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John Hughes

I've been reading a lot about John Hughes since he died yesterday. I've seen so many of his movies. Which ones? The ones he directed: Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Weird Science, Ferris Bueller, Planes Trains and Automobiles, and Uncle Buck. The ones he wrote: Mr. Mom, National Lampoon's Vacation, European Vacation, Christmas Vacation, The Great Outdoors, Home Alone, Beethoven, Home Alone 2, 101 Dalmations (the live action one), and Baby's Day Out. Admittedly, there were some weaker films

Because People Seem to Care

I keep getting asked how World of Warcraft is treating me. Turns out people actually read my blog or check it out through Facebook--who knew? :-) And since the question keeps popping up, I thought I'd let you all breathe a little easier by telling you all at once. Azeroth is fine. I have yet to play more than an hour at a stretch, and I find it very relaxing. There's something to be said for the stress relief one gets when one is vicariously slaughtering Murlocs. I don't like fish. Murlocs are p

Down with Mosquitoes! (and a Tron movie review)

I'm fed up with mosquitoes. All of them. Even the male ones, who I guess don't bite. Too bad for them. I've never been much of a summer person, mainly for two reasons: it's too hot, and I don't like mosquitoes. (Or other biting, itchy bugs, for that matter.) Take away those two things, and I'd be a much happier boy in July and August. Why is it that we can put a man on the moon, but we can't eradicate mosquitoes from the face of the earth? Kill 'em all.

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Book Review: Path of Daggers

The Path of Daggers by Robert Jordan


My rating: 2 of 5 stars
Wow. Definitely the low point of the series for me so far. I suggest a retitling of the book: The Path of Not Really Much Important Happens. Really. What do you have of significance? True, Elayne and the gang fix the weather, but that happens right at the beginning of the book (and I would argue should have happened at the end of Book 7, really). Then you have her traipse off and start the interminable "I want to win Andor on my own" ca

Book Review: A Crown of Swords

A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan


My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This book was a noticeable dip in the series for me. I think the biggest problem I had with it was that the conflicts of the series seemed to drastically change with this book. For one thing, the Forsaken take a dramatic turn for the worse, going into hiding much more. Yes, Sammael is still there, and you've got some machinations by Moghedien and others, but there just wasn't a big enough oomph for my tastes. Even the climax of the book f

Review: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

I don't know if I'm the only one out there who didn't really have this movie come up on my radar (admittedly, it's not the sort of movie I really seek out information on), but if you haven't heard of it either, allow me to introduce you to Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. I'm a bit at a loss for how to describe it, except as excellent. It's part romantic comedy, part period piece, part screwball comedy, part . . . something else. The basic premise is simple: a woman (Frances McDormand) in depress

Migraine

It's been over four years since I had one. That streak ended today. Still feeling blown away by it--nasty little bugger. I'll try to be up to posting tomorrow.

EPCOT Nostalgia

Yesterday I stumbled across some YouTube videos that really brought me back in time. I used to go to Disney World a lot. Like, multiple times a year some years. I know all the rides, had the scripts for the shows memorized--that sort of thing. And a lot of the classic rides never change. But a lot of the EPCOT rides change quite a bit, since they're so based in "the future." There are rides that I grew up with that no longer exist.

Except in YouTube.

Thanks to the power of a lot of people with vid

Realization: I am Getting Older

You'd think that this is a conclusion I would have come to a bit sooner in life. I mean, does it really take 30 years to figure out that you're getting older? Well, I suppose this particular realization was more along the lines of "I will not always be young." How did it happen? I renewed my World of Warcraft account. It had been over two years, and I was eager to dive right in, but then something happened.

I couldn't get the newfangled controls to work.

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World of Warcraft's Siren Song

Okay, peoples. I'll admit it: I'm reconsidering World of Warcraft. For those of you who don't know, I was hooked on that game for about three years of my life. Totally loved it. It wasn't like I was playing it 24/7 or anything, but I played it and only it to the exclusion of other games. I've been off the juice for about two years now, and I think that if I got back on, I could keep it in check--not go too overboard. I don't know why it's suddenly popped back into my "List of Stuff I'd Like to D