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I like Jackie Chan and think he got a raw deal in Hollywood. His work in the late 70s and on through the 80s are some of the best martial arts/action films to come out of Hong Kong. He exploded in the 90s and made the transition to Hollywood actor with the success of 1993’s…
I’m getting ready for the upcoming weekend by going to Value Village (a local thrift store chain) and looking to get some winter boots for August. I’m taking him to a 2 day Cub Scout winter camp and we don’t have much in the way of proper winter gear. I bring this up for…
The Seven Per-Cent Solution is partly a Sherlock Holmes story, but also it is much more than that, it is a story about Sherlock Holmes. It is notable for a number of reasons, but perhaps most of which is the fact that it was not written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but instead Nicholas Meyer….
Bruce Lee is arguably the most iconic martial arts figure of the modern age, and perhaps of all time. A new documentary, I Am Bruce Lee, is the latest in a line of documentaries about the man who was an actor, fight choreographer, director, teacher, and so much more. What makes this one different? It offers insight…
Question: What is the thing a toddler desires most? Answer: Whichever object he just threw. Sippy cup? “I want that.” Offer sippy cup to toddler. Toddler then proceeds to toss sippy cup across room. “Want sippy cup!” Question: What is the most confusing word to a toddler? Answer: “Okay” “I don’t want to…
It’s been over a month since I quit my “day job” over at Digital Entertainment News. The change was made for a myriad of reasons, none of which I’m going to get into now. I do have some related stuff to bring up out of the transition.
I’ve been watching these “SpongeBob SquarePants” DVDs for a few years now, and it’s hard to get excited about these random episode/segment compilations. Now we are getting a selection of segments from the last couple of years. While I find the randomness of these releases frustrating, the show is still funny and there is some…
I wet the bed as a kid growing up. It wasn’t until… jeez… I don’t know, maybe 12 or so that it stopped. This is merely background though, and not the meaning for the post. I remember it was one of the times we lived in California. I think I was about 9 or…
I’m bummed that Nick Jr. started showing commercials. Sure, there were some sponsorship messages, but those were very limited in quantity. The promotional items for other programs airing on Nickelodeon didn’t bother me much either. But now that Nick Jr. airs commercials, we don’t watch that channel much. Now we get two new DVDs of…