Books, music, movies and television
We’ve seen two of the big summer movies so far this summer. We caught Ratatouille while in Monterey with Jered and Blake. This is the 8th film by Pixar and is one of their best. It’s a story about a rat who has dreams of being a chef and his trials to become who he wants to be. Along the way, he forges a friendship with Rémy, who is a garbage boy turned chef in a Paris restaurant...
!(floatRight)1!:2 I frequent some tech sites (“slashdot”:3, “digg”:4) and there seems to be group of whiners that complain about some television shows that I happen to like — specifically, “Lost”:2 and “Battlestar Galactica”:5. The complaints, usually, are along the lines of Battlestar started off very well. It was fascinating. It was science...
It seems like every time I’ve turned on the news lately anytime the Iraq is mentioned the phrase “sectarian violence” follows. I’ve been paying attention to the news and media for a while now and I’ve never heard the phrase used with any kind of repetition in the past. I wasn’t totally sure what “sectarian” meant so I looked it up —...
!(floatLeft) “Sean”:2 and “Airic”:3 went with me to go see “Serenity”:1 on Friday. The movie was fantastic. I was a fan of the short-lived series “Firefly”:4 and as such I had been looking forward to this movie for quite a while. As Sean put it, “This is what Star Wars could have been” while discussing the dialogue and characters. I...
!(floatRight)1!:2 Since the remade “Battlestar Galactica”:3 debuted in 2004, I’ve been hooked on this show. I was chomping at the bit for the series to happen (strangely, it came out first in the UK so I downloaded copies well before it came out on the “SciFi channel”:4) and loved it to death. I eagerly awaited season 2 to start less than 15 weeks ago. Season 2...
My father-in-law (Col. Army Ret.) speaks very highly of Gen. Honore who is heading up the military operations in the gulf region. His recomendation was enough for me, but Gen. Honore took it to the next level by telling reporters that they were “stuck on stupid” after they were asking about the response to hurricane Rita vs. hurricane Katrina. Audio is “here(You’re stuck...
I read Bernard Goldberg's book, "100 People Screwing Up America (and Al Franken is #37)" on the flight back from Orem to Sacramento. It was a fun read.
Sean, Airic, Kateri and I went to see "The Island" Friday night...
!(floatRight)2!:1 I picked up “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”:1 at Sam’s Club on Saturday around noon. We came home and I planted my butt on the couch to start reading. I took a break for dinner and stopped for the night around 11PM. I woke up early Sunday morning and finished the book off. It’s been a long while since I read a book non-stop and it felt really...
!(floatLeft)2!:1 I just finished reading “The Da Vinci code(The Da Vinci Code)”:1 yesterday. I have mixed feelings about the book. On the one hand, it’s a wild ride and has plenty of twists and turns to keep you guessing until the end. On the other hand, the hostility toward the Catholic church is troubling to me. I don’t want to spoil it for anyone, but the essential gist...
Recent Comments