Are the Olympics so last week?
I forgot to wonder aloud whether or not it is silly for a sprinter to wear a skin tight outfit made of drag resistant technologically advanced super material, and then pin a big old floppy piece of paper to their stomach/chest with a number on it?
Friday, August 29, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
No time to breathe
As the Olympics come to a close, I have drafted my SECOND fantasy football team. That's right, two times the headache. Here's hoping I'm injury free and I at least compete. My first pick in both drafts was Philadelphia Eagles running back Brian Westbrook. So, as he goes, my team(s) will go. Keep your fingers crossed.
As the Olympics come to a close, I have drafted my SECOND fantasy football team. That's right, two times the headache. Here's hoping I'm injury free and I at least compete. My first pick in both drafts was Philadelphia Eagles running back Brian Westbrook. So, as he goes, my team(s) will go. Keep your fingers crossed.
Who's afraid of Eric Strahl
Friday August 22, 2008.
Ran 6+ miles for the first time on my training schedule for Pre. With one month to go I am at my target distance. Plus, After being at the top of my queue for about 2 1/2 months Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf came from BBVonline today which puts me in prime position to catch Lucas on the AFI top 100. Luckily after running six miles all I can think about is watching a movie with my feet propped up.
Friday August 22, 2008.
Ran 6+ miles for the first time on my training schedule for Pre. With one month to go I am at my target distance. Plus, After being at the top of my queue for about 2 1/2 months Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf came from BBVonline today which puts me in prime position to catch Lucas on the AFI top 100. Luckily after running six miles all I can think about is watching a movie with my feet propped up.
Saturday, August 09, 2008
The Olympics from my couch?
The question that I will ponder for the next two weeks is... Should the Olympics inspire humanity to reach down within themselves and find the true potential of their athletic prowess? Or. Should I sit in front of the television, with a beer, and attempt to watch as many hours of sports I only care about every four years because I only get a chance to do this every two years?
The question that I will ponder for the next two weeks is... Should the Olympics inspire humanity to reach down within themselves and find the true potential of their athletic prowess? Or. Should I sit in front of the television, with a beer, and attempt to watch as many hours of sports I only care about every four years because I only get a chance to do this every two years?
Monday, August 04, 2008
Body for Sale: Cheap!
As most of you know Amber and I are running the Prefontaine Memorial run in September and I have some interesting marketing ideas. Mainly me. You can have this handsome face pitching your product (when I am not vomiting (less handsome)) for what could be easily negotiated down to a paltry sum. Here's the pitch; I have broad shoulders=so lots of ad space. I will promise to start at the front, so that as everyone (literally) passes me they will run smack into the ad, and I am aiming for like slightly less than ten minute miles, so I will definately be out there a while for more ad time.
I would paint my hair blue and wear wings for a case of Red Bull. Can anyone hook that up?
Call your marketing friends and see what the collective internet "we" can whip up.
I am not joking about the Red Bull thing, if you want me to advertise an insurance company I can be bought in Red Bull.
Oh yeah, I only drink sugar free Red Bull (quick heads up)
As most of you know Amber and I are running the Prefontaine Memorial run in September and I have some interesting marketing ideas. Mainly me. You can have this handsome face pitching your product (when I am not vomiting (less handsome)) for what could be easily negotiated down to a paltry sum. Here's the pitch; I have broad shoulders=so lots of ad space. I will promise to start at the front, so that as everyone (literally) passes me they will run smack into the ad, and I am aiming for like slightly less than ten minute miles, so I will definately be out there a while for more ad time.
I would paint my hair blue and wear wings for a case of Red Bull. Can anyone hook that up?
Call your marketing friends and see what the collective internet "we" can whip up.
I am not joking about the Red Bull thing, if you want me to advertise an insurance company I can be bought in Red Bull.
Oh yeah, I only drink sugar free Red Bull (quick heads up)
Saturday, July 26, 2008
The Best Years of Our Lives
I'm down to the last handful of AFI films and I have to say that The Best Years of Our Lives was a film I was saving out of a lack of interest. That was until I began watching it and found another favorite film. This movie was made in a time when films were censored from the kind of "vulgar honesty" we've become accustomed to, yet it packed the punch of modern film making, with its well told stories and well timed action. I strongly recommend this film to anyone who misses a time in film when cleverly hidden metaphor packed more wallop than a naked prostitute shooting someone in the head while snorting a line of cocaine off the barrel of her smokin' Beretta.
I'm down to the last handful of AFI films and I have to say that The Best Years of Our Lives was a film I was saving out of a lack of interest. That was until I began watching it and found another favorite film. This movie was made in a time when films were censored from the kind of "vulgar honesty" we've become accustomed to, yet it packed the punch of modern film making, with its well told stories and well timed action. I strongly recommend this film to anyone who misses a time in film when cleverly hidden metaphor packed more wallop than a naked prostitute shooting someone in the head while snorting a line of cocaine off the barrel of her smokin' Beretta.
Friday, July 04, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
This article was taken as is from IMDB.com
Heigl Withdraws From Emmy Race Over Poor Material
11 June 2008 7:01 AM, PDT
Grey's Anatomy star Katherine Heigl pulled herself out of the list of Emmy Award contenders as part of a protest about her character's development on the medical drama.
The actress, who won the Best Supporting Actress prize at the Emmys last year insisted she be left off the official ballot because she felt her character was awful during the most recent season of the show.
Heigl tells website GoldDerby.com, "I did not feel that I was given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination and (so), in an effort to maintain the integrity of the academy organisation, I withdrew my name from contention.
"I did not want to potentially take away an opportunity from an actress who was given such materials."
That's what I would say too if I had no chance of winning an award that some people might hold me accountable for winning. Example: I took myself out of the running for employee of the month at work, due to the fact that I sucked hard and haven't really cared lately.
Heigl Withdraws From Emmy Race Over Poor Material
11 June 2008 7:01 AM, PDT
Grey's Anatomy star Katherine Heigl pulled herself out of the list of Emmy Award contenders as part of a protest about her character's development on the medical drama.
The actress, who won the Best Supporting Actress prize at the Emmys last year insisted she be left off the official ballot because she felt her character was awful during the most recent season of the show.
Heigl tells website GoldDerby.com, "I did not feel that I was given the material this season to warrant an Emmy nomination and (so), in an effort to maintain the integrity of the academy organisation, I withdrew my name from contention.
"I did not want to potentially take away an opportunity from an actress who was given such materials."
That's what I would say too if I had no chance of winning an award that some people might hold me accountable for winning. Example: I took myself out of the running for employee of the month at work, due to the fact that I sucked hard and haven't really cared lately.
Sharon Stone is an Idiot: Redux
From my trusted news source; E-Entertainment televison's The Soup, I saw a clip of Sharon Stone at an AIDS benefit auction that she hosted, asking P-Diddy to bid on an auction item that he clearly didn't want. She walks into the crowd and asks him if he would like to raise the bid to which he replys that he doesn't have that much money. She then goes on to ask him why he doesn't have that kind of money. "Did you spend it all on crack or something". Genius. How would you like to be her publicist?
From my trusted news source; E-Entertainment televison's The Soup, I saw a clip of Sharon Stone at an AIDS benefit auction that she hosted, asking P-Diddy to bid on an auction item that he clearly didn't want. She walks into the crowd and asks him if he would like to raise the bid to which he replys that he doesn't have that much money. She then goes on to ask him why he doesn't have that kind of money. "Did you spend it all on crack or something". Genius. How would you like to be her publicist?
I have defeated Harry Potter: by finishing The Deathly Hollows...Finally
After much procrastination I finally made it to that place in a Harry Potter novel where you just can't put it down for very long. I have now read every book in the series and I was very pleased. I felt a similar sense of completion after Amber & I finished a back to back Lord of the Rings: Extended Version marathon back in '06. It took me about a year longer than most, but I had a hard time excepting that it would be over once I finished, and wanted to hold on to that feeling for as long as I could. As a mostly grown man I should probably not be so attached to these characters that it's hard to finish a book, but alas I could not help it.
One of the bigger surprises for me on the AFI list. I had low expectations, due to Lucas' mostly unfriendly review, but I found this film engaging and worthy of consideration for "classic cinema" status. I am not sure I was ready for such a heavy story and nicely twisted plot lines, but I was drawn in and entertained from very early on. A must for cinema lovers and a very high recommendation for the casual movie watcher.
Thursday, June 05, 2008
AFI Update
Bringing Up Baby- Very sharp film. I very much enjoy the razor tongued slapstick romances of the thirties and forties much more than the schlock they pass off as romcom nowadays. Music and Lyrics by... Anyone... anyone.... didn't think so.
Rebel Without a Cause-I went into this film with a feeling that it would be overacted and the story would bludgeon me in the face like that Kimbo guy. I was very pleasantly surprised to really enjoy this film that felt fresh and pertinent. James Dean, for all his rebellious iconography is the level headed center of this film.
Amadeus- I enjoyed this film, I always wonder when they take a past cultural icon and play him as a buffoon, is it all that fair, but then I think, they wouldn't have put it in the movie if it weren't true. Then I am content. Ahhhh.
The Gold Rush- From the first time I saw him, I have been a fan of Chaplin, having finished the last of the three films he has on the list I realize that I should not need a purpose to sit down and watch his stuff other than the need for a good time.
Bringing Up Baby- Very sharp film. I very much enjoy the razor tongued slapstick romances of the thirties and forties much more than the schlock they pass off as romcom nowadays. Music and Lyrics by... Anyone... anyone.... didn't think so.
Rebel Without a Cause-I went into this film with a feeling that it would be overacted and the story would bludgeon me in the face like that Kimbo guy. I was very pleasantly surprised to really enjoy this film that felt fresh and pertinent. James Dean, for all his rebellious iconography is the level headed center of this film.
Amadeus- I enjoyed this film, I always wonder when they take a past cultural icon and play him as a buffoon, is it all that fair, but then I think, they wouldn't have put it in the movie if it weren't true. Then I am content. Ahhhh.
The Gold Rush- From the first time I saw him, I have been a fan of Chaplin, having finished the last of the three films he has on the list I realize that I should not need a purpose to sit down and watch his stuff other than the need for a good time.
Monday, June 02, 2008
I'm training to be a cage fighter
After the Portland Starlight Parade, Saturday night we realized driving out of a garage and out of downtown would prove slow. So we entered some buffalo something or another for a quick bite while traffic dissipated. Turns out that said restaurant was one of these new fangled family eateries on steroids with like fifty televisions completely surrounding every spare inch of wall space. Which on this fine evening meant watching some one named Kimbo punch another guy in the face until blood ran from his cauliflower ear. I have been quick to mock in the past these cage fighting beasts, but I have to say actually watching it made my stomach turn. At the end when I almost couldn't take much more, I wondered if the human carnage was what was so upsetting or the fact that people were cheering it on like some show at the Roman Coliseum.
After the Portland Starlight Parade, Saturday night we realized driving out of a garage and out of downtown would prove slow. So we entered some buffalo something or another for a quick bite while traffic dissipated. Turns out that said restaurant was one of these new fangled family eateries on steroids with like fifty televisions completely surrounding every spare inch of wall space. Which on this fine evening meant watching some one named Kimbo punch another guy in the face until blood ran from his cauliflower ear. I have been quick to mock in the past these cage fighting beasts, but I have to say actually watching it made my stomach turn. At the end when I almost couldn't take much more, I wondered if the human carnage was what was so upsetting or the fact that people were cheering it on like some show at the Roman Coliseum.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Sharon Stone: Class Act
Sharon Stone said in an interview with Chinese reporters at the Cannes Film Festival that the recent earthquake in China could be blamed on Karma. So now we place bets on how long before Stone is struck by lightening. Over/Under is the start of the Beijing Summer Games. Man this should be fun.
Sharon Stone said in an interview with Chinese reporters at the Cannes Film Festival that the recent earthquake in China could be blamed on Karma. So now we place bets on how long before Stone is struck by lightening. Over/Under is the start of the Beijing Summer Games. Man this should be fun.
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