Sunday, May 11, 2008
Mother’s Day
What kid hasn’t heard the following when pestering their Mom or Dad on their respective holidays of why there isn’t a “Kid’s Day”?
“Every day is Kid’s Day!!!” comes the same sing-songy response. Not that I ever blitzkrieged my own precious Mom on her well-deserved day. But my sisters? Yeah, I’m quite certain I spied them lobbying for their own festive occasion from time-to-time.
Well, the world has got it all wrong. Every day is Mother’s Day. At least – it damn well should be.
Over the last two months, I’ve had the occasion to spend a couple of weeks at home. The ... Continue reading »
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Lost - ‘Cabin Fever’ - 4.11
I think I’m coming down with Cabin Fever.
It’s episodes like last night mythology heavy installment, Cabin Fever, that prove how intricately plotted and dramatically dense this show can be. This is why I watch the show. While getting answers can be rewarding, sometimes it’s more fun to keep tunneling down the rabbit’s hole. As long as you feel faith in the show’s creators to keep the narrative on track, it can be deliriously invigorating to be plopped in the midst of mystery with scant clues to go on and try to work your way back to some semblance of a clue. That’s why I got hooked on Twin Peaks two d... Continue reading »
Monday, May 5, 2008
Colin at Five
Has it really been half a decade since Andi and I took the Nestea plunge into parenthood?
Today, my little man Colin, turns 5 years old. The Cinco de Mayo nino was born on May 5, 2003. It’s true what they say - you remember every waking moment of that day - and of course, every moment of that first day is a waking one as there is no sleep to be mined then (or in the days to follow). Of course, before pure exhaustion infiltrated our lives, that first day was most special as anticipation morphed into introduction and our former bond of two blossomed immediately into a full-fledged family.
Five years... Continue reading »
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Lost - ‘Something Nice Back Home’ - 4.10
Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse have mastered the pacing on this show. After every key mythology episode (see The Constant or last week’s The Shape of Things to Come) they’ll slow things down a spell and allow the characters to grow a little before offering up the next brain melting info dump.
The Jack-centric Something Nice Back Home serves as a good bridge between last week’s game-shaping episode and the final stretch to the season finale that begins with next week’s Jacob/Locke piece, Cabin Fever that leads into the three part season finale - There’s No Place Like Home. In addition, this episode an... Continue reading »
Friday, May 2, 2008
In Ed’s Head - The Dark Knight Posters
One Thing I Love Today… the myriad of posters cropping up for this summer’s Batman Begins sequel, The Dark Knight.
I have no doubt that The Dark Knight will be an even bigger hit than 2005’s Batman Begins. While that film was a success, it didn’t pull in nearly the same amount of bank that box-office behemoths like Spider-Man and the Pirates flicks have. Begins had to overcome the groundswell of negative perception heaped upon this once golden series as a direct result of Joel Schumacher’s camping up of our Caped Crusader after such train wrecks as Batman Forever and Batman & ... Continue reading »
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
In Ed’s Head - ‘The Lookout’
All right, today begins the start of a new, regularly recurring series called In Ed’s Head.
First, a disclaimer. I’ve blatantly stolen this idea.
I first came across is at Ain’t It Cool News. Now, for the record, I am not a fan of site-runner Harry Knowles or his writing style and his site construction is in dire need of an extreme homepage makeover. That said, Knowles has assembled a crack team of excellent writers, with ‘Moriarty’ (aka Drew McWeeney) standing tall above them all. He really is very good and is always worth a read.
Anyway, Moriarty recently began a ... Continue reading »
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Abby at Seven
Today is Abby’s 7th Birthday.
It’s hard to believe it’s been that long since our first ‘child’ joined our family, but it has. In that time, Abby has weathered the addition of more family members and gladly given up segments of her spotlight, knowing full well that the more the merrier, the more people are present to shower her with hugs and pats.
Abby was our first ‘offspring’ - the grand experiment that some potential parents engage in before deciding that they are fit to raise children. Andi and I told ourselves, if we could just raise this creature from... Continue reading »
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Lost - ‘The Shape of Things to Come’ - 4.9
Is it just me or did that month fly? When Lost went on hiatus we were still under the threat of winter storm activity and now that I write this, the mercury has hit 76 degrees. One would think that the journey from sub-zero temps to pleasant Spring days would take longer, but that calendar page tore itself with reckless abandon. So, the good news is I didn’t miss the show very much because it didn’t seem like it was gone too long.
A lot of that might have to do with how AMAZING last night’s episode was. I’m going to spare y’all the suspense. This one earns 5 Mooninites (a rarity on these pages) and I’m temp... Continue reading »
Thursday, April 24, 2008
I’m So Lost - Week 4
Whew. Made it to the end. Next up I’m going to tackle a 300 page dissertation of Gossip Girl. Anyone know what channel it’s on? By anyone, I mean Sean.
The good news with this post is we are now days away from Lost’s triumphant return. Lost’s return marks the beginning of May Sweeps which means Summer is right around the corner. I an ready for some warm weather, stat. I’ve got to get out of this house and away from the PC and TV – get some UV.
So far, we’ve tackled the Smoke Monster, the Numbers, Jacob, the Hatches, the Orientation Tapes, Charles Widemore/Alvar Hanso, The Island’s Healing Pow... Continue reading »
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
I’m So Lost - Week 3
I don’t know why I cook these mini-series up. Sometimes I think I bite off more than I can chew. Trying to sum up a series, spanning 4 seasons thus far and spawning infinite mysteries, all to boil it down to 4 posts is asinine. Plus, there’s always that pesky Writer’s Block sneaking around my block, shaking its fist and threatening to steal all my valuable thoughts. If only I could just quit the Nine-to-Five and set to work wordsmithing then I wouldn’t feel like my brain was straining to just shut itself down at the end of each day.
Oh well, I got myself into this mess. I might as well work my way through... Continue reading »
