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Monthly Archives: November 2015
The New Teen Titans at 35
Thirty-five years ago The New Teen Titans was DC’s answer to Marvel’s wildly successful Uncanny X-Men. Surprisingly, it worked despite the two sets of characters being very different: Marvel’s team were outlaw mutants the world despised and DC’s Titans were mostly sidekicks trying to get … Continue reading
Spectre: Must See*
Daniel Craig gets to finish out on a high note unlike three previous Bonds with Spectre, trust me, Day Another Day and A View to a Kill…PU! License Revoked was just mediocre because the franchise was struggling on numerous levels. Now when I first heard … Continue reading
Belated 10th birthday to Cannon
Good gravy, the youngest Bridge kid has hit double digits! I hope his Arabic is better than mine…oh, wait, it is since I only know the English words derived from this language: algebra, algorithm…umm, that’s it. Cannon is getting bigger. … Continue reading
Happy birthday Ben(Derr)!
Has it been two years? Ugh! Well, in order for this little guy to get older, I must do the same. He just gets cuter with the ladies. Glad to see how Ben is progressing. At dinner the other night, … Continue reading
Nelson visits Austin!
Nelson! College buddy number two finally sees me in my adopted home! Hoser was number one way back in 1997. Doc doesn’t count because he lived/more here before I did, so that negates his past visits. What was the occasion? … Continue reading
Happy 13th anniversary Kim and Rad!
The wedding that preceded ours happened today. It’s one of the few weekends I wouldn’t mine being trapped in a brief Groundhog Day loop re-enjoying. Sure, Austin weather is great this time of year compared to the Midwest, where I think … Continue reading
Sean Astin
Since Wiz-World Austin ’15 was rather disappointing, I remembered the cool encounter I had last year that I forgot to post…Samwise himself! Meanwhile, the people who run Wiz-World promised to work harder next year so it will be in late … Continue reading
The Last Witch Hunter: Time Killer
The name Vin Diesel is not synonymous with quality or thoughtful but he’s been involved with two well-loved franchises: Riddick (my favorite) and those Fast & Furious car fetish movies; word has it he’ll return to revive XXX. This mediocre … Continue reading
Recuperating…but still a little tired
Need to catch up on some laundry, namely the new underwear I bought from MeUndies.com. I like American Apparel but given their financial predicament, I wanted to give this company a try as a way to pay back the podcast Stuff … Continue reading
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Darn rain, weather and a cold coming on, maybe
For the month of November I managed to get every Friday off, too bad there’s only four this year. We lucked out again to receive three extra days from work and since I already scored Black Friday (as per tradition), … Continue reading
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I guess I will take the ice…
While I was about to have my car inspected at the dealership, I took in a quick breakfast with the nearby MacDo’s (the French slang term). There wasn’t a Starbucks for my caffeine fix nor any other coffee shop, so … Continue reading
Chris Sarandon
Wiz World Austin wasn’t a complete bust this year. Sure it was only over two days. Sure Peter Weller bailed with three days to go (his VIP package was Somara’s birthday present). Sure all the major vendors skipped because it’s … Continue reading
Bridge of Spies: Worth seeing
Spielberg and Hanks team up again to cover the next chapter of American History after Saving Private Cliché back in 1998, aka Spielberg Americanizes Stalingrad. Still, I couldn’t help but like this little Thriller-Drama-History puff piece despite it playing fast and loose … Continue reading