My Grandma

Yesterday, my grandma on my mom’s side suffered a pretty severe stroke and is so far unresponsive. Both legs move when her toes are tickled or pinched, but I guess she hasn’t woken up to see or converse with anybody. My mom and two of her sisters were there last night and will [...]

Saved! and Ocean’s Twelve

Saw “Saved!” over the weekend on DVD via NetFlix. This is a teen high school coming-of-age type comedy that takes place at a Baptist Christian school. So almost all the characters are Christians. It was good. It’s worth the rental if you have an interest in seeing a mostly respectful, and [...]

Birthday

Is there anything better than Birthday nookie? I mean besides the filet mignon from Daniel’s in Bellevue, WA. First there were fresh baked cinammon rolls for breakfast. Then I grilled up my favorite marinated tri-tip steak to perfection on the grill for dinner. Then my wife’s brownies! Then, well… it [...]

Dynamite Blows

Saw “Napoleon Dynamite” tonight. If I was in charge of the Idaho State Tourism Board, I’d be filing a lawsuit against Hollywood. This movie doesn’t blow entirely. It started off great. The creative opening credits and White Stripes song were fantastic. The nicest things I can say about this movie [...]

The Ultimate Power-Pop Mix-Tape: Part 3: Splitsville

So far we’ve covered Jellyfish and agreed that almost any of their songs can be counted amongst the ultimate! Then we talked about Fountains of Wayne and agreed that “Red Dragon Tattoo” is a super-fab song.
Now, let’s talk about Splitsville. Years ago, my friend Joe introduced me to these guys. They’re a [...]

A general update on what’s been going on

Getting into that busy season and judging by the frequency of updates here you can guess that I’ve already been in it. I’ve been finding myself getting to the end of the day sometimes and choosing to take free time to relax with some music and then going to bed a little earlier rather [...]

More on TV, TiVo, slime and freedom

As you know, I watch little TV, so you might be wondering why I care to rant about slimy TV networks and TiVo and all that. Well, I like TV shows and movies… I just don’t like “watching TV”. If a show catches my interest, like “Arrested Development” or “Lost” have recently, then [...]