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Upcoming Video Games
August:
August 24th - Professor Layton (DS) - No preorder specials
August 24th - Metroid Prime Trilogy (Wii) - $10 Gift Card @ Best Buy; Poster @ Amazon; Poster & T-Shirt @ Gamestop
August 25th - Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3/360) - Bonus maps @ Gamestop
September:
September 9th - Beatles Rock Band (PS3/360/Wii)
September 15th - Scribblenauts (DS) - ( Read more... ) -
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen
So I'm writing this mostly just to put down my thoughts on this movie. It's seemed to spark two distinct groups - those who liked it, and those who hated it. I'll admit now I'm closer to the first group, although as I'll obviously touch on in this post, I think it was far from a perfect movie ( Read more... ) -
The Adventures of Prince Achmed
If you ask most people today, they will tell you that the first feature length animated movie was Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, by Disney. Unfortunately, they would all be wrong. The first feature length animated movie (that's not been lost) is actually The Adventures of Prince Achmed, a movie adaptation of one of the stories out of 1001 ( Read more... ) -
Avatar: The Last Airbender
I first heard about this show a while back, probably when it was airing first-run on Nickelodeon. Given the network and the fact that it was Nickelodeon-produced, I didn't give it much thought, figuring it to be in line with Spongebob & all the Pokemon-rip-offs.
Boy was I wrong.
ironekilz introduced me to the show about a month ago - it was on Netflix ( Read more... ) -
Yanked from redstapler
To quote:
At his journal, bodlon tells us all why the National Organization for Marriage are a bunch of despicable people who are petty and hateful.
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Handbell Hero!
I actually have more than a few people on my list who play handbells, and thought they might be interested in this: http://www.handbellhero.com/play/handbellhero-2008 -
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Tonight ironekilz and I went to see a musical at the Arena Stage theatre. Working in Crystal City, I had seen ads for the theatre around, as the Arena Stage has a temporary location in Crystal City not too far from where my office is. I had heard decent things about the current show, but hadn't really paid more than passing attention to the details. ( Read more... )
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