category archive: film

Garden State

Oh, mercy, I can’t believe how good Garden State is. I went in with high expectations, having seen the trailer a few times, and they were thoroughly exceeded. It’s Zach Braff‘s debut as a screenwriter and director, and he’s hit the ball out of the park. The film has an unconventional but compelling structure, and […]

filmmaking & patriotism

Bunker wrote a post this morning linking to this NY Times article about Sony Pictures buying the rights to make a movie out of Richard Clarke’s controversial book Against All Enemies. Bunker states that: This might be the major Democratic effort to unseat Bush in November. I was fascinated by where this whole development could […]

hooray

Been away from the blog for awhile, but the past few weeks have been productive. Among other things, I’ve… Laid out my travel plans for CK’s wedding in Rhode Island next month; painted our shutters a nice burgundy color to replace the hideous baby blue that they were; helped the brother-in-law to move into a […]

ahhh that’s better (or, Warning: blogging may be habit forming)

A minor issue with my web host has just been resolved that had been in effect since early Tuesday; I couldn’t upload files or post new blog entries. It’s a little creepy that even though I had nothing to post, I was kind of disturbed that I couldn’t. Hope everyone had a holly-jolly Christmas. Even […]

ask me about the great Labor Day poem from “Garfield”

Well, Labor Day weekend is drawing to a close. Saw 28 Days Later…, went to a great party, played some golf with a really nice Australian couple, and finally got our wedding pictures online.

i took the blue pill

Just watched the Animatrix. Wow, wow, and more wow. Bow freakin’ wow. Thanks Joe. And that made me wonder why I’m not making much music lately. So if you’ll excuse me, I’d better go attend to that…