Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Archive for August, 2007

‘300′ is hilarious

Posted in Funny stuff, Movies, Pop culture, Videogames on August 22, 2007 | 1 Comment »

So we watched 300 while we were at my parents house this past weekend. I thought it was hilarious — and it’s not intentionally so. Within 10 minutes we were going MST3K on it because it’s so gratuitous and over-the-top.
Mo: They go to war in Speedos?
Me: Of course. Greater freedom of movement, plus, you can [...]

Read Full Post »

More career fun!

Posted in Journalism, Lame on August 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

In another installment of the “Window into Our World” category, check out this entry in Joe Grimm’s “Ask the Recruiter” column on Poynter.org. Poynter is a non-profit institute for the improvement of journalism. Grimm is a former recruiter who does a thrice-weekly Q&A deal on the Poynter site.
The question and the writer are based on/in [...]

Read Full Post »

King of Kong

Posted in Movies, Pop culture, Videogames on August 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I really, really, really want to see this new movie called King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. It’s a documentary about two guys going after the all-time high score in Donkey Kong. It opens in limited release today and is getting some really good reviews. Hit the link above to see a trailer. I [...]

Read Full Post »

Bumper car

Posted in Funny stuff on August 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Been meaning to post this for a while. My favorite bumper sticker ever, spotted recently on National Avenue:
God, save me from your followers!

Read Full Post »

Stardust

Posted in Movies on August 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

We saw the movie Stardust tonight. It was really a great fantasy movie. It’s really imaginative and wonderful; not derivative in the least (too many fantasy movies are IMO).
It has a certain charm that reminds me of cool fantasy movies of the ’80s like The Princess Bride, Willow and Labyrinth. It has everything you’d expect [...]

Read Full Post »

Ugly but true

Posted in Journalism, Lame, Surfing the Web on August 11, 2007 | 2 Comments »

If you want to gain a little insight into our current dissatisfaction with our place of employment, look no further than the comments section of this WSJ blog post. For my own good, I will not say anything more. But I will say that you can take to heart each and every comment posted.

Read Full Post »

Just trashy?

Posted in Pop culture on August 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Ok, so this was big talk at the office. Honestly, I don’t think I could ever do this. I can’t imagine taking my beautiful dress and dragging it through the mud and gunk like that – I’m just way to emotionally attached to the darn thing. There were a few people in favor of it [...]

Read Full Post »