Thanks to my good friend Molly, I’m lucky to see a handful of movie premiers each year. The latest? The Hangover: Part II. Was I excited to see it? Yes. Was I going to think it’d be better than the second coming? No; I didn’t think the first was a bad movie, but unlike most everyone else I’ve spoken with, I didn’t think it…

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Back in early 2009, I gave Twitter a shot. I lasted a handful of days before I realized it was information overload. It still might be, but any tech that has been as popular as it is for as long as it has been is clearly doing something right. It’s possible that it’s merely bringing blogging/sharing your thoughts to those folks who don’t have…

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Both are available via Netflix streaming. Oldboy is what I like to call a “mind-f*” film. My favorite type. Fight Club, Memento, and others of that type fall into this category. It’ll leave you wowed. It’s a Korean film so you’ll be reading subtitles, but Heather and I agreed it was very nearly a 5-star. This Is England had been on my instant queue…

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Last year, I read some books, watched some movies, played some games, went some places, listened to some music, ate around, and drank some stuff. The following are a few of my favorite things this year: Books Born to Run I guess I didn’t love my reading too much this year. Movies/Shows (movies from this year, but shows that were new to me) Inception…

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I have to give Sly credit, he put together a monster cast. It’s for this reason I even added this film to my queue; it didn’t receive the best of reviews, but still, a 6.8 on IMDB? That’s perfectly watchable, especially when you grew up with these guys in all your action flicks. Unfortunately, nostalgia can only take you so far. The geriatrics simply…

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For an unknown reason, my TV viewing has skyrocketed in the past month or so. Interestingly, I’ve also put on a handful of pounds. Hrm. Will need to work on that. Anyway, I just finished watching Rome. The series depicts the lives of the ordinary man and the aristocracy in the late BC period. I’m not sure how much is historical fact, but I’d…

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