Monthly Archives: April 2014

Cheap Thrills: Acquired taste

This gruesome comedy-thriller is mostly an updated, modernized version of Hitchcock’s “Man From the South” but has double the protagonists and antagonists. I think it also throws in our contemporary obsession with photographing every damned thing every damned few minutes. … Continue reading

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Still got it with Legos, Chapter 2

Another trip to the Lego Store where I discovered there’s a brick shortage. I blame the movie but the manager said it was due to the holidays. Still I managed to get some cool pieces in a cup with my … Continue reading

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The Grand Budapest Hotel: Must See

The mention of a Wes Anderson movie tends to make my eyes roll. Admittedly this opinion is based upon outdated information/experience. I saw Rushmore in theaters and the director’s name was put into my mental “do not bother” database. The Royal Tenenbaums … Continue reading

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Max Brooks

Last week was the “reading” and signing event with Max Brooks. You probably know him as the author of World War Z. To me he’s also the super talented son of comedy legend Mel Brooks and actress extraordinaire Anne Bancroft. Super … Continue reading

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I’m mostly back! Stupid cold and cold weather!

As my current head cold recedes, I am gradually catching up on a slew of crap I had to put aside. Any celebration over 15 years with Apple has been postponed when matters both financial and health normalize. Let me clarify … Continue reading

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Music rule with my car

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Fifteen years at Apple today

I wish it were under better health circumstances. Somedays I swear, my body conspires against me, especially when I have bitchin’ plans, often during weeks with a great concert on the horizon. This week was obviously no exception, I was … Continue reading

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New record reached in running

I have now run 200 miles this year, putting my daily pace slightly over two miles/day and I’m about 30 percent over where I was last year.

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You can blame me for Marquette’s sorry performance

When I was in Las Vegas last year, I spent 10 bucks on a futures bet on the Warriors (they will never be the Golden Eagles to me) to win the NCAA championship to be played tonight between Connecticut and … Continue reading

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Muppets Most Wanted: Must See

On the surface, this appears to be a remake of The Great Muppet Caper. With Hollywood being too scared to do anything original, rebooting everything from a successful franchise’s past is the norm. The easiest example is the steaming turd Star Trek … Continue reading

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Great weekend for the Stars, namely Brett Ritchie

Friday was a tough night to beat but my team did it again today, clobbering the (Cleveland) Monsters and strengthening their post-season position. I want to rewind to the previous game. The bigger deal was Mike Modano coming to say … Continue reading

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To the rescue!

My friend’s daughter showing off the super heroine attire I gave her (the Chucks and shirt). It’s good to see girls feeling comfortable with being fans and promoting their heroines!

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Sorry about the recent outages, key issue may have been solved

Picayune has had intermittent freak outs and then I took it down to put a different piece of hardware to experiment with. The good news is it wasn’t hardware nor the core OS, what a relief! The bad news is I had to … Continue reading

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Mike Modano

Last night I got to meet the man who will be known as the highest-scoring US-born player for many years. Much like Martin Brodeur, Mike Modano now holds or has unified two records held by two great individuals: Goals were Joey Mullen … Continue reading

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Belated gift to my friend Flynn

Sporting a shirt dedicated to his favorite roleplaying game and the one I used to work on for GDW. It’s an uber geeky joke poking fun at Traveller’s odd rule with character generation in which your PC can be killed … Continue reading

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