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I haven't given any entertainment advice in a while (and I doubt if anyone noticed), mainly because we're always with our new baby! But here goes:
What I'm Watching on TV
There really isn't anything on anymore due to the writer's strike, but there is always reality TV!
Real Housewives of Orange County - For some reason this show is addicting, even though nothing really happens. I think it's just fun to watch rich people make idiots of themselves and see that their lives aren't as great as they are cracked up to be.
The Hills - Always entertaining, even though you can tell the whole show is scripted and acted out.
Entourage - I'm halfway thru Season 2 and so far I like Season 2 much better than Season 1. In Season 1 they pretty much smoked pot and slept with girls. Not much else happened. By the way, the acting in this show is awful.
I'm looking forward to the return of "Lost, American Gladiators with Hulk Hogan, Big Brother and Survivor." I won't hold out hope for any of the regular shows to return anytime soon.
What Movies I'm Watching
I think the only movie I've watched lately has been "Shrek 3." Okay, nothing special.
What I'm Reading
Just finished "Transfer of Power" by Vince Flynn. If you like "24," you'll love Vince Flynn books. I have them all at home, now I have to read them all!
What Sports I'm Enjoying
Nothing. With the Bears out of the playoffs and with being elminated in my fantasy football leagues there is really nothing of interest to me. I'll pay attention to the NFL, but it's hard to care when your two most hated teams - the Packers and Vikings - are going to be in the playoffs. Not really interested in watching that.
I'll watch the college football bowl games as well and some college basketball, but that's about it. My countdown to spring training has begun, I can't wait for baseball to start!!!!!
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Thursday, December 20, 2007
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Lazy Americans
This morning I stopped at a Starbucks to get a coffee. Every day I drive by this Starbucks (and any other coffee shop) there is a line for the drive-thru about ten cars long. I decided to park my car and go in. I was back out in about three minutes with my coffee. How far had the last car in line moved? 2 spots!
Two observations:
1) How lazy have Americans become that they can't park their car to walk into a coffee shop and get their coffee; and
2) I will bet that over half the people in the drive-thru line are liberals who complain about global warming and gas prices - yet they have no problem running their car for 20 minutes in a drive-thru line waiting for their coffee. I would bet on it!
Two observations:
1) How lazy have Americans become that they can't park their car to walk into a coffee shop and get their coffee; and
2) I will bet that over half the people in the drive-thru line are liberals who complain about global warming and gas prices - yet they have no problem running their car for 20 minutes in a drive-thru line waiting for their coffee. I would bet on it!
Thursday, July 26, 2007
What I Know
Books I'm Reading
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - I finished the book last night and I loved it! I couldn't put the book down, stayed up late last night to finish it. I won't say what happens at all for those that haven't read it, but it's definitely worth reading. I'm thinking of going back and reading all the books again.
Alliance - It's a "Star Wars" book. I know, nerd! But for some reason it's keeping me quite entertained. Especially the part about Darth Vader hanging out in the computer room. I mean just picture Vader surfing the internet in the Death Star's computer room, that has to make you laugh!!
Movies I'm Watching
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Another great Potter film! Not my favorite (I'd go with 4) but up there at the top. Too bad I couldn't hear a lot of it due to the dang kids who sat down behind us!!
Nacho Libre - Awful, just awful. Why didn't I listen to everyone that told me not to watch it!
TV Shows I'm Watching
Big Brother - I love this show! It's really the only thing on in the summer so I don't mind watching it three times a week. Always good drama on this reality show.
Scott Baio is 45...... - Checked out the first two episodes and thought it was hiarious. Baio comes across as a normal guy which makes the show that much better. And Wayne Arnold from "The Wonder Years" is one of his buddies!!
Baseball - My wife got me the DirecTV MLB package for my birthday. I can now watch every baseball game the rest of the year and believe me, I'll try!!
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - I finished the book last night and I loved it! I couldn't put the book down, stayed up late last night to finish it. I won't say what happens at all for those that haven't read it, but it's definitely worth reading. I'm thinking of going back and reading all the books again.
Alliance - It's a "Star Wars" book. I know, nerd! But for some reason it's keeping me quite entertained. Especially the part about Darth Vader hanging out in the computer room. I mean just picture Vader surfing the internet in the Death Star's computer room, that has to make you laugh!!
Movies I'm Watching
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Another great Potter film! Not my favorite (I'd go with 4) but up there at the top. Too bad I couldn't hear a lot of it due to the dang kids who sat down behind us!!
Nacho Libre - Awful, just awful. Why didn't I listen to everyone that told me not to watch it!
TV Shows I'm Watching
Big Brother - I love this show! It's really the only thing on in the summer so I don't mind watching it three times a week. Always good drama on this reality show.
Scott Baio is 45...... - Checked out the first two episodes and thought it was hiarious. Baio comes across as a normal guy which makes the show that much better. And Wayne Arnold from "The Wonder Years" is one of his buddies!!
Baseball - My wife got me the DirecTV MLB package for my birthday. I can now watch every baseball game the rest of the year and believe me, I'll try!!
Monday, June 25, 2007
What I Know
What I'm Watching
There is nothing on TV right now so I spend most of my time watching baseball. But I'm counting down the days until the new season of "Big Brother" starts. July 5th!!!
What Movies I'm Watching
Have you seen "Knocked Up?" It's hilarious! Funniest movie I've seen since "Wedding Crashers." Go see it!
Also saw Pirates 3 and Spiderman 3. They were both okay, I like the previous ones better.
What I'm Reading
Wild Fire by Nelson DeMille - Entertaining book so far. I'm surprised I'm liking it because it's basically about some evil Republicans starting a nuclear war. But yet I'm interested even with all the Republican bashing in it.
What I'm Doing
Softball and softball. That seems to be the highlight of my summer weeknights!
There is nothing on TV right now so I spend most of my time watching baseball. But I'm counting down the days until the new season of "Big Brother" starts. July 5th!!!
What Movies I'm Watching
Have you seen "Knocked Up?" It's hilarious! Funniest movie I've seen since "Wedding Crashers." Go see it!
Also saw Pirates 3 and Spiderman 3. They were both okay, I like the previous ones better.
What I'm Reading
Wild Fire by Nelson DeMille - Entertaining book so far. I'm surprised I'm liking it because it's basically about some evil Republicans starting a nuclear war. But yet I'm interested even with all the Republican bashing in it.
What I'm Doing
Softball and softball. That seems to be the highlight of my summer weeknights!
Monday, April 02, 2007
What I Know
TV Shows I'm Watching
Planet Earth - Just started watching this mini-series on Discovery Channel this weekend and got hooked. The pictures are pretty amazing and it's quite interesting. Although I was a little disappointed by the global warming message they had to throw into their "Ice" episode last night. As my wife said, if the polar bears are dying because the ice is melting and they can't hunt, then why don't they wake up from their hibernation earlier???
American Idol - Why am I watching this show? I don't know, but I'm hooked. I watched a couple years ago, then skipped a couple seasons, now I'm watching again. It's probably because there is nothing else on Tuesdays, but it's also because I want that horrible Sanjaya voted off!!!
Lost - Still one of the best shows on TV. Although I can't stand Locke anymore!
Movies I'm Watching
Talladega Nights - Horrible, that's all I'll say!!! Not funny at all.
Sports I'm Into
Baseball - Come on, it's Opening Day, the greatest day of the year!!! Off to the Twins game tonight!
Planet Earth - Just started watching this mini-series on Discovery Channel this weekend and got hooked. The pictures are pretty amazing and it's quite interesting. Although I was a little disappointed by the global warming message they had to throw into their "Ice" episode last night. As my wife said, if the polar bears are dying because the ice is melting and they can't hunt, then why don't they wake up from their hibernation earlier???
American Idol - Why am I watching this show? I don't know, but I'm hooked. I watched a couple years ago, then skipped a couple seasons, now I'm watching again. It's probably because there is nothing else on Tuesdays, but it's also because I want that horrible Sanjaya voted off!!!
Lost - Still one of the best shows on TV. Although I can't stand Locke anymore!
Movies I'm Watching
Talladega Nights - Horrible, that's all I'll say!!! Not funny at all.
Sports I'm Into
Baseball - Come on, it's Opening Day, the greatest day of the year!!! Off to the Twins game tonight!
Monday, March 05, 2007
What I'm Doing
What Movies I'm Watching
"The Benchwarmers" - I thought this would be an irritating, juvenile comedy with a typecast Napoleon Dynamite. Instead the movie made me laugh pretty much the entire time. And Napoleon Dynamite, aka John Heder, was hilarious. Definitely a good movie to rent when you want to watch a mindless, humor-filled movie!
"Purple Rain" - I've never seen this 1986 Prince movie and when I saw it was on this weekend I thought I'd check it out. It was sort of cool to see the Minneapolis scenes and spots I recognized, but what an awful movie. Horrible acting, horrible background music (not the Prince songs, those are great) and an awful plot. Did people actually go to this movie? Did critics like it??
What TV Shows I'm Watching
"Prison Break" - I know the plot is hard to believe and the situations they are getting into are getting more outrageous with each episode, but it is still an entertaining show. The last couple weeks I've looked more forward to watching this than "24."
Speaking of "24," can they please move the show outside of Los Angeles next year?? It starts to be the same thing each week in the same locations. Terrorist actions in the same city 7 times now?? And how many crooked staff members can a president hire?? I still love the show, but I feel like it's starting to be the same plot over and over.
"Housewives of Orange County" - I can easily get hooked on reality shows and this is one of them. Not sure why, but if this show is on I stop and watch. It's filled with annoying rich women and kids, but yet it's addicting. Again, I'm not sure why!
What Book I'm Reading
"Deception Point" - Another Dan Brown book and it's a good one. I'm not flipping thru it as quick as I did with "Digital Fortress" but it's pretty good. If you like governmental conspiracy books then you'll enjoy it.
What I'm Enjoying In Sports
NCAA Basketball - This is it, one of my favorite "sports times" of the year. It's conference tournament week, followed by Selection Sunday this weekend and then the tourney begins!!!
Spring Training Baseball - The Twins were on TV yesterday and I couldn't have been more excited to see baseball and sun. Less than a month till opening day and only a couple weeks till my fantasy draft!!!!
"The Benchwarmers" - I thought this would be an irritating, juvenile comedy with a typecast Napoleon Dynamite. Instead the movie made me laugh pretty much the entire time. And Napoleon Dynamite, aka John Heder, was hilarious. Definitely a good movie to rent when you want to watch a mindless, humor-filled movie!
"Purple Rain" - I've never seen this 1986 Prince movie and when I saw it was on this weekend I thought I'd check it out. It was sort of cool to see the Minneapolis scenes and spots I recognized, but what an awful movie. Horrible acting, horrible background music (not the Prince songs, those are great) and an awful plot. Did people actually go to this movie? Did critics like it??
What TV Shows I'm Watching
"Prison Break" - I know the plot is hard to believe and the situations they are getting into are getting more outrageous with each episode, but it is still an entertaining show. The last couple weeks I've looked more forward to watching this than "24."
Speaking of "24," can they please move the show outside of Los Angeles next year?? It starts to be the same thing each week in the same locations. Terrorist actions in the same city 7 times now?? And how many crooked staff members can a president hire?? I still love the show, but I feel like it's starting to be the same plot over and over.
"Housewives of Orange County" - I can easily get hooked on reality shows and this is one of them. Not sure why, but if this show is on I stop and watch. It's filled with annoying rich women and kids, but yet it's addicting. Again, I'm not sure why!
What Book I'm Reading
"Deception Point" - Another Dan Brown book and it's a good one. I'm not flipping thru it as quick as I did with "Digital Fortress" but it's pretty good. If you like governmental conspiracy books then you'll enjoy it.
What I'm Enjoying In Sports
NCAA Basketball - This is it, one of my favorite "sports times" of the year. It's conference tournament week, followed by Selection Sunday this weekend and then the tourney begins!!!
Spring Training Baseball - The Twins were on TV yesterday and I couldn't have been more excited to see baseball and sun. Less than a month till opening day and only a couple weeks till my fantasy draft!!!!
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
What I Know
What Movies I'm Watching
"Click" - Not good. It went from immature Adam Sandler humor to serious movie over and over. Not sure what the movie was supposed to be. There were some funny parts but not many. It definitely ranks with "Little Nicky" as one of his not-so good films.
"Step Up" - Typical urban dance movie with the requisite shooting, bad boy and urban dance that shakes things up. Not as good as "Save the Last Dance" though, which you can see almost nightly on TNT.
What TV Shows I'm Watching
"American Idol" - I enjoy watching the tryout shows, it's fun to see the horrible singers get ripped on and to see all the nutjobs that show up for these tryouts. Not sure if I'll continue watching once the competition starts, it usually gets a too corny for me.
"Prison Break" - A lot of this show is very unrealistic, but it's still an entertaining show. I don't know what they'll do for a third season though? Perhaps they'll be trying to track them down in another country?
What I'm Reading
"Digital Fortress" by Dan Brown - This might be the fastest I have ever read a book. Lots of action and interesting stuff on the NSA and surveillance techniques.
"Men's Health" - Just started a subscription in hopes it will help me get in shape. Will it work? Probably not since I'll be sitting on the couch reading it rather than exercising!
What I'm Enjoying In Sports
What else would I be enjoying this week, the Bears are in the Super Bowl!!!!!!
My prediction? Bears win by 4.
"Click" - Not good. It went from immature Adam Sandler humor to serious movie over and over. Not sure what the movie was supposed to be. There were some funny parts but not many. It definitely ranks with "Little Nicky" as one of his not-so good films.
"Step Up" - Typical urban dance movie with the requisite shooting, bad boy and urban dance that shakes things up. Not as good as "Save the Last Dance" though, which you can see almost nightly on TNT.
What TV Shows I'm Watching
"American Idol" - I enjoy watching the tryout shows, it's fun to see the horrible singers get ripped on and to see all the nutjobs that show up for these tryouts. Not sure if I'll continue watching once the competition starts, it usually gets a too corny for me.
"Prison Break" - A lot of this show is very unrealistic, but it's still an entertaining show. I don't know what they'll do for a third season though? Perhaps they'll be trying to track them down in another country?
What I'm Reading
"Digital Fortress" by Dan Brown - This might be the fastest I have ever read a book. Lots of action and interesting stuff on the NSA and surveillance techniques.
"Men's Health" - Just started a subscription in hopes it will help me get in shape. Will it work? Probably not since I'll be sitting on the couch reading it rather than exercising!
What I'm Enjoying In Sports
What else would I be enjoying this week, the Bears are in the Super Bowl!!!!!!
My prediction? Bears win by 4.
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
What I'm Doing
What movies I'm watching:
"We Are Marshall" - Interesting movie based on the plane crash that killed almost the entire Marshall football team in 1970. I didn't know much about this incident before I saw the movie, I can't imagine what this would have been like if you lived in this town.
"Glory Road" - Another inspirational sports movie based on the Western Texas college basketball team that won with all black players in their starting lineup. It's a good movie, but it's so "Disneyfied" that I don't know what to believe. I looked at imdb.com on this movie and it looks like half of the stuff in this movie was not true - they didn't win the title in the coach's first year on the job, they didn't dunk the ball at that time and there were already black players on the team when Haskins took over as coach.
"United 93" - Best movie I saw in 2006. You're cheering for them as they storm the cockpit even though you know what's going to happen. Great movie because there are no major stars in the movie to focus on.
What I'm watching on TV:
"24" - Best show on TV hands down. After the first two hours of this season I was a little worried it was just going to repeat the last couple seasons. But hours 3 and 4 changed all of that, although I am a little pissed at the character they killed off. My hope for "24" in the future? That they do the show somewhere besides Los Angeles! Why would anyone live in this city anymore, it's been under attack for 6 seasons now!
"Beauty and the Geek" - Entertaining reality show we stumbled upon by watching marathons of Seasons 1 and 2 on MTV. Although this season some of the geeks don't seem too geeky and instead seem to be actors and some of the beauties are obviously on here just to get more famous. The past seasons seemed to be a little more realistic and they all got along better.
"Little People, Big World" - I don't know why I am hooked on this show, but when I see it on TLC I stop to watch it everytime. Check it out and see what you think.
What I'm Reading:
"Fiasco, A History of Hollywood's Iconic Flops" - Somewhat entertaining book on some of Hollywood's biggest failures including "The Last Action Hero," "Waterworld" and "Popeye." Some of the movies in the book I haven't heard of because they were before my time, but the rest are pretty funny to read about.
"Term Limits" by Vince Flynn - Excellent political thriller. Flynn is a writer for "24" so if you enjoy that show you'll enjoy his books.
What I'm Enjoying In Sports:
The Bears march towards the Super Bowl.
Pitchers and catchers report in less than a month!
What I'm Paying Attention To In Politics:
The battle between Hillary, Edwards and Obama. Let them duke it out so that the candidate that emerges comes out with plenty of baggage. The Republicans need to select a candidate so they don't go thru the same garbage.
"We Are Marshall" - Interesting movie based on the plane crash that killed almost the entire Marshall football team in 1970. I didn't know much about this incident before I saw the movie, I can't imagine what this would have been like if you lived in this town.
"Glory Road" - Another inspirational sports movie based on the Western Texas college basketball team that won with all black players in their starting lineup. It's a good movie, but it's so "Disneyfied" that I don't know what to believe. I looked at imdb.com on this movie and it looks like half of the stuff in this movie was not true - they didn't win the title in the coach's first year on the job, they didn't dunk the ball at that time and there were already black players on the team when Haskins took over as coach.
"United 93" - Best movie I saw in 2006. You're cheering for them as they storm the cockpit even though you know what's going to happen. Great movie because there are no major stars in the movie to focus on.
What I'm watching on TV:
"24" - Best show on TV hands down. After the first two hours of this season I was a little worried it was just going to repeat the last couple seasons. But hours 3 and 4 changed all of that, although I am a little pissed at the character they killed off. My hope for "24" in the future? That they do the show somewhere besides Los Angeles! Why would anyone live in this city anymore, it's been under attack for 6 seasons now!
"Beauty and the Geek" - Entertaining reality show we stumbled upon by watching marathons of Seasons 1 and 2 on MTV. Although this season some of the geeks don't seem too geeky and instead seem to be actors and some of the beauties are obviously on here just to get more famous. The past seasons seemed to be a little more realistic and they all got along better.
"Little People, Big World" - I don't know why I am hooked on this show, but when I see it on TLC I stop to watch it everytime. Check it out and see what you think.
What I'm Reading:
"Fiasco, A History of Hollywood's Iconic Flops" - Somewhat entertaining book on some of Hollywood's biggest failures including "The Last Action Hero," "Waterworld" and "Popeye." Some of the movies in the book I haven't heard of because they were before my time, but the rest are pretty funny to read about.
"Term Limits" by Vince Flynn - Excellent political thriller. Flynn is a writer for "24" so if you enjoy that show you'll enjoy his books.
What I'm Enjoying In Sports:
The Bears march towards the Super Bowl.
Pitchers and catchers report in less than a month!
What I'm Paying Attention To In Politics:
The battle between Hillary, Edwards and Obama. Let them duke it out so that the candidate that emerges comes out with plenty of baggage. The Republicans need to select a candidate so they don't go thru the same garbage.
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