May 2012
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What follows remains one of my favorite things ever written. Period. — Dear Madam, I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a...
May 23rd
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May 6th
April 2012
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Apr 17th
March 2012
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POST HUNGER GAME SHOW [The following is a text conversation that does include SPOILERS] CD: Haha. Hunger Games sucked. BG: You agree or just commenting on my thoughts? CD: I saw your shouldigoseeit and laughed because I felt the same way. I tried to leave the movie but my friends wouldn’t let me. BG: Haha. You gotta back me up on Twitter. I’m entering a flame war. CD: I hated...
Mar 27th
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Mar 24th
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“Peace was never an option.”
– Erik Lehnsherr (a.k.a. Magneto) in X-Men: First Class
Mar 21st
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Mar 12th
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Mar 12th
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Mar 11th
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“We have a non-smoking airport here in San Francisco. We do have a designated...”
– United Airlines Pilot
Mar 11th
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Television Update: Awake - Brilliant pilot. Film quality. In fact, it should be a film. It’s premise is so far beyond a police procedural. I’ll keep watching but the early reports from the AV Club don’t sound promising. Justified - Probably the best drama on TV at the moment. It has gotten better and better with each season. If you’re not on board, get on it. New Girl -...
Mar 2nd
February 2012
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“I don’t get political points for being an idealist. I have to do the best...”
– Jim Gordon, The Dark Knight
Feb 26th
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Feb 20th
“Okay ramblers, let’s get ramblin’.”
Feb 14th
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Feb 14th
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Growing up, my mom would usually say things like, “You know, when you’re married… blah blah blah.” Lately her language has changed to, “If you get married… blah blah blah.” It may just be political correctness and her desire not to be presumptuous etc. … But it’s terrifying. 
Feb 11th
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Feb 7th
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“Every camera, every phone, All the music that you own, Won’t change the...”
– Cake (Sick of You)
Feb 5th
January 2012
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Jan 31st
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Jan 24th
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“To me it’s not a legislative issue, it’s just good manners....”
– Two of my favorite quotes from Dennis Miller circa 1989.
Jan 17th
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Video Essay: Deep Focus: Superman Returns →
I’m so upset that I didn’t think to write or create this before. It’s a brilliant, poignant look at one of my favorite movies: Superman Returns. I’m not exaggerating when I say this movie changed my life. So to see it taken so seriously and explained so well, means a lot to me. Now I’m thinking of making my own video essay perhaps. I’d love to take the time to...
Jan 16th
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“Never compromise. Not even in the face of Armageddon.”
– Rorschach, Watchmen
Jan 8th
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Jan 3rd
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October 2011
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“The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog, one good one.”
Oct 27th
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Oct 15th
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August 2011
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A story of a decade long desire… In 2001 a movie came out called Vanilla Sky. In it, Tom Cruise plays an extremely wealthy individual. (That’s all you need to know in the context of this story.) At one point, he checks his watch and the camera gives us a close up of it for about two seconds. I didn’t notice it when I saw the film in theaters, but when I got my hands on the DVD...
Aug 4th
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“It is an example of Chris Nolan at his best, where his visual device, as...”
– Stephen Tobolowsky in an interview with the A.V. Club
Aug 2nd
July 2011
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“Don’t ever write a check with your mouth you can’t cash with your...”
–  Wise Man (played by Scott Glenn) in Sucker Punch
Jul 14th
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“I don’t want no volunteers, I don’t want no mates. There’s too...”
– Quint (Jaws, the quintessential summer movie)
Jul 6th
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Things I Learned From Re-Watching the LOTR Trilogy This Weekend: (Spoilers Ahoy) - Pippin is a piece of shit. He ruins EVERYTHING. First he starts the fire on Weathertop that attracts the Nazgul and gets Frodo stabbed. Then he disturbs the waters in front of the mines of Moria which upsets the Octopus thing that forces them inside. Then, while in Moria, he knocks a skeleton down a well and...
Jul 4th
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Jul 1st
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June 2011
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“We looked at all possible candidates. You have an immaculate record. Some people...”
– Captain Ellerby (as portrayed by Alec Baldwin in The Departed)
Jun 26th
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Jun 20th
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Jun 20th
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How a Task Becomes a Chore Becomes a Nightmare  Went to the nearest dealership to get my state inspection sticker taken care of. They don’t do inspections there. Directed me elsewhere with non-sensical verbal directions. Search ‘car inspection’ with my phone. Am directed to local Pep Boys. Arrive at Pep Boys. They don’t do inspections. Recommend Goodyear. Arrive at...
Jun 7th
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Jun 6th
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“I get a craving like a fiend for nicotine, but I don’t need a cigarette,...”
– “Microphone Fiend” (Preferably the ‘Rage Against The Machine’ version)
Jun 6th
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X-Men: First Class - SIGSI →
This is the latest post on my film review site. I felt it deserved a little more attention because honestly, this has to be the best movie I’ve seen so far this year. I’m simply in love with it and, like with all things I love, I have a compulsion to share it with the world. Go see it!
Jun 4th
May 2011
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May 30th
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May 14th
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Scott Pelley to Replace Couric on CBS Evening News →
This excites me greatly. I love 60 Minutes and regularly refer to it as the best news show on television. And part of the reason is because of Scott Pelley and the gravitas he brings to his pieces. I already put the date of the change in my calendar (June 6th (D-Day, no less)) and will definitely start watching. (As of right now I watch no evening news program with regularity.)
May 3rd
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“The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the...”
– What I like to imagine a member of SEAL Team Six said before ending Osama bin Laden
May 2nd
April 2011
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Apr 24th
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“You’re not a good writer, you’re a bad writer in a world full of...”
– Rob Charlton
Apr 20th
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You know what I have never liked? When people say something critical or judgmental about someone, and then someone else tries to keep that person in line by saying something to the effect of ‘you’re no better than they are.’ This whole idea that nobody is ‘better’ than anybody else (something we tend to instill in children) is bullshit. I’m way better than...
Apr 16th
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