Archive for July, 2007
The Dark Is Rising
Posted by Mark | Filed under Books, Movies
The Dark Is Rising sequence is a set of 5 books1 written by Susan Cooper between 1965 and 1977. It is without question my favorite series of books from when I was younger and it is also now being made into a movie. More acurately, the second book in the series is being made into […]
An article I wish I’d written…
Posted by Mark | Filed under Links, QotD
Believe in yourself Says Ferris: “Not that I condone fascism. Or any ‘isms’. ‘Isms’, in my opinion are not good. A person should not believe in an ‘ism’. He should believe in himself.” Slow clap for the second most profound line of the movie. Taken from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and the secret to life, found […]
Transformers — it friggin rocks, NOT
Posted by Mark | Filed under Elsewhere
Errm, no. Sorry, this movie did not rock. There were good bits and bad bits to this movie. Good Used original voice actor for Optimus Prime. Special effects Bad Script/story Directing Was it an enjoyable movie? Provided you unplugged your brain and just rode the thrill ride of giant, robot fights, yes it was. However if you […]
Tags: Movies, transformers
Whew, glad that week’s over
Posted by Mark | Filed under Life
The week including the 4th of July was supposedly a short week, a week with less work days, and hence should have been a more relaxing week. As it turned out, it was more of a brutal week than I’ve had to deal with in a long time. Time at work has shrunk now that […]
Tags: shopping, transformers
Fly-In/Drive-In Breakfast at Marion Airport
Posted by Mark | Filed under Life
Every year for the 4th of July, Cedar Rapids puts on this huge festival to celebrate. It starts up in mid-June and goes through the 4th. For the past several years, Ariesna and I have bought buttons for the festival1 but have missed most of the festival. Given that we live in Cedar Rapids now, […]
Tags: breakfast, flying, helicopter
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