Fog of War

I drove to work this morning in a thick haze. Oh, and it was foggy too.

Speaking of foggy hazes, here is my wellspring of thick, foggy hazes.

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Number 5 already?

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire comes to theaters on July 13, 2007. Here is the teaser trailer. That Hermione is filling out nicely!

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Superman here? Golly!

Tomorrow is the release date of Superman Returns and Superman II - The Richard Donner Cut.

Superman Returns was decent. The story was a little too melodramatic and I thought Kevin Spacey did a bad Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor. Brandon Routh also did a mousy Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent/Superman, but thankfully he didn't have a lot of dialogue. My brother got a HD-DVD player for his XBox 360, so I am keen on watching Superman Returns in HD.

Some of you may know that Richard Donner was hired to direct Superman-The Movie and Superman II. However, creative differences between Donner and the producers lead to Donner being fired after shooting most of Superman II. The producers hired Richard Lester to finish Superman II and direct Superman III. You can definitely tell where the Donner work ends and the Lester work begins in Superman II and I don't even need to bring up the train wreck that is Superman III(Richard Pryor?? Come on!) This new edition of Superman II has newly restored scenes and is cut the way Donner intended for his vision of Superman II. I generally don't like director's editions of films as most of the time it's just extra footage that should have remained on the cutting room floor and added in a nice little package so the studios can make some extra money. Nonetheless, I am going to give this one a viewing since I consider Donner's Superman - The Movie to be the definitive comic book movie. I'll let you know what I think.

I just wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a very happy Thanksgiving!!! If you're day was exactly like mine you started by going to the gym, then served turkey dinners, watched the Dallas Cowboys roll over the Buccaneers, then capped the day with the annual viewing of It's a Wonderful Life . I also did manage to eat some turkey leftovers in between all of that.

Where'd You Go?

Hey everyone!!!

I know, I know. I haven't posted in quite some time. What excuse should I use?

1. I was waiting for the proper planetary equinox.
2. My Muse was kicking it down in Rio.
   
3. I've been working too damn much.

You pick one.

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Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. That special time of year when family and friends get together to enjoy food, football, and a tryptophan coma. It all started about 400 years ago when Indians fed the Pilgrims some turkeys during some hard times. As a way of saying thanks, the Indians were killed and forced off their lands. Things are a little different today. Now the Indians charge overweight Americans $24.95 for a turkey buffet in one of their casinos and are making a killing at the slots.

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How can you tell when this turkey is done? Poke at it and tell him that he's not funny. Then record the ensuing racist diatribe and post it on the net. Then you know he is done. Oh yeah, he's done alright!!

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Play this if you like a soundtrack to accompany your dinner.

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Or this if you think you are going to overeat.

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I'll be working tomorrow, but I will be home in time for some leftovers. So save me some!!!

Happy Día de los Muertos!!

Today is the Day of the Dead, when Mexicans take a break from illegal border crossings to wear skull masks and decorate the gravestones of deceased love ones.

Not to be outdone by our neighbors to the south, here is a list of "dead" related activities to celebrate.

1. Watch season one of Dead Like Me

2. Listen to Oingo Boingo's Dead Man's Party

3. Watch Johnny Depp in Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man

4. Go to the Norfolk Zoo with some friends and play Dead Zoo Animal Lotto. Whoever can guess which exhibit will suffer the next fatality wins! My guess is one of the eastern Bongos.

5. Take a tour of the world's largest slaughterhouse in Tar Heel, NC. Every visitor gets a free pint of pig's blood.

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That's all for now. Have to go and watch last night's episode of Lost. I hear someone dies.

Did everyone have a great Halloween? Hope no one feels like this fella.

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Now that Halloween is over don't forget to throw away your Jack-O-Latern. Or you can watch it rot on your front stoop. Like this.

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Game show models and circuit court judges breathe a sigh of relief. Bob Barker is retiring.

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Taking a short break. Be back in a few hours.