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No time for a big post, so here are a few diversions. Choose your life. I’ll warn you up front, it’s not going to be good. From the same source, Become Republican. Yes, it’s tounge-in-cheek. How to make pop-art portraits. … Continue reading →

10. Best in Show This is funny and you know it, because you’ve seen it a couple of times before, just like me.

9. City of God What an excellent movie. Beautifully filmed, great story. It opened my eyes to a part of the world that I knew next to nothing about. Just go see it. Even the DVD extra documentary was better … Continue reading →

8. Wedding Crashers I started watching this days ago and wasn’t feeling it. I finished it today and it got better. There were some funny bits, but I don’t see what all the fuss was about.

7. Enron – The Smartest Guys in the Room Another Saturday morning on the couch with the wife, this time with slightly more serious fare. At 110 minutes, this doc makes quick work of some aspects of the story, but … Continue reading →

Yesterday was the first full day of my step-down to Camel Ultra Lights, and it went much better than I expected… until this morning. I guess the drop in my body’s nicotine level took a day to register, because this … Continue reading →

6. Groundhog Day Saturday morning on the couch with The Lovely Wife, a cup of coffee and a good movie. Good times. I’ve probably seen this a dozen times, and if you haven’t you’re a blood sausage eating moron.

So I’m quitting smoking again. I’ve now been a smoker for 20 of my near 36 years, and enough is enough. Also, they quit distributing my brand in the US, so my favorite smokes are now unavailable. I started the … Continue reading →

I’ve added a page where I intend to list every movie I see in 2006 and give my impression of it in a couple of sentences. No in-depth reviews here, but you’ll know if I liked it or not, and … Continue reading →