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TN Fall Contest: OMFG, You Guys
October 1, 2007 – 2:15 PM | 9 Comments

(not a MSCL quote)
 
Eighteen percent already.In fourteen hours.That?Is awesome.
 
I’d love to talk more about your awesomeness, but I have to go measure the bathroom stalls down the hall to see if the tomato costume is …

Eastern Promises
October 1, 2007 – 1:41 AM | 19 Comments

I didn’t really want to see Eastern Promises. I didn’t absolutely not want to see it, but seriously, I have such Little Viggo fatigue right now — every single article and review about the movie …

The Brave One
September 12, 2007 – 10:25 PM | 33 Comments
<I>The Brave One</I>

Above: the only worthwhile aspect of the movie.

“I ate all my caps.” [pop!] “Ohhhh.”
August 30, 2007 – 11:52 PM | 10 Comments

Courtesy of H. Rock: “The Best of Ralph Wiggum” and “The Best of Ralph Wiggum II.”
Also, check out the guy who sings — and acts out — movie theme songs. Jaws is probably my favorite, …

Look upon my Roomba, ye mighties…and despair
August 23, 2007 – 11:15 AM | 69 Comments

Two things you might not know about Little Joe: 1) sometimes, when he’s startled, he jumps up and to the side with all four feet all Vanilla Joe “Stop! Collaborate and SPIDER!”; 2) other times, …

Celebrity Bull-Riding: The No-Seriously-ening
August 21, 2007 – 3:03 PM | 10 Comments

Okay, so the link was sort of a joke, at first, kind of, but I did DVR it. Did…anyone else? DVR it? C’maaaaahhhhn, admit it. Lord knows I’m not going to judge you; I’m still …

Day of the dead
August 16, 2007 – 9:30 PM | 10 Comments

I more or less spent the day with Elvis today — blogging three of his movies and watching the E! True Hollywood Story about his last days in between.I don’t really like his music, so …

Maxed Elvis Standing!
August 6, 2007 – 10:28 PM | 13 Comments

It’s a meetings-and-deadlines shit show at work for the next few days, so it’s bite-sized content until I can get my breath, but until then…
 
Maxed Out doesn’t break much ground as far as the documentary …

Still somewhat vacated
July 31, 2007 – 9:09 AM | 16 Comments

I would have updated more extensively yesterday, but Wing and I finally got a TV in our office and the time I’d planned to spend on an entry was devoted instead to staring at a …

The Scout
July 2, 2007 – 11:21 AM | 8 Comments

I’d read a number of reviews prior to seeing this movie which suggested that it suffers from a split personality — the first half is a genial, Albert-Brooks-flavored baseball movie, while the second half is …