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Having had the perfect martini in Washington DC, we decided to search for a close approximation in Greenville. Our search took us to Sharkey’s Pub, on Main Street in Greenville. It was as we feared. Bars in Greenville are limited to mini-bottle quantities, and therefore cannot mix drinks appropriately. According to the majority of recipes … Read More “Shaken, Not Stirred – Part II” »
Time for a break from Katrina news. Laura and I have been watching Ghost Hunters on the SciFi Channel. This show follows the exploits of The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS) as they invistigate various hauntings around the US. The main investigators are Roto Rooter plumbers by day and ghost hunters by night. The show is … Read More “Who Ya Gonna Call?” »
I have come to believe that romantic comedies are set in an alternate universe where the laws of probability no longer apply. These laws are skewed such that it is almost certain that the protagonist will run into exactly the right person at the right time, or exactly the wrong person at the right time. With a two-hour time constraint, there can be no gray area. Some movies do a great job of concealing this alternate universe of improbabilities with very clever plot twists. Some don’t, as is the case with Must Love Dogs.
James Doohan, who played Scotty in the original Star Trek series passed away this morning. Scotty set the stage for all the chief engineers on Star Fleet ships to follow. Guess now he can beam the rest of us up.
Laura and I both read straight through over the weekend, finishing the latest outing of Harry Potter this afternoon. My impression – this has left the realm of children’s books. Don’t get me wrong – I think it’s still great for children to read these books, but they have graduated into the world of full adult literature, with much darker themes and much more elaborate vocabulary. This has been Rowlings strategy throughout the series. The first novel was shorter, much lighter, with limited vocabulary and larger fonts. It was truly a child’s novel. As Harry Potter ages, the books become more mature in writing style.
Thank God I’m a target demographic. Otherwise I would never have these movie remakes of cartoons and shows I enjoyed in my youth, such as Spiderman, Batman, Bewitched, and now, the Fantastic Four.
“Oh God, not another one.” That was my first thought when I heard about Batman Begins. My second thought was “What a goofy looking Batmobile”, as if the previous versions with huge bat wing fins were perfectly reasonable. These impressions were, of course, before I went to see the movie. Since it was so hot … Read More “Batman Begins” »
In high school, I used to detest summer reading lists. It’s not that I didn’t read. It’s just that I liked to read what I wanted to read. Here is this summer’s list, or at least, what I plan to read… Of course, the big release will be Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince on … Read More “Summer Reading List” »
Wow. Absolutely the best of all six Star Wars movies. I’ll give a more detailed review later in this post, but for now I’ll say that while the dialog was still not stellar, at least the main characters learned how to speak using the occasional contraction. We got our tickets Monday for the 12:01 showing … Read More “Star Wars Requiem” »
I watched the final voyage of the Starship Enterprise last night. As a long-time Trekkie, I hate to say it, but it’s about time. Last night’s Enterprise episode marks the finale of the Star Trek universe. The franchise had become bogged down in its own canon, and ever since the demise of Roddenberry, had lost its … Read More “Star Trek Requiem” »