May 29 2009
I recently saw the original 1958 version of The Fly for the first time and enjoyed it as a top-notch B-movie. Then I tried to watch David Cronenberg’s 1986 remake and lost interest after Jeff Goldblum’s face began to fill with pus. Cronenberg’s propensity for the gruesome does nothing for me. Even [...]
May 26 2009
A friend took this photo of her car today.
From Miscellaneous
Is it officially summer yet?
May 26 2009
The following trailer is more entertaining than Terminator Salvation, and it has to be better than any Transformers movie.
May 25 2009
I don’t remember much about the movie Stardust except I saw it in a theatre and enjoyed it. I wrote the following on August 18th, 2007, after I saw it:
Stardust is a predictable fairy tale that will take you for a fun ride if you’re willing to just go along with it.
All the actors [...]
May 21 2009
NOTE: The photos got screwed up and I don’t have time to re-insert them into the post. Everything was reproduced over at Mud Songs, though, which is where all my gardening posts go now anyway, so you might as well just go over there.
OR: How Not to Build a Raised Garden Bed (or a Potato [...]
May 21 2009
Black Snake Moan is definitely the coolest movie I saw in 2007. This movie sweats cool.
From Berardinelli’s review: “Black Snake Moan… opens with a hot sex scene followed shortly thereafter by the sight of a girl writhing on the ground in apparent sexual frustration. Later, there’s booze and blues and black-and-blue marks. There’s a [...]
May 19 2009
I was at a friend’s house last night and we got to talking about how we wish we could drop everything and pursue more artistic endeavours. Then she played this song from a group I’d never heard of called Low.
Turn off your monitor when you see the guy walk through the door, because what happens [...]
May 19 2009
Reel mower – The good the bad and the ugly has almost convinced me to invest in a manual lawn mower. I’ve been considering getting one for years to replace the dirty, loud, stinky gas-powered machine that’s so heavy only I can push it.
Two things have been holding me back from buying one:
Its effectiveness. [...]
