From the “Chapter 19 and holding” department… Inspired by the Gillespie family experiment, the Behrns-Millers have all decided to belatedly crank through all that is Harry Potter. We’re knee-deep in the books, audio books, and movies. Maybe they’re to blame for...
I’ve always enjoyed bands that obviously put their time in composing their music. It’s especially fun when the sound can be converted to something that sounds more live. Bands like The Strokes and Collective Soul and The The sound like guitar bands, but they are so tight and...
If you haven’t seen it, and you can tolerate a bit of violence, go check it out....
This show is a gift to guys in midlife crisis that dream every day about how they can put it all out there. Jessie’s girl rolled him over first, man she loved him. Hurts so good. You wicked tease writers, start cranking out your goodness...
Now that I added a “books” category I might as well fill it up a bit with stuff I’ve read recently. A rich look at life in a different time, Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations will take you to a place where class really mattered, but then shows that regardless, people are...
I’ll say it again, Woody Allen has made my life richer. He’s on track again with this one. It springboards off an intellectual discussion around a table at a NYC restaurant with Wallace Shawn proposing that “we run to comedies to hide from our deep dark fears of our...
This game always seems to be billed as second-in-line, because it’s a two-player spin-off of Puerto Rico, a bigger game. But dig around for it, it’s worth it – a great game of skill building up your base city before time runs out. There are lots of ways to achieve that goal...
“Every minute counts.” This film is “stop and smell the roses” taken to a literal level. The characters are great – like in Extract, normal folks blown up just a little bit, each one given enough depth so you can warm up to them. You’ll have to be able to...
My brother Dan and I had a spirited debate as I drove back from Winston-Salem today. He started off with a conspiracy theory (here we go…) that Obama was “briefed” for two days shortly after being elected, and was somehow influenced to do a 180 on all his campaign promises. I was lit and ready to go at it…
