So did you have a good Thanksgiving? Family and food for me was fine. I am blessed and have plenty to be thankful for… and the Cowboys won, so everybody was happy. Plus I didn’t screw up the rice broccoli casserole so that’s always a good thing since it’s the only part of the meal that I was responsible for. Anyway… on with the thoughts:
I have graphite shaft golf clubs. Over the past 6 months or so, my shots have all started to slice…even my irons. I think I am swinging too fast and I plan on experimenting with that idea this weekend with a trip to the driving range.
Leftover turkey tastes good in a bun with dressing and rice broccoli. (see above)
My body didn’t know that I was trying to go to sleep early last night to get up for Fox. I am so glad that I can go home and take nap.
I used to shop on the Friday after Thanksgiving. No thank you, today.
I love the Transporter movies. Call it a guilty pleasure. Going to see Transporter3 this weekend.
As I get older, my tastes get more expensive. Is that a good thing?
An old girlfriend found me on Facebook and said, “You’re everywhere!” I’m wasn’t sure how to respond to her.
I need to get in the Christmas spirit. So far I have no motivation to put up the lights or decorations.
Cowboys look good with Romo. Look like crap without him.
Tried a monochromatic design today with the solid brown shirt and solid tan tie. Meh…
My company has these raffles each week for Cowboys or Mavericks tickets. Even though I feel like I am going to win, I never do. I have decided my only choice is to bribe the exec assistant with muffins until I win.
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”
-Helen Keller
*Tuesday Quote Of The Week.
Ahhh, Helen Keller. Sure everybody knows the story right? I remember watching the Miracle Worker movie on TV starring Patty Duke and I had some random recollections of her being some sort of author and humanitarian but did you know…
She was the first deaf blind person to graduate from college?
She could read in Braille in English, French, German and Latin.
She helped found the ACLU.
Keller is credited with having introduced the Akita (dog) to the United States
Okay, let me save you some time here. If you haven’t seen Hellboy 1 then you don’t want to see Hellboy 2. AND if you didn’t like Hellboy 1 then you won’t like Hellboy 2 which I think is actually a little bit better than 1. Anybody left? Alright let’s go:
On your mark...get set...
SHORT PLOT SYNOPSIS: Hellboy is a comic book character. Despite his name, he is actually one of the good guys. He was found by the Nazis as a baby and later adopted by the US gov’t. He now works for the United States Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. There is a flashback in the film to where we hear his adoptive father tell a story about a magical mechanical army used by the elves in the olden times to win the war against the humans. The elves realized that the power was too great and their king separated the crown that controlled the army and gave a piece to humans to keep it safe. Back to the present, the prince elf decides that the humans deserve to die and gathers the pieces of the crown and Hellboy is brought in to determine what happened… and yadda yadda yadda…save mankind.
OVERALL: Okay, as if you couldn’t tell I like comic book movies (plus I have 2 teenage boys, you think they’re gonna watch Michael Clayton with me?) but here’s why I was excited about this film. It was directed by Guillermo del Toro, the same guy that directed the first Hellboy and the brilliant Pan’s Labyrinth, which if you haven’t seen, you should. This guy has an imagination that is crazy. The creatures in this movie look like they escaped from a twisted fun house mirror and he has a sense of humor as well. Ron Perman (from TV’s Beauty and the Beast) plays Hellboy and he brings a sense of decency and lightheartedness to the film as well.
RENT IT? If you like these kinds of movies, then yes, rent it. Just for the sheer spectacle and creativity that comes from del Toro’s twisted mind.
UPDATE: There are reports of a 3rd movie since this one made over $150 mil but del Toro is currently working on The Hobbit. According to the Rotten Tomatoes website, del Toro says, “I think we would all come back to do a third Hellboy, if they can wait for me to get out of Middle-earth, but we don’t know. Ron may want to do it sooner, but I certainly know where we’re going with the movie on the third one.”
Maybe it’s because I was out of town but this week has seemed longer than most.
I could live in California. I didn’t say I could afford it. I just said I could handle it. I love seeing the mountains in the distance while driving down the 405.
Had my first In-N-Out burger. Ehh. Kinda bland. Give me Steak N Shake.
Now on that same note, I had my first PinkBerry. Delicious. Come to Dallas. Please. I’ll pay for it.
With my critical on-air eye, I was anxious to see what sort of morning news shows, Los Angeles would have to offer. Once again, eh. I was already aware of the local FOX show on LA. And their version of Tim Ryan is not nearly as funny as ours and comes off as a crotchety old guy trying too hard to be hip. Almost everybody has “HD” helicopters and the traffic folks were concentrating on the fires during the early part of the week. The weather people talkextremelyfastcuzthere’ssomanydifferentareasinLA. I mean, I can talk fast and but these folks were ripping thru the temps and the forecast and I realized that they had to because of the extreme differences in elevation that could vary the temperatures as much as 20-30 degrees within a relatively small area.
I am supposed to get a massage today. It’s been over a year. I may be in pain afterward.
Both boys made As and Bs this past trimester. Proud parent I am. Although I know they could get all As if they tried a bit harder.
If we give the automakers 25 billion, are we simply putting off the inevitable?
A good paperback novel is 10 times better than a magazine on an airplane.
Mamma Mia, the movie annoyed me and I like musicals. (It was playing on the plane)
Wish I could have gone to see Coldplay this week. I am currently trying to learn their songs on the piano. Some are easy and some are surprisingly tricky.
People are enjoying my DVD reviews. I almost stopped doing them. It’s amazing what a little bit a feedback will do for you.
“Mmmm-mmm-mmm-mmm” by the Crash Test Dummies was voted one of the dumbest songs that ever made the top 20 but I still really like it.
I made some soup 2 months ago and froze part of it waiting for winter. I think I’ll try to thaw it out this weekend. Mmmm-mmm-mmmm-mmm.
Go Frogs. Beat Air Force. Might go to the game on Saturday.
This week’s interesting link is called ChangeThis. Interesting ideas provided in an interesting way. Todd says check it out and have good weekend.
Just got back in from the West Coast. Boy that sounds so… sophisticated? Jet-setting? Important? Not me? Eh, travelling’s overrated, especially when you have to pay $6 for a sandwich. Which was actually pretty good. (Asian Chicken Salad- thank you very much American Airlines).
I was out in beautiful Irvine, CA for a 3-day training event on a new computer software platform my company is about to deploy. I did end up seeing the new James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace (I give it a B. Not as good as the first one but still action packed). Went to Anaheim one night and ate at Downtown Disney - Ralph Brennen’s Jazz Kitchen. Really good although when I asked the waitress if I could have a bandaid because my new shoes were rubbing a blister on my foot, she came back and said they would have to call a nurse and have me fill out paper work.
Um, no thanks. I’ll just stuff this cocktail napkin down my shoe.
All in all, a good time although my sleep schedule was really messed up. I would go to bed at 10 (that’s midnight here in the center of the country) and wake up at 3am Pacific time. Watch one hour of tv and then fall back asleep. Very bizarre. Almost as bizarre as today’s video offering.
All right, it’s time for that summer blockbuster that really wasn’t, “The Incredibe Hulk!”
I really loved the tv version of the “The Incredible Hulk” starring the late great Bill Bixby. That whole origin story that featured him trying to change a flat tire in the pouring rain and cutting his hand and hulking out is simply awesome as is the sad piano song at the end. That song was one of the first songs I played at a piano recital when I was taking lessons as a wee lad. My point is, this movie version is much truer to the TV show and more importantly, the comic book than that Ang Lee monstrosisity that came out in 2003.
SHORT PLOT SYNOPSIS:We see the back story during the opening credits and then find out that Bruce Banner is in South America communicating with a scientist via encrypted email trying to find out a way to cure his gamma radiation poisoning. The Army discovers him and chases ensue and Banner hulks out and etc etc. Oh, and a super soldier gets similar dose of gamma radiation and kinda becomes an evil version of the Hulk.
OVERALL:You like comic book movies? Feel ripped off by the first Hulk? Then you will like this movie. Not too scary for kids. Really good special effects.
Hey, it’s Friday and it feels like I have been working for 12 days straight. Hey, I have… since I was out of town over the weekend. Anyway, here are a few thoughts to start your weekend with…
It feels really good to get 8 hours of asleep. That may be old man talk but I am in a much better mood when I gets my sleep on.
Was thinking about the movie Cloverfield the other day and how much I enjoyed watching it and bingo bango, I ended up buying it on Ebay. That was 2 weeks ago. Still haven’t watched it again.
Did watch Gary Unmarried for the first time this week. It’s a sitcom on CBS starring the very funny Jay Mohr who used to be on SNL.
Also stars my Hollywood girlfriend Paula Marshall. Yeah…the show is not so funny. But has potential if they let Jay loose.
Bell High School got into the playoffs by a coin flip. Doesn’t quite seem fair does it? Oh well. Go Blue Raiders!
For the first time in my life, I am very deliberately watching what I eat. No late night snacks. No ice cream. No empty calories. Now if I could just get my stupid metabolism to kick in a little faster.
Do not get to DFW airport any later than 40 minutes if you have bags to check. Trust me, I found out the hard way. Parked my car with an hour to go at the Parking Spot. On a full bus headed to the terminal, I was the last one dropped off. Went up to the AA counter with my 2 bags (my carryon had my corp video camera-ain’t no way that sucker is going to be checked) and got my boarding pass thru the automated terminal. Went up to the counter to check my bag and I was “late” by one minute. Seriously? That’s a beating.
The wind whipping off the lake in Chicago is freaking cold. Holy crap.
The House of Blues in Chicago has an awesome private club. Oh yeah. I could get used to that.
Facial hair poll is over. Depends on the face came in first with Makes a Man Look Manly a close second. I’m keeping mine for now. Unless any girl tells me she doesn’t like it. Then, I will happily shave it off.
I have mixed feelings about all this government bailout crap. Especially now with the car companies. Nobody truly knows what would happen if certain companies were allowed to fail.
I noticed that Chip has more cameras to play with on the Dallas Freeways. And I also know he still wishes he were in a chopper.
I think I need to budget for a maid. Nobody come over to my house anytime soon. It’s 3 guys living together. Need I say more?
I’ve been looking for a manly drink to drink around manly man so I wouldn’t feel stupid ordering my old standby: “Appletini, easy on the tini”. I think I found it on Saturday. Grey Goose on the rocks with 2 limes. Was pretty smoooooth.
JQuantum of Solace opens today. And I plan on seeing it tonight. Love me some James Bond.
My grandmother fell and broke her hip. It’s like a rite of passsage for senior citizens. Now she can get into the over 80 club without getting id’d. (Get better Nanny!)
close second. I’m keeping mine for now. Unless any girl tells me she doesn’t like it. Then, I will happily shave it off.
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