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Last week it was my 3rd and 4th graders performing for their winter concert. This week it was my preschooler and Kindergartener. Only the preschooler was sick. He stayed home Monday with a small cough that escalated on Tuesday to something that couldn’t be shrugged off so I took him to the pediatrician. They gave…
North To Alaska is John Wayne’s “western” which pairs him up with television comedic pioneer Ernie Covacs. Alright, so in the film Wayne’s Sam McCord is actually partnered with Stewart Granger’s George Pratt. The two are mining in Alaska and after striking gold George stays to guard the mine while Sam heads to Seattle to…
Desk Set stars one of the silver screen’s greatest duos, Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn. Through nine films they cemented themselves as a benchmark for romantic comedy duos. Their off-screen relationship helped. This may not be the best of the duo’s films and the material may not be earth-shattering great, but Tracy and Hepburn are…
I have an extra copy of Despicable Me 2 on Blu-ray to give away. Just leave a comment on this post and I’ll select a winner and send it out by December 26. North America residents age 17 and older are eligible. So yeah, this is open until December 26 when I’ll close the comments…
At 149 minutes The Lone Ranger is too long. The running time is due to a plot that is overly complicated. The character relationships are too interconnected or oddly convoluted where they don’t need to be. It’s a shame, really, because I love The Lone Ranger as a character. The television series was great, but…
I (finally) started playing Borderlands 2 yesterday. The original Borderlands was easily one of my favorite games in the last few years and I was looking forward to Borderlands 2. Thing is, I didn’t want to buy it when it first came out because I knew there would be a version of the game coming…
Farming Simulator is not an easy game. As a matter of fact, I’m not sure I would classify it as a game so much as a… well, the title is pretty accurate. How accurate? John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson are going to hold a benefit concert for me. I suck at farming. The…
Yesterday came the news Peter O’Toole had died. This was sad news, as it is when any great actor with a long career that has touched many lives is. There are plenty of tributes to the man and his work. I’m not going to try and touch on those. I simply don’t have the authority…
Developer Mighty Rocket offers up Final Exam, a solid 2D action title that has much greater appeal than its description. Released digitally though publisher Focus Home (which has a lot of really good games available this year) the game is available for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. I played the PS3 version and…
Just a couple of pictures this time. Last night was the winter concert for several grades from the kids’ school. I blurred out the other kids, but you should be able to see Déla and August pretty clearly. Here’s Déla singing with the 3rd grade. She’s in the middle. August in in the upper left. He…