Long John Silver’s and scary movies have much in common. First, I generally understand that they’re not for me and I’m better off avoiding them both. Second, once a year or so they sound really appealing so I’ll partake on a whim. Third, they both result in: frightening trips to the bathroom, sleepless nights, days [...]
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Long John Silver’s and Scary Movies
Posted in Food, Movies on 12 September, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Yay!
Posted in Movies on 5 September, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If you want to watch a feel-good documentary and love life for ninety-five minutes, I highly recommend Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. It’s streaming on Netflix.
Things I Would Never Do as a Superhero
Posted in Movies, Nerd Herd on 3 August, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Jump off of something, land on one knee, look down at the ground, and then look up slowly. Wear tights. Forget to tell friends and family that a supervillain is probably going to attack them. Date someone that I loved. (Dead!) Tweet. Take down a bad guy and then walk away without double checking that [...]
The Four-Hour Work Week For the City by John Grisham
Posted in America, Art, Austin, Beer, Food, Friends, God, Life, Marriage, Movies, Nerd Herd, Personal Philosophy, Smart Money, Sports, Travel, Work on 23 June, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve just finished reading For the City, a book co-authored by one of my church’s pastors, Matt Carter. In it, Carter mentions that he wants to live in such a way that that at the end of his life, he has no doubt that what he accomplished could only be done through God’s power. “Are [...]
The Light of the World
Posted in God, Movies on 13 February, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Pride & Prejudice
Posted in Art, Movies on 5 January, 2011 | 3 Comments »
In the past two weeks, Samantha and I have watched: Pride & Prejudice (BBC) Pride & Prejudice (the new one) Love Actually The Importance of Being Earnest (with Colin Firth) Bridget Jones’s Diary The Holiday That means that we have a pretty good working knowledge of casting British movies and/or Colin Firth (lots of overlap). [...]
Watch This!
Posted in Movies on 20 October, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I have long thought that my last words on Earth would be one of the following three sentences: Watch this! This is going to be awesome. Something was wrong with that burrito. That’s neither here nor there. This post is about a couple of movies that Sam and I recently watched. Outsourced – I’m talking [...]
Choose Your Own Adventure Part III
Posted in Movies on 29 July, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is the cleanup round. RYAN REYNOLDS As Val pointed out, I made a nearly unforgivable mistake. I left out Ryan Reynolds. Woe to the man who ignores Canadian superheroes! First, let’s look at the work: Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place (tv) Van Wilder Scrubs (tv) Harold & Kumar Blade: Trinity The [...]
Choose Your Own Adventure Part II
Posted in Movies on 22 July, 2010 | 4 Comments »
In Part I, I compared several of my favorite actors’ movie careers. In the end, I decided that if I could live out one career, it would be that of Bruce Willis. In Part II, I’m looking at actresses. NATALIE PORTMAN In addition to speaking five languages, getting published in multiple science journals, and attending [...]
Choose Your Own Adventure
Posted in Movies on 25 June, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Here’s my question – if you could pick any actor’s career, which career would you choose? This is a tough one. Your factors can include awards, biggest stunts, most starlets kissed, best one liners, box office numbers, most positive, most groundbreaking, etc. Taking all of these factors into considerations, here’s my list. HARRISON FORD Our [...]
