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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Hank Hill would hate this dolphin too
You know the episode. If you haven’t seen it, go to Netflix streaming: third season, number 16. Dislike the show? Give this one a try, what happens is pretty damned funny and it was written by Jon Vitti, a key … Continue reading
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Happy Birthday Ben & Mark M!
The former has the day off so I’m sure he’s celebrating at home with his lovely wife and cool kid. The latter is living it up in Belgium with his neat-o sister. I sure hope Mark M gets to sample … Continue reading
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Spider-Man
Checking back to the archives of my site, it seems Somara hasn’t made anything fancy since Wyatt’s birthday. Trust me, she has been baking cakes much to the struggle of my diet and exercise. This week Somara received a request … Continue reading
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Beyond the Black Rainbow: Acquired Taste
My first review under the new post-2011 system that lacks a rating of Must See. Up front I will say, I enjoyed Beyond and it made my heart race a bit. Somara was bored. By most accounts this would make … Continue reading
We have a piper down…
…I repeat, a piper is down. ‘S all right, he’s just pissed.
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Running distance doubled!
It does seem that my site is slowly evolving into a running journal but I’ve been hitting all these landmarks recently. Yesterday’s involved mileage or distance. Last year, I was cruising along decently, getting closer to Jose’s house, aka destination … Continue reading
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Jose & Nancy are coming to my party!
Mondays are always hard but Jose made my day by sharing his personal good news, then topped it off with his announcement to be in Austin during my birthday weekend! Last year, his in-laws canceled our plans. This year he … Continue reading
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Brave: Worth Seeing
Pixar is back on track but not entirely with this release. After the painfully dreadful, insipid Cars 2 (I have sat through this so I can rightfully complain), things could only get better…yes and no. Yes, because the cast/voices fit the characters … Continue reading
iPhone accessories I like (keep reading, there’s a contest)
Online T-shirt seller celebrated last week’s solstice by having a 30% off sale. The discount was enough to tempt me into getting a handset for those long calls I actually have on my iPhone. This probably amplifies my status as … Continue reading
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Happy 60th Birthday Tim Finn
As per his song “Haul Away,” Tim was born in Te Awamutu and has gone on to international fame. Maybe not as much renown as his younger brother Neil but Tim does have a larger body of work; Chip scored … Continue reading
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Zim Strikes Back
Hot Topic’s favorite incompetent alien invader gets a proper mashup with Star Wars. I love the added detail of GIRbacca’s zipper and seam being visible.
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Summer of 1982 VII: The Thing
We are now hitting the home stretch to the official Summer of 1982 celebration with the only remake in the batch. As I’ve often confessed, Horror isn’t a strong topic for me so I recruited some local expertise from Jarrett, … Continue reading
2002: Tree Planting
Today and tomorrow the weather will have temperatures exceeding 100F/40C. It appears that matters are going to crest and Austin then returns to the equally awful mid 90F/upper 30C climate. This isn’t exactly a shock other than the heat wave … Continue reading
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Life in Hell ends
Matt Groening finally threw in the towel on what launched his career; Back in the Eighties someone gave James L. Brooks a poster version of “Nine Ways to Die in LA” as a gift, thus inspiring the Oscar® winning producer/director … Continue reading
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Beth Wood
Never underestimate the power of random flyers! But let me start off with answering the question that must be ringing in my minds regarding the lovely and talented singer Beth Wood. Some of you may recognize her name because we … Continue reading
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