Wherein I ponder, rant, rave or babble semi-coherently on the nature of life, the universe and everything (and here there be memes)

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The Day the Earth Stood Still

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Ah, where do I begin to tell you about this movie?  How about the fact that in the new millennium, the story line just doesn’t gel as well as it did 57 years ago.  How about the fact that relationships between various characters were unclear at best… at least until the very end when the [...]

A Quiz

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Well, sort of.  Both Bev and Ron ran their blogs through the Typealyzer and came up with some interesting results.  So I thought, “What the heck?  I’ll see what the ol’ Typealyzer thinks of my blogs.”  Since all three blogs are written by the same person, I had (erroneously, as it turns out) thought I’d [...]

Girls’ Night Out

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For Max, who enjoys them so much…  another Mad Lib.
Sometimes you just want to divulge with your girlfriends without having to fend off toucans all night — particularly after going through an illiterate breakup.  You’re just not up to creating gloomy responses to flighty one-liners.  Well, the truth is that most men are intimidated by [...]

Synecdoche, New York

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Mr. Aerten and I saw this movie on Sunday.  To say that it was surreal would be like saying the sun is a little warm.  It made Philip K. Dick novels seem downright mainstream.
Now, that’s not to say it was a bad movie.  Not at all.  I definitely liked it.  It’s just very hard to [...]

Drown Your Sorrows

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Hey, how about a Mad Lib?
Fresh from a disreputable relationship, you deserve a drink.  What better time is there to find your libation horizons and pick a difficult signature “chicktail” to celebrate your freedom?  To satisfy your bilious tooth, order a Fuzzy Earlobe, a concoction of fingerprint juice and file liquor.  Or there’s the Mojito, [...]

Time for a Meme

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I found this one over on Thriftcriminal. Just copy the list and highlight the ones you’ve done. Some of the ones I haven’t done I’d like to do. Others (i.e., bungee jumping or being transported in an ambulance), not so much.
I HAVE…
1. Started my own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in [...]