“I don’t know how to tell you this, but there’s a spunky redhead in every office.”

broderic on September 7, 2011

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark won’t keep me up at night. While certainly spooky at times, it’s frights never materialized to made me admonish myself to “not be afraid of the dark.” Of course, on occasion, I got goosebumps, but that’s just because it was cold in the theatre. I didn’t even have to hide behind the bill of my cap.

The movie was produced and written by Guillermo del Toro. The monsters were faeries like the ones found in del Toro’s adaption of Hellboy. If you think this spoils the movie for you, then you’ve got to watch to see how they spook out the house owners.

The new owners of the condemned house are a couple of nitwits. Guy Pearse is starting to corner the spineless asshole parts. Katie Holmes didn’t have much to say except be the non-sceptic in the house. The young daughter gets them into trouble, first by coming into their home, then unknowingly unleashing the darkness.

If you have faeries swarming about you, you start sweeping the legs and start sweeping the ground around you. Boot them about!

Not scary enough, but worth a look on a cold winter’s night.

3 of 5 stars

“So, you’d be willing to give up evil for Lisa?”

broderic on September 6, 2011

Link of the Day [9.06.11]

The legend of pretend anchorman started back in high school. We would be drinking 40s of Colt .45, passing the bottle around until it was done. You can only get through 2 of those before you want to throw up except you had bought four. The only way to finish those 40s is to play pretend anchorman. Just pass one bottle around until you kill it. No different from earlier in the night except for there is no stopping the bottle going around and around. Pretend anchorman is just a chugfest.

Today’s link will show you how to play the real anchorman drinking game. I think the pretend anchorman is more fun.

http://www.ehow.com/how_6793618_play-anchorman-drinking-game.html

“Sure, we’ve all wanted to kill Matthew, but what good would that do?” “It would make him dead.”

broderic on September 5, 2011

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Had a blast at the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix. Although, we were there on the Saturday and just watched the American Le Mans, it was still fun. If you go next year, get the 2 day pass so that you can wander around on the Saturday and watch the grand prix on the Sunday. There’s just too much to do for one day. If you do something, you’ll miss the races, and if you watch the races, you’ll miss the stuff to do.

“Rupert Murdoch laughed at me so hard, I thought my speakerphone would burst into flames.”

broderic on September 4, 2011

Link of the Day [9.04.11]

Apple was down in the dumps in the early 00s that in 2001, I remember their stock at $12. This is even after Apple came back with the bondi blue iMac. The company was working, but they were still getting worked. Now look at them. A juggernaut. This is what Steve Jobs left behind.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/and-then-there-were-none/2011/08/31/gIQANykH0J_story.html

“Presenting ‘Dave the Insane Maniac,’ a play in one act, by Beth and Bill.”

broderic on September 2, 2011

Quote of the Day [9.02.11]

”The voluptuous pleasure that cycling can give you is delicate, intimate and ephemeral. It arrives, it takes hold of you, sweeps you up and then leaves you again. It is for you alone. It is a combination of speed and ease, force and grace. It is pure happiness.”

Jean Bobet about La Volupté, “Demain, en Roule (Tomorrow, We Ride)”