Colonel Gentleman's List of the Top Five Movies of the 2010s (also known as the "Taughties").

* Batusi: The Forbidden Dance-Despite a lukewarm fan reaction to the announcement that funny-man Rainn Wilson (The Office) would play the latest antagonist in the acclaimed Batman series, critics agreed that Wilson turned in a stunning and erotic ( Read more... )

Colonel Gentleman's List of Five Things mrdankelly Knows More About Than He Should Because He Had Four Big Sisters Who Were Teens in the 70s

* The works of Helen Reddy, Carly Simon, and Ann Murray.
* Who Gilbert O'Sullivan and Bobby Sherman are.
* The contents of Young Miss and Tiger Beat magazines ( Read more... )

Colonel Gentleman's List of Five Things mrdankelly doesn't feel one way or another about, but which seem to bother many people on the Internetses.

* Twilight* Uwe Boll ( Read more... )

Col. Gentleman's list of five things which must not be.

1. David Lynch's Pink Flamingoes
2. Baz Luhrman's musical version of DeSade's The 120 Days of Sodom
3. On the Road, as "re-imagined" by Stephenie Meyer with young, glowy vampires
4. Lil' Iggy and His Radical Confederacy of Dunces! Saturday morning cartoon show
5. Eli Roth's It's the Easter ( Read more... )

1. Beginning another Kyril Bonfiglioli book, After You with the Pistol. Sigh, if only you'd have drank less and written more Kyril. Funny stuff. Wooster and Jeeves, if Bertie were smart and a total bastard ( Read more... )

The Bedside Reading List

Hey, forgot all about this. Ye gods this is taking a long time. Once again I started reading other, frankly more interesting books. I need to start writing more reviews here. I've been coming across some good stuff. Anyway...

The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket

The Johnstown Flood by David McCullough

Chasin' That Devil's ( Read more... )

Col. Gentleman's List of Things mrdankelly does not especially need to know as you ponder buying his car.

1. The amount of time your kid spent in jail.
2. Your fights with your wife.
3. That you know about a similar car that's cheaper, in better condition, and has lower mileage, and that's why mrdankelly should sell you his car for a pittance ( Read more... )

On Thursday, I stopped by the vet to pick up more syringes for my diabetic cat Travis. While waiting, one of the technicians told me that of the hundreds of cat patients the hospital has on file, Travis is the only Travis. Which is kind of funny. I didn't inform them that I didn't name Travis, or that his previous owner named him after Travis ( Read more... )

Colonel Gentleman's List of Five Cheap Literary/Historical/Filmic References/Homages mrdankelly Wants to See Banned from Use by Lazy Directors, Writers, Comic Book Creators, and so on for All Eternity

1. The Wizard of Oz
2. Alice in Wonderland3. Christ references, especially positioning a character in a cruciform pose when he is "suffering" for someone or ( Read more... )

Col. Gentleman's List of Five Things mrdankelly misses about going to work downtown (since he's working at home and minding the boy) for the next two months ( Read more... )