"All hail Dave, the hated boss! "

broderic on September 5, 2007


Ven y ven
Originally uploaded by browsermetrics.
This picture turned out better than I thought. As the comment says, it is my second favorite of the photos from the trip to spain.

We had to use the bathroom soon after pulling out of the other servicio joint, and we pull into here. This place was located near a wind farm, large windmills generating renewable resource energy. If I had turned around and took a picture, you would’ve seen an homage to Cervantes’s Don Quixote.

“Boo, Lisa. Boo.”

broderic on September 5, 2007

The Nanny Diaries.

Better than expected considering that it is currently at 31% approval at RottenTomatoes.com. Look I don’t think it was the greatest movie this summer or this year, but it was serviceable. I liked the story even if it was predictable. I didn’t think that Scarlett Johansson sucked. She was okay. I liked the flourishes the directors did.

But I didn’t read the book. But who cares?

I certainly don’t define my movie viewing habits by who gives what to which movie.

I liked it.

3 of 5 stars.

“Boo, Bill. Boo.”

broderic on September 2, 2007

If you haven’t received it, I sent out an invitation to view my Espana 2007 photos on my flickr account. I tried telling a photo story about the family vacation. Hopefully, you get the idea about what went on for me on this vacation.

Enjoy.

“Yes, we have established the fact that I am wearing your dress. What is the problem?”

broderic on October 2, 2006

NewsRadio Quote Month is over, but I couldn’t let a good quote go another year.

It’s October. This is the time of the year that I really love. September and October are my favorite months. They are autumn with crisp cool days. The light going quickly in the evening. Cold nights are coming, but they don’t arrive til later.

I can’t wait to ride my bike in the fall foliage. Hopefully, I will have enough cold riding gear to make it fun.

Let’s see what happens…

“Where were you last night at 3 A.M. when I was watching Steel Magnolias and crying my eyes out? “

broderic on September 30, 2006

Ok, I’m a sucker. Let me admit that I expected to find some kind of mirror image of my life in School for Scoundrels. Yet, if my life was that unfunny, I would want to die.

This movie is a supposed comedy. It clocks in at a bit over the 100 minutes, but it felt like an eternity. When choosing a movie to watch this weekend, I complained that The Guardian had a long running time just about 2.25 hours. Yet, School for Scoundrels felt very long. I was surprised to see that it played short as it felt like I was in the theatre for a while. Time slows down when watching something this unfunny.

Anyway the plot goes like this: loser guy pines for the cute neighbor, tries to woo her using tactic learned from the School for Scoundrels, becomes rivals with his teacher for the neighbor’s affections, and must destroy him before he is destroyed. Apart from going to a school and the rivalry aspect, I am that loser guy. Even more so since I don’t know if I have a cute neighbor to try and woo.

The movie combines some story elements from Fight Club — secret, guy’s only club and Something About Mary — chasing the girl of your dreams against other suitors. It doesn’t do a good job of combining the two. I was disappointed.

The cast was sucky. John Heder should not be the lead. I felt he did this movie soon after hitting it big with his Napoleon Dynamite role, and he decided to play it like that. “Sheesh!” The lion as king of his domain was a significant metaphor, but for that dude he should’ve been a liger! Billy Bob Thorton is the usual grouchy Billy Bob. I don’t know why he bothers. They had another movie he will be in later this yerr in the previews and I felt that that’s all he knows how to play. The cute neighbor (Jacinda Barrett) fell in love with the guy in the end which was so unbelievable that I expected a unicorn to come prancing through the theatre within minutes of the ending. Barrett had a non-descript role, but her character is the type of girl I can dig. Bookish and cute, but her role was insignificant. She played it adequately.

In the end, this movie was not very funny. It was boring at times. I was amazed at how much the supporting cast was wasted. Actors and comedians such as Luiz Guzman, Todd Louiso, Sarah Silverman and David Cross were wasted. They’re all fine comedic talents, but they had nothing here to make us laugh. With a supporting cast like that?! What happened?

I did laugh at some points, but overall this film is dull and not funny.

1 of 5 stars.

“If I spent $400 on a chair, I would have to eat it.”

broderic on September 27, 2006

I was just cruising through my links (see the blogroll to your right) and from Jason Kottke I run into the author of a book I saw at BN, “No One Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas For Your Blog.”

I know a few people who might need this as their blogs are infrequently updated.

Ok. I know it’s totally unfair to criticize them. I like writing on my blog about nothing and everything. It’s also more like “what I had for lunch,” but I think the few people who do read this blog can get the gist of what I’m like or what I like or what I’m thinking.

Enough of this meta-blog thoughts, what did you have for lunch.

PS. NewsRadio Quote Month is coming to a close and I have yet to check out season 1 and 2 again.

“Benedict Arnold slept with George Washington.”

broderic on September 26, 2006

Boy! That Keith Olbermann sure is shrill That rant against the fucks at fox news is one in a string of excellent rants against the fucking corrupt republican party. This other rant is just as good. And finally, this rant takes the cake.

Fuck the republicans and that fucktard president. They’ve ruined this country worst than any terrorist has.