Carrying on with my theme of five best, let’s take a look at my five favorite character actors. These are actors who aren’t top tier, movie-carrying actors. These are the guys that round out a cast and oftentimes steal the show. 5. William Sadler: The guy is versatile. He’s played a rugged special forces colonel … Read more
I like westerns. I think that few films follow the hero myth in its various forms as closely as westerns do. Consequently, westerns are among my favorite genres in film (only Film Noir beats them out). If you like film (and have read Joseph Campbell’s treatise on hero mythology, The Hero with a Thousand Faces) … Read more
The sky was falling at the time. Not all at once as the children’s tale goes, but in little drops. Good for the Earth, but bad for me. I hated the rain and everything that was born of it. Green isn’t among my favorite colors, which is why I moved here to the desert when … Read more
Maybe I’m still in the minority; I know I was while I lived in San Francisco. The fact that Bonds finally admitted that he uses performance enhancing steroids is not surprising. If you look at Bonds physique in his first three years in major league baseball and look at his last three, he has bulked … Read more
Looking for a really cool gift to give the reader in your life (even if it’s you)? My good friend Gunda and I started a company this past summer and we’re just now getting ramped up. What we are trying to do is create a magazine/store that focuses on Asian trends that we believe will … Read more
Just wondering exactly why people tend to blame others for their inadequacies. I mean, I understand that doing so is easier than finding a problem in yourself and taking action to correct it. That I understand. It is the blatant disregard for personal responsibility that gets me. I just watched Super Size Me, the film … Read more
The Red Queen are looking to make our move into a bigger place, one that has an extra bedroom that can house a guest or two on occasion. We’d like to stick around the area we’re currently in since it is only a coconut’s throw from the beach and within our price range. Once we … Read more
The Red Queen and I caught Alexander the other day. It was long, probably too long, but overall it was entertaining. Collin Farrel did a decent job as did Jared Leto. In case you haven’t heard, the Greeks are pretty pissed that Alexander was protrayed as a bisexual, going as far as protesting the films … Read more
The bird is almost done, the sides are ready and waiting, and the phonecalls back home are done. Now all that is left is to list the things I’m thankful for: The Red Queen for letting me be me and not trying to turn me into something I don’t want to be. My friends here … Read more
An alternative title might be: The One In Which I Call 3 Million Bloggers Crap. Sometime on July 6, 2004, Technorati tracked its 3 millionth weblog. According to other sources*, there are about 8,000-17,000 new weblogs created daily (avg: 15,000) which means that 1 blog is created every 5.8 seconds. These blogs unleash somewhere in … Read more