tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-203532602011-11-27T18:25:42.995-06:00Blowing off steam to virtually nobody.metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.comBlogger1141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-59449238011936932742008-06-19T07:54:00.001-05:002008-06-19T07:58:24.862-05:00

Smodcast keeps me coming back. I like it, and I like Kevin Smith. I'm not one of the frenzied followers that filled his message board with pleas to come back throughout the hiatus in the podcast release while he was filming Zack and Miri Make a Porno, but I check in every Monday or so and see if there's a new podcast to upload, because honestly, nothing goes better with morning workouts than

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-76192492023486343042008-06-18T08:34:00.002-05:002008-06-18T08:59:04.126-05:00

Image by jim270 via FlickrHello, this is the day I've been thinking about for a long time. Meta4worldz has always been a multi-faced, splattered, web site. Today, everything is getting moved to my own domain, using Wordpress(for now).I'm hoping that those of you that drop in or find me will follow over there. Lets just pretend I go on to extoll the new features and everything else that will be

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-45685479641465909272008-06-17T07:18:00.006-05:002008-06-17T09:06:43.211-05:00

Image via WikipediaIf you haven't seen the latest episode of Battlestar Galactica, and care, don't read this. Otherwise, can you believe what they've gone and done?Found earth? It's a husk, I'm guessing those remnants of buildings in the frozen foggy distance are New York and Manhattan. For a second, I thought that was the end, but then, thankfully, previews of a next episode.The fact that the

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-25303693822927172232008-06-13T07:29:00.004-05:002008-06-17T07:18:08.321-05:00

Image via WikipediaWe already sat through the bad television of the writer's strike, but that doesn't mean that the summer course of garbage still won't be served. Looking to put up long hours of cheap programming for the dwindling summer eyeballs, the usual course of game shows and second tier reality shows.Yes, I said Second Tier reality shows, coined that just now, all by myself, or from

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-37570413330533720602008-06-12T07:01:00.004-05:002008-06-16T11:23:19.023-05:00

3Have to admit, I don't really understand what Twitter is good for, but I found myself liking it. I was first drawn in by the app, Twittervision, and found myself pulled in. Of course, there was more action on it when I got dragged in, all those long months ago. I've noticed lately, more from other blog posts about it than personally at first, that Twitter is less active, often doesn't work right

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-48543318995830911792008-06-09T08:08:00.003-05:002008-06-09T08:21:02.158-05:00

Image via WikipediaThe Cubs don't want any part of the Sox right now. -heard on WSCR, Mike North, this morning.And the chirping begins. It's been a while, as the Sox struggled to stay above .500, apparently the line of demarcation is their ascendence to 10 games above the .500 mark. Congrats, Sox Fans, it's rareified air. Why can't you just enjoy it?I know, because you're a White Sox fan. You

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-56221981072036402542008-06-06T07:49:00.003-05:002008-06-06T08:07:07.753-05:00

Image via WikipediaAnother blog I linked up to thru Twitter put up a cool question, surely one of the generic but eternally interesting ones. Mega-MillionsWhat if you won ten million dollars?Every one who buys a lottery ticket buys the chance to run down that pleasant mental lane, at least until they check the numbers. I wrote a song about it, long time ago, and posted it as a comment in that

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-66206067957708113322008-06-05T07:45:00.003-05:002008-06-05T07:54:07.628-05:00

We are living in a world of passwords and usernames, one is getting simpler, the other is getting harder.User names are no longer the exercise in clever letter play they use to be, as far as I can tell, most of us can get the name we want these days, with a minimal amount of added numbers or initials.Passwords are a different story. These days, my old standby passwords don't quite pass muster,

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-15839287528521664582008-06-03T11:11:00.012-05:002008-11-13T01:41:08.484-06:00

Four Reasons Ironman is cooler than Spiderman and Four Reasons He Isn't - and a tiebreaker.Now that the initial rush is over, it's time to assess the true validity of Ironman, now a movie star, and while I'm at it, let's compare him to his recent Marvel theater blockbuster counterpart, Spiderman.In the Marvel series Civil War, Tony Stark and Peter Parker start out being buddies, and Tony trying

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-15801972097879276352008-05-31T07:25:00.003-05:002008-06-01T07:11:17.818-05:00

Except for the Summer shows like Rescue Me, and the pile of Reality Shows coming in as filler, the "scripted" television season is finally over. It sure took a while, and the writer strike might have changed forever how everyone looks at and appreciates television programming.However, there was some good, new television happening, and some breakout characters worth writing about.Breaking Bad -

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-40216762818811772332008-05-28T20:49:00.004-05:002008-05-29T08:07:53.398-05:00

Sharon Stone is making news lately, not her normal kind, you know, for flashing on film or picking bad movie roles, this time she opened her mouth about the chinese. Commenting about China's recent natural disaster, she said it was Bad Kharma. Nice one Sharon, should have stayed home and wrote your worthless, uninformed, insensitive, opinion into a blog where nobody would notice it.She stepped on

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-79824888352809756842008-05-28T07:08:00.005-05:002008-05-28T20:43:25.157-05:00

I'm glad they had Tommy Lasorda come up and do the 7th inning at Wrigley Field last night, one fo the few times the ritual didn't irritate me. Even with Fergie Jenkins in the booth, I got irritated because the game was going by below these announcers that seem to forget they are on air when a quasi-celebrity walks through.Tommy Lasorda is a different story. He could sing every night and sit

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-64672252481087866482008-05-27T10:01:00.004-05:002008-05-27T10:57:53.224-05:00

On my mind constantly these last few weeks, and not because I am driving over 500 miles a week these days is how we are going to stop this whole oil ordeal. If it was ever a driving force, obviously, bombing the hell out of the oil producers isn't going to work, but reducing our dependence on it is.USA Today's article is the first hint that things may be changing for the better.

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-85381053119786036012008-05-27T07:27:00.003-05:002008-05-27T07:44:01.254-05:00

NASA went Hollywood this weekend, finding the only way to draw interest to it's Mars Probe mission was to sensationalize it. "Seven Minutes of Terror," they called the Mars Probe descent into the atmosphere that more often than not ends up with a destroyed probe.Luckily, all went well, it went "absolutely perfect," and all terror was unfounded, apparently, or prepared for, as every Jason chase

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-3375717690922896412008-05-23T23:58:00.003-05:002008-11-13T01:41:08.597-06:00

I used to be a fan of Denise Richards. She was HOT, still is, but as she dissembles her family and leaves every hint of self respect on video for a cable channel, I'm jumping off.Denise, Denise, Denise, what's happened?Of course, she has this new reality show,(no link, I'm not watching or promoting it, even if to nobody at all), and she was on Larry King the other night, baring her soul.I read

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-48655750661629989052008-05-20T17:24:00.005-05:002008-05-23T13:28:43.482-05:00

I have spent a lot of money on Programming books, even since graduating from school. They are one of my favorite hobbies. Very often, for various reasons I don't finish or get a lot out of them, BUT I've never had an experience that made me want to write a negative review of one, until now. I am so disgusted with this book that I decided to at least get the word out.XML Weekend Crash Course is a

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-24134119568802439922008-05-17T20:32:00.003-05:002008-11-13T01:41:08.689-06:00

I got onto the Smallville bandwagon just recently, in the last couple years, but I've talked about that already.Every sporadic Thursday, it almost quenches the thirst for all things comic book, and this season, it's been hitting closer to the mark. Over the past few weeks, as the CW seasons end, I have read a lot about Smallville. I hear Lex Luthor is leaving, I hear that next season they are

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-5427414705553631492008-05-12T20:48:00.003-05:002008-05-12T21:27:37.977-05:00

I grew up with a father, step-father and two grandfathers that told stories about hard workers and hard work with reverence that I always sensed. It left me with a respect for hard work and hard jobs that I will never lose. It is nearly unhealthy, because I have always been drawn to those jobs that make most people turn away, even now, as I try to get out of the hard work, construction field. I

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-77754542638520351732008-05-11T19:55:00.004-05:002008-11-13T01:41:09.038-06:00

I thought CBS had a good thing going. James Woods, Jeri Ryan, in a lawyer drama that had a little bit of an edge, a little bit of slick CSI style, and an actor in James Woods that can turn a phrase and stick a line like no other on television. Sometimes popular film actors look cramped on the small screen, sometimes they diminish to nothing, and sometimes like Woods, they take it over.Woods took

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-71008252195723939522008-05-08T08:33:00.003-05:002008-05-11T19:45:30.074-05:00

Sometimes a show thinks it can get away with too much. Two and a Half Men gets a lot of passes, because of the likability of it's star, Charlie Sheen, and it's safe little time slot where nobody notices the raunchy tone of it. Well, people notice, but dialog and content now normal at later time slots is tolerated in the family oriented time slot of Two and a Half Men.Making light of Charlie's

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-55502658178989518682008-04-28T21:26:00.003-05:002008-05-12T19:25:59.462-05:00

The very first post I ever read about successful blogging, a couple years ago, long after my first forays, was very specific, make your blog about a special niche, don't go all over the place. Well, my ADD ass isn't so good about that sometimes, and when I am fighting for minutes to write at a computer, I've decided this burst of thoughts is what I have tonight. I actually think it will be

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-78200483756566795512008-04-27T07:47:00.002-05:002008-04-27T07:49:40.334-05:00

I could not be a Cubs fans, or even remotely justify having even a free, lightly developed, Cubs blog, without taking note of this catch, made by Reed Johnson, one of my favorite surprises so far this season, and he just keeps getting better.This guy, I'd never heard of him before Spring training, late in spring training, when the Blue Jays cut him and we picked him right up. What a pickup.

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-5445375119177482222008-04-02T20:31:00.002-05:002008-04-02T20:41:46.219-05:00

I watch the Biggest Loser, yayaya, get over it I know I'm lame and so are the other thirty million people watching it to justify the two hour episodes and lengthened season. It's fun sometimes, it's light watching, and every once in a while, it gets me to work out.But I found another reason to watch the damn show, it makes for an excellent drinking game. In the tradition of "Hi Bob," from the Bob

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-74666349803244652222008-03-29T15:30:00.004-05:002008-04-05T06:19:19.491-05:00

As long as I can remember, I have been a Cubs fan. Probably before I even realized that baseball was a game, or what a game was, I have been a Cubs fan.Blame my mom.As a little boy, before I can even remember now, she took me to Cubs games. I met, well saw and got autographs from, Ron Santo, Billy Williams, Ernie Banks, and many others. Those were the days where the players hung around the field

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-24612074336779334892008-03-18T19:00:00.008-05:002008-11-13T01:41:09.260-06:00

I didn't quite grow up with Harry Caray, unless listening to him do White Sox games counts. I didn't even really like him at first, but he did grow on me. Still, he really isn't sacred territory, make fun of him, so what? What's bad about this latest round of Harry Caray commercials is their creepiness.You wait ten years and now come out with this? And John Caponera, I've heard you before on the

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-83129076034582821792008-03-17T17:42:00.003-05:002008-03-17T20:05:07.186-05:00

Over at the View Askew board, thousands are anxiously, sometimes annoyingly, waiting for the new Smod.Just exactly what does that mean, you ask? Well, the Smod is Smodcast, which I have written about before, a Podcast put out by Kevin Smith, director of several very good movies. As he puts it in the radio ad for 3 minute movies, "I've been known to direct some stuff.." paraphrased. He doesn't

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-31250336016982198272008-03-15T11:52:00.004-05:002008-03-15T15:40:48.554-05:00

Comic books are sometimes treated as acid tests for someone's geekiness. And in that regard, I'm a full-blown, throwback geek from the dark ages, golden era if you will, but not in any unhealthy way, so get off me. The funny thing about it, is the way that comics always worm their way into pop culture.Jerry Seinfeld had a bit of a Superman obsession, and his takes with the animated Superman in

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-53377153355310503902008-03-12T21:16:00.003-05:002008-03-12T21:57:57.288-05:00

How Naomi Klein opened my eyes, more than just a little bit, in the Shock Doctrine.This is not my usual fare, not for reading, not for research, not in general. I'm not completely apathetic when it comes to politics, I vote, and I try to vote with at least some base of knowledge, but I am determinedly middle of the road in my politics, and just as devoted to keeping myself from being dragged into

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-3658741281433072782008-03-12T17:51:00.003-05:002008-03-12T19:42:11.077-05:00

After gushing over "Breaking Bad," I think it's time to weigh in on another show, but instead of being tucked away on a low exposure cable channel and receiving no real publicity, this show received the hype befitting one of Fox's can't miss supershows.It mostly missed.Not a Bionic Woman miss, but it started off bad enough, at a time when it had no viable competition and American Gladiators was

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-49173578310869369112008-03-11T19:01:00.003-05:002008-03-11T20:35:38.355-05:00

This has been a weird season of television, yes, mostly thanks to the writer's strike and the lack of selection of quality new programming, or just entertaining new programming. Still, I don't know the whole deal but this season seemed to break good for "Breaking Bad," though I have to believe that the writer's strike is responsible for the short, seven episode season.Seven excellent

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-90640927380449576112008-03-09T17:26:00.002-05:002008-03-09T17:29:35.003-05:00

A quick easy break from the TV show reviews.

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-41125134290846101392008-03-07T19:31:00.003-06:002008-03-07T21:00:39.371-06:00

Most of what I've read about Dirt has been bad, condemning it as a shallow, glitzy, grungy example of what it is ultimately trying to parody, and that is not all wrong. They aren't reinventing the prime-time drama here, or even the FX brand type, but it is worth at least a little storage space on your DVR hard drive.First, and most, Don Konkey(Ian Hart), Lucy Spiller's(Courtney Cox) schizophrenic

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-205970424226826522008-03-03T20:43:00.006-06:002008-03-06T20:22:14.233-06:00

Last week's Saturday Night Live was good, good enough that I was almost eager for this week, a band, Wilco, that has always intrigued me, and young Ellen Page from Juno, I was optimistic. Saturday Night Live on a good run is like a Cubs winning streak, rare but not impossible, and something to behold. This week even started out with a bang, Hillary Clinton in a trademark brown pant suit,

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-90296116030079912342008-03-02T13:30:00.002-06:002008-03-02T13:33:07.703-06:00

SNL isn't what it used to be, but I think our view of what it used to be is skewed. Despite the constantly playing archives on cable and satellite television, nobody remembers the really bad shows, hell, entire seasons. Even the golden era, with Akroyd, Belushi, Jane Curtin, and Gilda Radner, had it's clunkers and skits that you had to work to laugh at, really, who got the coneheads?SNL is rarely

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-69311012404415996762008-02-27T19:17:00.003-06:002008-02-27T19:56:18.766-06:00

I don't think they planned it that way, but the writer's strike was the only reason I watched the season premiere of "The Knight Rider," and the only reason I am here to scream into the electronic void, "WHY!!!!?????"Really, I was around for the first run, in the demographic, and the odd collection of tribute blogs aside, this was bad television. David Hasselhoff was as cheesy as it gets, and Kit

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-71236033741814694602008-02-24T08:18:00.005-06:002008-02-24T08:56:45.505-06:00

I've tried Linux, and liked it, but on my new laptop, I just had to go with the system the store(and HP) had installed, Windows Vista, as well as on my desktop PC that is running XP. As usual, there has been an adjustment period, but I'm not being quick to make judgement, Vista sucks.For my part, I actually had good luck with XP. It runs nicely on my old desktop and has handled every upgrade and

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-58992473705049645032008-02-23T07:24:00.004-06:002008-02-24T08:50:41.987-06:00

As I've written before, I like to play online poker. I'm not militant about it, but apparently I have played over 250 games in total, which would be the last two years or so. How do I know that, exactly? Well, I don't write it down, and I haven't found a place on th actual site, PokerStars, where I play, it's on at least two different web sites which rank everyone.My ranking? I'm right in the

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-33056276998068917452008-02-20T08:58:00.007-06:002008-02-20T16:59:36.387-06:00

Benefitting from the writer's strike, and the extra chance at viewership afforded as one of the few new scripted shows, the new AMC show, Breaking Bad, is taking advantage. Bryan Cranston, former third banana on "Malcom and the Middle," as Walter White, is becoming my favorite new character on my favorite new show this year.I have to admit that I may not have found this show if not for the lack

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-65538305968001303222008-02-20T08:26:00.005-06:002008-02-20T08:47:51.597-06:00

I live in DeKalb, Illinois, am a graduate of NIU, and am so tied to the university and town that anything that happens here, happens to me. All that said, I don't want to rant about what happened here, I have no objectivity, and the victims deserve better than my remarks. I have posted twice about the NIU tragedy, and have a lot of opinions, but most of what I have to say about it all can be done

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-38675317695816062642008-02-10T08:25:00.001-06:002008-02-16T19:54:26.122-06:00

I recently found a Youtube video of Summer movies, by a guy that calls himself the Irate Gamer, who puts together quality work and offers a valid point of view. I don't agree with his list, but I respect it, and am happy to put a couple links to him if that can help at all. Of course I'm giving my own view as well, but overall, great job.Dragonballz - Who? What? That really bad anime toon? Well,

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-55596643759164573152008-02-10T07:26:00.001-06:002008-03-18T19:50:33.876-05:00

Media Saturation Point - When a person, event, movie, product, is so prevalent as to negatively affect your impression of it/him/her. Britney is there, Paris, Madonna, and a constantly streaming list of others, find ways, usually on purpose to put their faces, names and every move in the spotlight. For good reason. It is lucrative to be famous and sought after, but dangerous and cumbersome.Over

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-58115974080996496912008-02-09T20:07:00.000-06:002008-02-09T20:16:07.241-06:00

I don't think of myself as middle aged, but I am by every definition.And I don't think of myself as a geek, but here I am writing a blog post about comic books. I also never tire of making light of my own contradictions, or definitions.All that said, sitting here this evening, I have figured out why I really started this blog, other than a place to eventually show off my cool Ruby comic book

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-35164061822241544162008-02-09T07:20:00.000-06:002008-02-10T08:39:01.582-06:00

When Smallville first came out, I didn't look into it enough to even know it was about Superman, truly, they didn't promote it like that in the beginning, but in handling it that way the show has been able to evolve, along with it's cast, into a mythology of it's own. As a teen soap opera it has succeeded, and as a TV show trying to capitalize on the success of comic-based movies, it has had

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-51052615446478627022008-02-07T07:04:00.000-06:002008-02-07T07:09:00.825-06:00

I have a little bit of a comic problem, I can't quite let them go. I'm not "Comic Book Guy", never was, but I've always gone back to the rack and bought comics, even after managing to kick them for a while.I am talking about them like an addictive substance, maybe that's a little bit of other parts of my life coming through but it's mostly because the shoe fits. One of the things that irritates

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-20374812226977133552008-02-06T14:05:00.000-06:002008-02-06T14:25:17.474-06:00

Today, as a writing exercise, I opened up all of my little blogs, discarded at various addresses throughout the internet, and wrote a post on each. It was a nice exercise, mostly successful, except that I cannot figure out a single thing to say about the Chicago Bears today. I'm all footballed out, and the better for it. Here's what I came up with:Writing Blog - Where I begin to explore why I

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-62406611353213738312008-01-23T12:43:00.000-06:002008-11-13T01:41:09.646-06:00

Is it just me, or is PBS, the not-for-profit network/channel, doing an end-around with their new site PBS Kids Play? For $9.95 a month, or $79 a year, your child can go online and play games much like those they buy on discs, with characters that they see on PBS. It looks like a very nice, very well done site, with a progress chart to let parents know that the time they spent ignoring their

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-14427985824850981862008-01-20T08:36:00.000-06:002008-01-20T11:23:19.631-06:00

Go to the street and ask people those job they would most like to do.Many of them would espouse sports heroes, political icons, super-models, actors and actresses, but if you catch those others to the side, probably steering away from the crowd around the reporter, it would be the hosts of "Mythbusters" .Adam Savage and Jamie Hyndeman, heading the crew of Mythbusters, have the job many of us only

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-27659438324424312442008-01-08T14:10:00.000-06:002008-01-20T11:00:30.115-06:00

I'm casually playing internet poker, not for high stakes, but for some money, usually $1 tournaments or smaller. It's fun, and before I ever jumped thru all the hoops to get real money at stake, I played for more than a year in the free tournament, for imaginary player points or in huge tournaments where the winner got entry into a tournament for real money.I did okay on the play tables, but it

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-1388265716077523732008-01-05T06:53:00.001-06:002008-01-05T07:53:32.382-06:00

I write day 2 0r 3 because I am writing this post at 6 AM of day 3, after spending yesterday wading through the pile of obstacles that came with working through the tutorial in my latest Ruby book. Egad, this language and it's toolset change so fast the texts can't begin to keep up.But, I got past it, at least the first bug, and am now forging on through the rest of the book with my scabbed

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-37713005159581381412008-01-03T08:09:00.000-06:002008-01-03T10:01:22.197-06:00

As usual, let me make my usual disclaimer, I realize nobody is reading this, but I AM writing it.Meta4worldz, from the main site, which has simply been some baby pictures and some stories for over a year now, all of my blogs (meta4worlds - fiction site , Cubs Obsession , Bears Obsession , and even Mollyworldz, will be changing. All of them will be re-developed, along with at least one other site

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-1090350617568441462008-01-01T08:37:00.000-06:002008-01-01T09:01:02.727-06:00

Smokers, why should I feel bad for them?In Illinois, January 1, 2008 is No Smoke day. I was actually against this ban at first, but in the year and a half since my own hometown passed local laws prohibiting smoking, first in restaurants, then in bars, I've changed my outlook on the whole concept.The Illinois Senate, unable to hammer out trivial things like budgets, found their time better spent

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-26520360972552380062007-12-30T10:00:00.000-06:002007-12-30T10:20:19.537-06:00

Christmas morning, rocking our 13 month old daughter while she sucked down a bottle of milk, I watched television try to make the day a spectacle, and came to a wonderful realization, for me, every day is Christmas. I rarely become emotional, sappy, but there was no getting around that one, wonderful realization. My daughter is not old enough to understand Christmas, even that she gets presents

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-38050158024350875002007-12-14T09:33:00.000-06:002007-12-14T09:47:00.340-06:00

I am, at times, a voracious reader. I gobble up everything I can, sometimes with nearly no regard as to quality or genre, but I usually stick in my favorite areas; Sci-fi, Horror, and thriller fiction.I am always on the lookout for a standout piece of work that I haven't read, and shoot outside of my comfort zones on occasion. So, I heard some guys talking about a book, and got the name of it,

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-32489057089487275892007-12-09T09:53:00.000-06:002008-01-20T08:00:48.289-06:00

I had high hopes for the recently released mini-series, " Tin Man," on the Sci-Fi channel. The promo's looked good, and I, if not the rest of the world, was ready, if not eager, for another remake of "The Wizard of Oz."And so I juggled Time zones and negotiated a compromise in regards to "Project Runway," which seems to always be on record and apparently getting watched by my girlfriend, and

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-61991045792863304942007-12-05T12:55:00.000-06:002007-12-05T16:55:24.422-06:00

Almost every place I ever visited as a child is defined in some ways by the toys that were there for me to play with. Every relative's home, office I visited, restaurant, even schools and churchs, had their own set of toys to play with. Maybe it is part of my generation, or an eye to things to come, but in many cases I remember the toys more than the place, or the people in it.Let's take both

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-67210448876368607062007-09-23T22:04:00.001-05:002008-11-13T01:41:09.890-06:00

I'm very Sports Oriented. If my teams are doing good, I'm happier, call it immature, okay, but it's reality.Sooo, the Cubs are doing really good right now, looking like they are going to be in the playoffs, playing good baseball, life is good. Then you have the Bears, who are embarrassing themselves against the cowboys, and this is being written before the end of the game. There is still a part

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-86207995094490059112007-08-04T23:17:00.000-05:002007-08-04T23:19:44.654-05:00

A few weeks ago I wrote a piece out about going to funerals, in a stretch where I am probably beginning to face mortality. Right now, in the wake of several deaths of my peers, I am looking hard at life, and crazy-grateful for the turn it has taken over the last few years. For the longest time, I didn’t really care if I lived. I wasn’t going to go put a bullet in my head, but I wasn’t taking care

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-15980266394242836372007-07-16T21:37:00.000-05:002007-07-16T21:45:10.617-05:00

I've been watching Jason Kendall throughout his career, mostly when he was with Pittsburgh and owned the Cubs. More than once he beat us all by himself, and for some reason he was always out of the Cub's grasp.Now, this season, on what hopefully is a still rising wave, he has come to the Cubs. Like many Cub fans, I am wary of good signs. Maybe I shouldn't be, they really HAVE made the playoffs,

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-16814214058737577822007-07-16T21:18:00.000-05:002007-07-16T21:19:01.664-05:00

Listen/watch/surf anything, most noticeable for me on the radio, because of my remote and pop-up blockers. I listen to Sports radio in Chicago, usually the Score, because it tends to annoy me the least of what I put on. Apparently, ad execs come up with some template for a commercial, and continue to seel it until everyone is sick of it. Even though they might sell it only a few times, it is

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-74525921667044904772007-07-06T19:03:00.000-05:002007-07-06T20:37:52.569-05:00

Okay, lets have a show of hands here; Who watches any of the American Pie movies for the plot, writing, or acting? You arean idiot, or liar.Let's face it, nobody watches them for anything but the gratuitous nudity, if you have any other ideas, you will be disappointed. I luckily missed out on most of the franchise,but rather enjoyedthe first one, thinking that every generation should have it's

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-48775623723610720682007-06-16T21:01:00.000-05:002007-07-06T19:02:56.660-05:00

When you watch Studio 60 now, nestled into it's fill-in time slot on Thursday nights, you have to ask yourself, where the hell was this earlier in the season? When did the writers decide to quit pandering to whatever forces were put on them from week to week and just start writing what they wanted, because it's a lot better now.This is one of the few shows capable of working both ends of topics,

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-23955817306684939472007-06-10T17:03:00.000-05:002007-06-10T17:35:49.006-05:00

Here in DeKalb, Illinois, there are few things happening that don't have to do with Chicago. We are close enough to the city that any festing bug we might have, we can get it there at Bluesfest, Taste of Chicago, or even at Summerfest in Wisconsin. All of these are nice venues that can afford bigger acts and not so far away that we can't make a day of getting there. So the local fest shouldn't

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-28323142473676156232007-06-08T14:00:00.000-05:002008-11-13T01:41:10.212-06:00

I couldn't help myself the other night, watching the Cubs horrible game against Milwaukee. Was it Ted Lilly pitching like a pitcher that has gone around the league once, and his scouting reports are catching up with him? No.read the rest on my Cubs blog

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-79578982040325694272007-06-05T20:13:00.000-05:002007-06-05T20:17:07.188-05:00

Alcohol, and the way we drink it, or don't drink it, or observe it, is one of the most important character traits for a writer to notice. Is this true? For many years, as I've pushed through troubles caused by alcohol, been forced to get treatement for alcohol consumption, and am still reminded daily of what has happened to me because of it, I still believe it. Sure, there are other things to

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-56673823174848211602007-05-30T06:11:00.000-05:002007-05-30T06:29:08.778-05:00

Okay, New Yorkers, what do you think?Of all the Chicago radio hosts, Mike North fits in best with what I perceive s the New York mentality. He is purposely in-your-face, he is armed with arguments honed from the bar rails of Chicago, and he is fearless, as shown in his now infamous press conference appearance with Pat Riley.On the other hand, if you ask around, nobody here likes him. Somehow,

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-66404748712650988852007-05-29T21:29:00.000-05:002007-05-29T21:53:01.821-05:00

I had yet another epiphany, this time it worked it's way into my mind slowly, because I surely always knew it. I always knew that I was being lead by my nose to the theater this summer, back again for the third installments of three different movie franchises, Spiderman, Shrek, and Pirate's of the Carribean. I knew it when I saw the way they were laid out this summer, carefully stepping over each

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-35035381396038116822007-05-20T06:53:00.000-05:002007-05-20T07:00:03.598-05:00

I had a moment during the "coming attractions movie previews" of Spiderman 3, in between the multiplying regular commercials. I realized that Marvel is a movie brand name now. Oh, I've seen the Marvel scroll before, I haven't really missed one of the movies about Marvel characters yet,(I did wait until DVD and cable late night to watch The Fantastic Four and The Hulk respectively), but it had

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-55289347887397129452007-05-01T21:07:00.000-05:002007-05-01T21:14:05.023-05:00

I appeared now for a second time on the site Movies No One Should See reviewing the movie Grindhouse , as a guest writer. I even have my own header!

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-69146311324104598422007-04-25T13:58:00.000-05:002007-12-14T13:34:27.188-06:00

Found this article today, about two college students that purchased tickets to the Peach Bowl 4 months ago on Ebay, from Seung Hui Cho. His Ebay name was released and somebody, apparently many somebodies, back tracked the transaction through his Ebay history. The two students were notified of their connection to the psychopath by these Ebay detectives, and have found themselves in a pinhole

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-12893411459219551872007-04-24T00:44:00.000-05:002007-04-24T00:52:26.601-05:00

I'm fairly new to the whole DVR/Tivo thing. In fact, I still usually just call it Tivo, and don't much care if it isn't or if that's the wrong thing to say. So what? If you say Tivo, everyone knows you mean recordable TV, right? Yeah, so everyone should get it.We've had ours now for about a year, and have slowly let it change the way we watch anything. For instance, more than not I will wait for

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-53613328380502454782007-04-22T09:25:00.000-05:002007-12-05T16:56:47.257-06:00

I'm thinking of myself as a Green person today. I can blame it on the weather that has let me be outside most of the weekend, getting a garden ready, fence fixing, and landscaping, or just say flat out that I often at least try to be better to the environment. I guess I'm just lazy about it, but if it doesn't involve a lot of extra hassle or money, I will do what's best for the environment.Online

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-44339514827941238382007-04-19T20:35:00.001-05:002008-02-20T14:19:06.283-06:00

Thank God You'reHere - Fill-in programming that doesn't suckIt's once again that time of the television season where we are getting fill-in programming,and luckily it can't all be Deal or No Deal. The first one I've actually checked out is Thank God You're Here.Thank God You're Here is a mix of What's My Line, and SNL. They write skits, with several actors playing pre-written plots, and drop in

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-38091160166092543992007-04-18T13:54:00.000-05:002007-04-19T08:17:59.852-05:00

Am I having a Tuffy Rhodes moment?I don't know for sure, of course it will take a season or more to know, but I am quite happy about what I saw happen for the Cubs yesterday in center field. Felix came in and acquitted himself quite nicely. Though it's been pointed out he batted only .167, those were an important 167 points, helping rally the Cubs to tie. Then, he made a throw from the outfield

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-14911328551504620342007-04-18T12:00:00.000-05:002007-12-14T13:34:52.915-06:00

Cho Seung-Hui, I won't commit his name to memory or learn to pronounce it, but everyone knows who he is, at least for a month or two, the psychopath that killed more than 30 people in Blacksburg Virginia, on the Virginia Tech campus.As this tragedy is dissected in the national media, including the countless times this man/boy slipped through the grasp of safeguards in place to stop just such a

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-17072093260265108512007-04-17T10:40:00.000-05:002007-04-17T10:43:14.407-05:00

I know almost nothing about Bullfighting, outside of the depiction in childhood cartoons and the occasional clip that appears on TV. This is surely because of what it is and that in general it is purged from the mainstream. The cruelty of it is shielded from the general public and not allowed to be glorified either.Still, though I knew about it in general, I did not realize that sometimes the

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-7070996760222463032007-04-17T09:48:00.000-05:002007-04-17T10:43:32.353-05:00

Growing up nearly oblivious to Sports, and I guess that is saying that the Cubs don't count, I always knew about the Olympics. Every four years, Winter and Summer, I watched, along with everyone else in the neighborhood. I watched Ray Leonard win Gold with my Grandpa, one of the first and only things I ever got to share with him, and when I went to Germany for two years, I had something to cheer

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-40117300708983182532007-04-17T09:43:00.000-05:002007-04-17T10:50:12.370-05:00

Harry Potter doesn't wholly appeal to me. It's come around a little later in my life, and though the child in me wants to like it because of the fantastic worlds and magic-themed stories, I just can't help but look at these kids and think that very soon they will be shaving and making bad "coming of age" movies, then playing secondary characters on second-tier sitcoms. Of course, that's a whole

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-42079472486463737832007-04-14T16:17:00.000-05:002008-11-13T01:41:10.514-06:00

It was an inglorious process, anybody celebrating the fall of Don Imus has missed the point as mush as he does himself. How it went from a stupid, insensitive comment on an obscure cable show to the nightly, news scrolling, cross platform beating that it was has been well chronicled, even I jumped in a little bit, because I didn't think that dragging his comments out into the public eye was good

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-86267034912045314412007-04-11T08:43:00.000-05:002007-04-11T13:19:51.855-05:00

SMODCASTI've fallen behind the times, near critically. There has to be a juncture in which a person realizes that he or she is so detached from anything that is current that they give up and content themselves with the way of life they had grown comfortable with. You really don't have to change with the times if you don't want to, to put it in programming terms, going about your business is

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-73151664974823784182007-04-11T07:48:00.000-05:002008-11-13T01:41:10.614-06:00

Found this game on the blog, a Fiend's Folio, looking at sick pictures of a spider bite. Apparently this guy's Dad got bit in his backyard in AZ, and it looks bad.The game, 5 Minutes to Kill Yourself from Adult Swim, is good old office fun.

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-349608203748774612007-04-10T22:54:00.000-05:002007-04-10T23:07:03.766-05:00

Parkour - French for OUCH!!Watching Casino Royale and most of the Jackie Chan movies, I was familiar with what Parkour looked like, but I had no idea there was a name for it. Before reading an article in the New Yorker, by way of kottke.org, I just thought it was crazy-ass chase sequences and jumping.Apparently, some french guy named David Belle decided to give a name for his jumping and climbing

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-74455761767195530602007-04-10T09:22:00.000-05:002007-04-10T10:06:34.623-05:00

The media bubble is nearly at his fullest around the ignorance of Don Imus. He has channeled some pathetic, humbled, spirit to make his continuing watered down apologies, once again missing the point."I'm not thinking it's a racial insult that's being uttered at somebody at the time. It's in the process of trying to rap and be funny." he said. But he added, "I wish I hadn't said it. I'm sorry I

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-22355767996886801322007-04-09T08:47:00.000-05:002007-04-09T08:50:28.496-05:00

Nobody can sniff a headline for Jesse Jackson, even if he isn't as quick as he used to be. The Reverend Jackson is planning a protest against Don Imus and his ignorance in Chicago now. The Rev. Al Sharpton has also stepped up, Imus will be on Sharpton's radio program, letting the whole region be a bug on the wall.Imus' apology misses the point for me, he still doesn't get it."Here's what I've

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-88400010574326200042007-04-07T08:51:00.000-05:002007-04-11T13:20:19.424-05:00

Charlotte's Web - A Good Cry (if you're into that)Some movies you see in such a distorted context that it's unfair to judge them, but I'll do it anyway."Charlotte's web came out last summer, just as I had learned about my child's impending birth. No matter who you are, news like that changes you, at least it better. Six months before, seeing that they were making a live film adaptation of one of

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-58323269681731858112007-04-07T07:38:00.000-05:002007-04-10T10:07:30.240-05:00

Don Imus Makes A Stupid Comment - Why Do we Have to Keep Hearing It?On the radio this week, radio and sort-of-television morning personality Don Imus made a stupid, sexist, racist, insensitive comment. I won't repeat it because then I am just feeding the machine, even more than writing this column. If you haven't heard it,or read the transcript, a quick search at all the regular media outlets

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-52578679212228745742007-04-06T14:50:00.000-05:002007-04-07T16:13:24.184-05:00

Throughout this week, after realizing that Mark Cuban owning the Cubs is less than a pipe dream, it took a column in the Sun-Times to make me realize who I was forgetting about that I should want to be in control of the Cubs.Who is the voice that I home in on any time he is on a radio program talking baseball? (Well, this might be a negative because I know he definitely won't be doing that as

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-51855514448802895832007-04-05T19:34:00.000-05:002007-04-05T19:39:41.746-05:00

Alright, I can't let yesterday's post go without now commenting on what happened last night. I guess this happens every season, but this time it happened while I was close to a keyboard. Last night they kicked off a girl that I liked, ahead of several others that deserved it much more. So, Gina, tough luck, I'd say good luck when you come back to Illinois and continue singing with your band

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-69631735260545518172007-04-04T10:40:00.000-05:002007-04-05T19:40:03.462-05:00

Who doesn't watch American Idol? Like every other pop phenomenon or fad, there are more than a few that say they refuse to watch such a farce, and three-fourths of them actually don't. Simply, if you are skipping this, you're missing out, a little.For me, it is almost parallel viewing. As something that is on the television that is usually on while I am reading, writing, watching, my computer,

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-53529222807561215792007-04-03T16:41:00.000-05:002007-04-03T16:43:44.179-05:00

There is a train track running straight through the heart of my hometown. Put there during the steel age it might once have been a center of commerce, a contact to the coast of Lake Michigan and all the wealth it brought to the mid-west through Chicago.- the start of a the Steel Serpent If you clicked the link above, or have read the story, or just know me. You know I've written about the Train

metahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580086115968726166noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20353260.post-23044439191818734482007-04-02T09:57:00.000-05:002007-04-11T13:20:42.450-05:00

Saw Meet the Robinson's at the theatre this weekend and want to make sure I get this one on record. My first instincts about this movie, from early trailers, was dead-on. I thought, "Good, finally someone is going to put all of the great graphics and designs from "Robots," to better use. This is how this movie felt to me, very "Robots"-ish, but in all the good ways.Being a connoisseur of kid's

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Over the last few years, bandied over the airwaves, blogs, and print media, it has been said that the sweetest four words of the year is the phrase, "PITCHERS AND CATCHERS REPORT." I disagree, though it is a step in the right directions.Spring training is simply that, training, and after more than a few games you quickly realize that he baseball being played there is as meaningless as minor

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This flat out pisses me off. The Illinois House has approved legislation to allow Illegal aliens to drive . WTF!I spent yesterday riding my bike around in the rain looking for a FAx Service because I didn't circle the day of the week on a fucking form to allow me extra driving time to go to counseling and AA meetings, holding up the process of allowing me to drive for at least another week, and

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I've been follwoing 24 since the beginning, and throughout. I have brought others on with me to go through the constant adrenaline pumping plot lines, but I'm just not quite into it this year. It's happened before, nearly every season I tire of the constantly switching back-stabbing, power-usurping, and purposely frustrating scenarios, but hang through. Which is probably what this is. All I know

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I went for a semi-long bike ride this morning, and stopped downtown for some late breakfast and to relax, read the paper, and exist somewhere outside of the house. It's a sanity tool I need to use as often as possible, even when I am working, especially now when I am pulling my hair out waiting on the mail. I got the paper at Hickey's, meaning to get the Trib, but getting sucked in, as sometimes

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Jack Bauer is the new Chuck Norris. Sorry Chuck, you are getting a little old and just don't have the stamina to be a Jack Bauer. Jack Bauer spent a full day without sleep, bathrooms, or food saving the world and at the end of the day was taken away by the chinese to pay for crimes he committed before on another one of his marathon days. Then, his government negotiates to get him back after two

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DeKalb, Illinois is your average midwestern town, having gone through the financial trends and spurts of the decades like most town's it's size and location. At sixty miles outside of Chicago, it lingered just outside the edge of urban sprawl for most of the end of the last millenium, as early as the 70's, DeKalb area business and land developers rolled out the red carpet for the influx of money

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Since I brought it up, and managed to put down three current game shows in my last post, I want to write something good about one of the current prime-time, network programming down-time game show.In the landscape of prime-time game shows, 1 vs. 100 is a step or two ahead of the rest of them. First of all, the premise unbelievably has a little more meat to it than the rest. Down to it's bare

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The game show Identity with Penn Gillette as it's host is so bad it makes Show Me the Money, and Deal or No Deal, tolerable. I know this is a down time of the season for the networks, and they are trying to get by with cheap filler programming, but this show is beyond mindless, it's infuriating.5. Slow pace - This, show, moves, at, a, snails, (let's go to a break before I finish this sentence)

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Happy Feet - 4 ShreksHappy Feet starts out a little wobbly. I was afraid it was going to be just one long animated music video. Don't get me wrong, the music was good, Beach Boys, Elvis, Motown, I was mentally tapping my feet and smiling at the characterizations, but in the end, I need a little more. Luckily that came.The beginning is centered around the Penguin Colony. In an homage to "March of

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Here is where I explain my rating system and what I am looking for in a kid's movie as an adult. Sorry for the magnanimous tone, it seems to come with my blogging. Though most of these movies will be animated, this system applies to all the kids movies I review. There are several live action features that I will be adding to the Kids Movie Reviews list.1 - Keeps a child engaged.Of course this

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