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Wednesday, August 13, 2003
California, here I come
It's off to San Diego for the AAJA National Convention. There will probably be some blogging along the way.
posted at 2:06 AM
OK, who or what is getting piled on the most? Gigli, the Catholic Church, or fat kids?
posted at 1:46 AM
It's interesting to see Baseball Prospectus go out on a limb with its Pete Rose reinstatement story, although I wonder what SportsCenter was doing blowing out a story that was denied by both MLB and Rose's agent. It did get one of its writers on ESPN and a little bit of extra publicity for the site, although I'm sure people who don't know much about them could think it was just another wild and far-flung fan/rumor site. My surprise was that the story didn't question Rose's Hall of Fame credentials because of a subpar OPS.
posted at 1:25 AM
Your head-line here
I think at this point, you can tell you've lost your sense of humor (or been exposed to an environment where being overly polite/politically correct) when you can't come up with at least three "tasteless" headlines for this story.
posted at 1:20 AM
Tuesday, August 12, 2003
It's nice to see one of my favorite puppet characters found some work since Greg the Bunny died a quick death.
posted at 2:37 AM
Warning: AOL name blocked
Gee, it's taken three years to realize the AOL name may actually be hurting AOL Time Warner as a company? I think most of us would've figured out it was a bad idea from day one, and this is even during the height of the tech boom. Hopefully, this might actually boost the shares to half of the strike price I've got on those options.
posted at 2:04 AM
Sunday, August 10, 2003
Couldn't it have been called American Pie Pi?
Well I did cave and see American Wedding, mainly because I've been a sucker for the whole series and that Alyson Hannigan actually moves to the forefront (despite a not-so flattering photo on the movie poster), or so it seems.
They probably could've called it Stifler: The Movie and been just as accurate, and possibly made just as much money. Sure, there was some wedding stuff and all the other basic ingredients of a Pie movie, but if Seann William Scott really wants to shed the Stifler label, this isn't the way to do it. (Neither is the upcoming movie where he shares the screen with The Rock and Christopher Walken, which I saw in the previews.)
If you liked the Pie movies, you'll like this one. I laughed a lot, and yet at times I felt bad at myself for laughing so much at such a bad movie. It was entertaining enough, but there were some huge plot holes and time continuity issues that were hard for me to reconcile. The biggest issue was dealing with bride's parents. It seems like they were from out of town (or else why would they be staying at Jim's place?) yet the couple met in high school. Sure, they could've moved away, but it doesn't seem right. There were also some major questions about how things progressed from engagement to wedding plans to wedding. But then again, given who's doing this movie, it seems like they have few clues about how this stuff usually goes down. Besides, as I said before, it was just a platform for Stifler to do his thing.
One of these days, I'll actually see a good summer movie, but that may be a while.
posted at 1:13 AM
Quiz time!
For those of you who think they know Chicago well, and that would include a few of my readers here, Alexis has a cool quiz about different landmarks and places. I'll try to come up with an Atlanta or New York-based one in the next few weeks.
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