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Category Archives: Movies
Movie review: Moon
About an hour ago, the credits rolled on Moon. I went into the film knowing very little: the only trailer I'd seen featured Sam Rockwell looking disheveled, and had Kevin Spacey as a HAL-style AI that communicated via a combination of even, soothing tones, and smiley faces. I won't post any spoilers here, but suffice [...]
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The movie deal (now with picture!)
EXTRY! EXTRY! Local writer sells story to King film-maker! Read all about it!
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The last few days
On Thursday we went to the Corb Lund concert at the Westman, and it was fantastic. The opening acts were quirky and alt-country, so they meshed well with Lund and his band. The headliners played a lot of my favourites, which made me happy. All in all, there was near enough not to matter to [...]
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Really now? The Gyrocaptain?
Tonight, flipping through my channels, I came across this listing: Cast your mind to The Road Warrior. Who comes immediately to mind? I know, I know. It's these two guys, right? It must be, because they're the ones listed first. Last billing goes to this unknown actor, Melvin Something-or-other… What ever became of him, anyways?
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Indy
I went and saw the new Indy Jones picture-show* tonight, and… …well… …it wasn't the film I was hoping for, but I suppose it was the film I was expecting. Too many knowing nods to the audience; too many hat-related gags, like they're trying to work an entire trilogy's worth into one script; too much [...]
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Nage-no-kata
…or "What I had to do for a silver medal". I'm the one being thrown. Enjoy! The throws are, in order: Uki-otoshi ("floating drop") Seoi-nage ("shoulder throw") Kata-guruma ("shoulder wheel")* Uki-goshi ("floating hip throw") Harai-goshi ("sweeping hip throw") Tsurikomi-goshi ("lifting-pulling hip throw") Okuri-ashi-harai ("sideways foot sweep") Sasae-tsurikomi-ashi ("blocking lifting-pulling foot throw") Uchi-mata ("inner thigh throw") [...]
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Trifle
My first stop-motion video: Mmmm, trifle… Update! Because Doug demanded it, here's the recipe. You'll want to do this in a trifle bowl, a tall, wide, cylindrical bowl, usually on a stand. I found mine at Wal-Mart for about $8. Bottom layer: Take an angel food cake and tear it into bits. Put it into [...]
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Lego Star Wars kept me up late
For my birthday, my darling wife bought me Lego Star Wars (the original series one) for our PC. She also bought a second joystick so we can play the game together. I tried it out last night. I sat down to play for 20 minutes while I waited for a TV show to start. Two [...]
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