

Fetch me that pitcher, farm boy...

Last weekend: plowed a field, fenced the horse paddock, set up two gates, dug four hitching post holes. What a hard days’ work looks like…