Time to catch up on some pictures from the summer. Here are some pictures from a Father’s Day dinner Mia’s Girl Scout troop threw for the dads. The girls also recieved their badges and other commendations that day. This was Mia’s first year in Girl Scouts, and she had a lot of fun learning to [...]
I just read an interesting article that makes the argument that the Bourne trilogy of movies is the best American film trilogy around: Why the Bourne Series is the Best American Film Trilogy Ever Made He makes a lot of good points, and I’d be closer to agreeing with him if any individual film in the [...]
So, readers of my blog know I ordered an iMac and a Mac Pro on July 9. A month later, Apple announces a brand-new iMac and a new version of iLife. The new iMac most equivalent to the one I ordered is more powerful (better processor, larger hard drive and better video card) and $260 [...]
You know those AFI Top 100 lists? This guy put together a very well-done montage that counts down from 100 to 1 via movie quotes, called 100 Movies, 100 Quotes, 100 Numbers: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FExqG6LdWHU&rel=1] Fun: how many of these movies can you identify?
It’s time to get excited about the season, Seahawks fans! And here’s just the article to do it: Seahawks still rule NFC West The Rams are more explosive with new weapons on offense. Arizona, oozing talent, now must be accountable with Ken Whisenhunt taking over. As you know by now, we are “Rollin’ with Nolan” [...]
An interesting take on the James Bond classic Goldfinger: The dirty secret at the heart of Goldfinger And you know what? He’s right. :) (Don’t get me wrong. I love Bond films. Even the bad ones, because campy can be fun. But the films did get awfully ridiculous as time went on, and with Pierce Brosnan [...]
ESPN put up a pretty good article detailing 50 current players who they think might wind up in the NFL Hall of Fame: Who’s ticketed for Canton? Among the current and former Seattle Seahawks listed are Steve Hutchinson, Walter Jones, Shaun Alexander, and Lofa Tatupu. I think that Jones is an absolute lock, and probably [...]
It’s been two weeks with my new Mac computers, and two weeks of transitioning from the PC to the Mac. I can’t really say I’ve made The Switch yet, because my PC is still up and running! :-) But I’m now doing at least 80% of my work on the Mac, and about 95% of [...]
William Arnold, a film critic with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer whom I respect a great deal, has written a review for The Bourne Ultimatum, which opens this weekend: ‘Bourne Ultimatum’ is spy trilogy’s final, and weakest, link In the review, Arnold praises the movie’s effort to be different from other action movies, and notes the satisfaction [...]