I read something in the newspaper this week that drove me up the tree that wasn’t cut down to print it on (since it was on their Web site, natch).  I can’t say exactly what, because it would amplify the jerk factor of this rant by a factor of, oh, I don’t know, 4 or [...]

My review of the Popcorn(iest) Movie of the summer.

G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra

I’ve started another blog where I’m reviewing the various media I consume.  I’ll probably cross-link those here whenever I think to do so.   Catching up:

Film: Ponyo Summary: It’s for kids, but it’s good.

Book: The Birthing House Summary: It’s very uneven, but it’s worth reading.

The crazy thing is I just watched Dick Tracy last night, went and looked the kid up on IMDB, and had mostly the same impressions you had. All without having read this till just now.

Random thoughts from our trip with Kayla to Las Vegas:

If you go to Las Vegas and see only one show, it must be Mystère at Treasure Island. If you see a second show, it should be Penn & Teller over at the Rio. If you squeeze in a third show, it’s a toss-up [...]

Yes, we had Channel One, along with a student-produced school newscast in which the sports “reporter” would pick our football team to win every week, no matter how ridiculous a claim it was.

-M

It seems this non-controversy won’t go away, so I thought I’d put Jon Stewart’s eviscerating of the “issue” up in one more place for people to find. And ignore, but, whatever…

Once upon a time, there was a pop star named Madonna.  (She was mostly a pop star back then.  The baby snatching didn’t come until much later.)  Anyway, she was giving an interview, and in response to some question (I dunno what it was) she said something to the effect of, “Yeah, Weird Al will [...]

My experience at the inaugural Seattle Rock ‘n Roll Marathon, by the numbers:

Number of minutes we had to sit around and wait for the race to start: 100 (At the same group’s inaugural race in San Antonio last year, we and hundreds of other runners were late to the start because the shuttle buses got [...]

So I wanted to say something snarky about singer* Kevin Rudolf on Twitter the other day, but I couldn’t fit it in 140 characters.  All I needed was a Fat Albert episode guide to link to, but to my surprise I couldn’t find one.  Now that I know you can’t find everything on the Internet, [...]

Previously: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

We finish up this series with the (way) lesser edge of the Strip, and a few things off-strip.

Circus Circus

Really does have circus acts.  Has an indoor amusement park, with a decent roller coaster.

On the whole, the place is cheap, and it shows.  For some reason we once thought it’d [...]

(Start with Part 1 and Part 2.)

Mirage

The Mirage is the resort that kicked off the current era of the Strip,  what I’ll call the “How can we go bigger and more garish than the last one?” era.  (I tease because I love, though.)

It is home to the second-best Cirque du Soleil show on the Strip [...]

If you haven’t read it, you should start with Part 1.

Carrying on, then…

Monte Carlo

I’ve never even been inside this one.  I know that Lance Burton is their headlining act.  And once I turned on my television to see that a fire was raging on their top floor.  That’s all I know.

Planet Hollywood

We’ve played some slots [...]

My cousin will soon be making her first trip to Las Vegas, and while I got to talk to her briefly about it, as usually is the case I didn’t remember everything useful I might have.  That and the fact I needed a post to kick off this blog gave me the bright idea to [...]