Happy Birthday, davidschroth!

Last night I was a guest reviewer on the Film Confessional podcast, which regularly features my friends Jason and Justin. We reviewed the movie Patrick Age 1.5, and while we had different degrees of enjoyment pretty much agreed on the film's strong and weak points. It was actually kinda fun to just talk movies, and the layout of the podcast ( Read more... )

Friday night we had a few friends over to play Wizard and enjoy some hamburgers off the grill. A made a spicy rice dish and beans as sides, and K brought over some delicious strawberry rhubard pie and ice cream. Andrew was on his game but it was an off night for me - he maintains that had I not messed up his trick on a critical and that he would ( Read more... )

Andrew and I took Friday afternoon off for an early start on a New York style theatre weekend at home. We checked into the downtown Mpls Crown Plaza and had a cocktail and disco nap. We dressed ourselves up a little and had dinner and drinks at Tickles, and toddled off to the Guthrie to see A Streetcar Named Desire. Although we reserved tickets ( Read more... )

No, not dog as an ingredient! Last night minnehaha the couple came over to meet our new dog, and he met with their approval. They suggested we take Simon to the weiner dog races - we've never been so will have to check it out. After a little dog time we bounced (too literally over one intersection) to Joy's Pattaya for some Thai takeout. This is the third ( Read more... )

Speaking in Hopkins tonight ( Read more... )

Happy birthday to jeffg_in_nyc and truelothar!

Happy birthday, minnehaha B!

As mentioned in an earlier post, I made it to the theatre less often last year, and there are some films I regret missing and will have to catch on dvd. Most I would classify as guilty pleasures, required for reason of genre, or vehicles for actors I appreciate. Several are on the list because they struck me as quirky and/or interesting ( Read more... )

The holidays were a nice mix of busy and relaxed. We had the folks over for dinner and gifts on Christmas Eve, and I had the challenge of finishing off the preparations of a turkey feast with a wrenched back from shoveling. We attended parties on the next two nights and then had a night at home to wrap the long weekend. We visited with friends for ( Read more... )