I just got back from watching the movie adaptation of Max Payne. This is a classic of where the fault with the movie lies primarily with the script. Mark Wahlberg played a surprisingly accurate Payne...alternated with incredibly ham-fisted scene pieces. That being said, I went in with low expectations, and wasn't disappointed. I had some fun with it, but I wouldn't watch it again. Worth a rental.
The final installation of the Jack Palms trilogy, Jack Palms 3 (retroactively subtitled Czechmate ), it actually only about two-thirds as long as the previous two Jack Palms podcast novels. On the... this is a pretty satisfying conclusion. It hasn't soured me on Jack Palms or Seth's writing, and I do look forward to more -- I just thought that it could have been a little more than it was
I recently finished The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon. David actually picked up the book close to a year ago, and I had been meaning to get around to it because I have this...time. The fact that the actual craft of the writing was top-notch certainly helped. This has easily been my favorite book this year, and might actually move to one of my favorite books of all time
Just finished up listening to the sequel to Jack Wakes Up , and it's a worthy successor. Jack Palms II: This is Life picks up a few months after JWU leaves off. Like the original, it's a series...listening to JWU (or buying it when the print book goes on sale in May next year), double that. Unless something goes crazy with JP3, I can only assume it'll be an awesome conclusion to the series
It's a zombie movie. The protagonist has rescued his buddy from being attacked by a zombie, but he finds out his buddy's been bitten. Does he try to save him, or put him out of his misery? This time,...played through every option in about fifteen minutes. However, it's one of those head-slapping "why didn't anyone think of this before?" ideas that I'm hoping will take hold and propagate on the net
In their heyday, The Beatles were the center of the pop universe. Many groups have been hailed as the next Beatles, but does pop music even have a center anymore? Who represents the core of pop...one who decides who is marketable and gets someone to write music for them so they can take their pretty ass on stage and harmonzie aimlessly. That guy is the soul of pop music. And The Devil owns him
I'm behind, so here we go. * Betrayal at House on the Hill (Board Game): I borrowed this board game from Kelley after she spent weeks trying to track a copy down, and we ended up playing a couple...is the dilemma really at the heart of the American detective genre of the early 20th century. This is probably Chandler at his best, and well worth a read even if you aren't enamored with the genre
Goddammit. Do not cover a good song unless you can sing, and also, play instruments, that helps, too. Tainted Love is a good song, and whoever you are, you deserve to suffer.
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This is not nearly so simple a question as you seem to think.
* Signed up for iSweat. It's reskinned Twitter (and even syncs with Twitter), but it's also an easy way for me to be more honest about my workout schedule, such as it is. The idea is to "break one sweat...to juggle when "everything" keeps getting slowly bigger. * Wedding this Saturday, and more Victorian Mage this Sunday. Hopefully things will get rolling now that we've seen the so-called "ghost.
