Author Archives: patrickrhett

16. Maria Full of Grace I’m not sure what I think of this movie, I just saw it and I don’t think it lends itself to an immediate review like the last movie (or the next one). First impressions: acting … Continue reading →

15. The Chronicles of Riddick I started watching this already thinking of how I would make a little joke about it here and move on. Well, I won’t. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a good movie, but it is … Continue reading →

Well, that title is sure to get me a couple of Google hits. I’ll warn you now – if you have a sensitive constitution, stop here. So, last night The Lovely Wife noticed that our dog, Gretchen, was worrying her… … Continue reading →

14. Big Fish Funny, touching, could’ve been saccharine but wasn’t, really sweet and well done. Ended a little abruptly, I thought, but that’s a small fault. Also, in the interest of full disclosure, I must admit… I misted up a … Continue reading →

The Lovely Wife has hit spring break running and started posting on her blog again. SXSW is about to start and I don’t have a badge, a wristband, or any money, despite a concerted effort to make some this weekend. … Continue reading →

On my 41st day of not smoking, and on the verge of the first SXSW where you can’t smoke inside anywhere, I bring you SMOKERS’ STYLE, 5 pages of graphics from Japan. I think they’re all supposed to be anti-smoking … Continue reading →

Dearest Mother, While my other brothers are busy giving you flowers and dinners and cards and grandchildren, I will give you this, a post on my blog. It may not seem like much in comparison to their gifts, but if … Continue reading →

Well, that house is gone. Last night we went through the 5 stages of grief in about 3 hours and this morning we are ready to move on. More or less. We are stil considering seeding the house with termites … Continue reading →

I knew it! I knew things were going too well. Today I got word of a “red flag”, an issue that could stand between us and our house. I won’t go into details right now, suffice it to say that … Continue reading →

So we made an offer and it was accepted. Keep your fingers crossed that we can work through all the weird closing stuff in the next several weeks. If all goes well… we have a house. This is all happening … Continue reading →