My, my, my I've been quiet. TOO quiet. Which is good news for everyone, because instead of writing a hugely epically long post, I'm forced to reduce it to key highlights from sheer lack of memory. So I have those, plus a large number of mini-movie reviews ( Read more... )

Some unpleasantness to report. First watch this YouTube video our friend sent us:

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Funny stuff. In fact everything done by this guy is pretty freakin' hilarious, with a few minor exceptions. Just search for "original narration by Randall." But the honey badger is our favorite and has inspired quite a few catch phrases in our house ( Read more... )

But first...I give you Ross inventory Friday night.

It all started when I counted this item in the food aisle:


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So Tery seems determined to fan my "thing" for Adrien Brody, quietly simmering on the backburner, into a full-fledged flame. One-third of the way through Dummy, she insisted on going to Blockbuster on the spot (i.e. 15 minutes before closing time) to rent Spike Lee's Summer of Sam, one of his best roles in her opinion ( Read more... )

My younger sister Amy visited me this week from Boston. Thankfully her idea of a good time more or less matches mine. She also likes watching movies and spending as little money as possible. So $20 at Hollywood Video buys a week full of good times. Here are my reviews on most of what we watched:

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( ::Dummy:: )

Courtesy of Drew's Blog-a-Rama, recommended by Swankyfunk with good reason:

I could so easily develop a thing for Adrien Brody, all 71-1/2 scrawny inches of him, even as a disembodied head atop a veiny arm in Tori Amos' new video, A Sorta Fairytale, which you all should go see now. I mean, just look at him:


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