Category: entertainment
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reading frenzy
I’ve spent the past two-three, maybe four – okay, it might be five weeks now that I’ve been reading Ian Toll’s Pacific Crucible: War At Sea In The Pacific, 1941-1942. In my defense, it’s a thick book. Also, I can’t stop myself from paging back to re-read parts of it. It’s possibly the most engaging… Read.
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Gravity
I checked out Gravity from the library while we were visiting yesterday morning. When My Darling B saw what I had in my hands, she said something like, “Don’t say I didn’t try to warn you,” or she sing-songed, “You’ll be sorr-eee!” or something like that. She thought it was a stinker after the first… Read.
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Pomplamoose
I had tickets to see Pomplamoose last week at the High Noon Saloon. Too bad I didn’t get to see them. Oh, I was there. I got there early. Tickets said the show started at eight, so I was there with my hot date at seven-thirty hoping to score a couple of seats close to… Read.
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dead and buried … and undead
One of my coworkers takes great delight in singing less-than-likeable pop songs from the 70’s. The asshole. I’m a live-and-let-live kind of guy, but I could cheerfully curb-stomp anyone who thinks it’s hilarious to resurrect pop songs that should have remained dead and buried. That’s one breach of etiquette that ought to be punishable with… Read.
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yelp 2
As I was saying, the biggest thrill of the weekend was the mouse that came up the stairs into the kitchen on Sunday night. I’m not kidding. Don’t judge us. We don’t get out much. The little booger literally came up the stairs. I’m almost one-hundred percent certain of this because when I turned on… Read.
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Guardians Of The Galaxy
If you don’t see any other movie this summer, you’ve got to see Guardians Of The Galaxy. Why? Talking raccoon, that’s why. Talking tree, that’s why. Soundtrack that includes Hooked On A Feeling, the oogah-chagah version by Blue Swede. That’s why. Full disclosure: The soundtrack also includes Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes,… Read.
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Word Crimes
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Under The Dome
We watched four episodes of Under The Dome before we lost interest. It’s not a terrible show, but it’s not a good one. I admit I was predisposed to hate it. I thought the idea was dumb when I read the review of the Stephen King book it’s based on: A dome appears over a… Read.
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Man Of Steel
We checked out the Superman reboot Man Of Steel and watched it the other day. What can I say about Superman that hasn’t been said a million times already? For starters, I peed more than I’ve ever peed during a movie before, so thank goodness I waited to see it on DVD because I would have missed… Read.
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Wool
I’ve been reading a story called Wool, a hugely popular sci-fi novel set in a distopian future when the surface of the planet is so toxic that people have to live underground in hermetically sealed silos because one deep breath of the outside air makes people double over in stomach-cramping pain and die. The story opens… Read.
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