Movie Trailers!

Just a few upcoming movie trailers for your Tuesday.

Once
'how often do you find the right person"
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809834062/trailer

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman
After WWII, what would you do if your government asked you to be respoinsible for executing the war criminals?
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809273716/trailer

John Rambo
"killin' is like breathing"
Yes, Rambo part 85
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx6i090FGzQ

Press those coffee grounds!

Well, I didn't post too much last week, big thanks to my friend Kelly S. she seems to be either the only person reading this, or the only one not scared to leave a comment. Honestly, the comments are what keeps me going. Even if it's just a 'howdy' please leave something!

The weekend is over, as always, too quickly. I am actually on-call this week here at work, so I get to take my laptop home every night, and carry an extra phone. It's a few extra bucks on the paycheck, and I hope I don't regret volunteering for it.

Here is the breakdown for the weekend....
Friday, I went home, then turned around and went over to the parents house. My mom is on this redecorating kick over at my place, I love her for it, but she wants me to replace most of my furniture. So far she has won out on the upstairs living room, and the basement living room. Her next target is my kitchen. I just don't understand why she hates the hutch/microwave stand I have, but she finally may have won. Here is one of the pieces we have pretty much agreed on
Piece no.1 Why you ask, would I put a computer armoire in my kitchen??? Just picture food or plates in that instead of a PC. Trust me, it will work, and for those that know me, I don't want to be normal. I couldn't find pics of the second larger piece, but it looks like a cabinet, here are the shelves she wants to put over the first piece Shelves Finally, she wants me to replace the plastic cabinet/bin I store my dog food in with this Hamper Bin , yes, instead of clothes, it would be for dog food.

Ok, that about wraps up Friday! Saturday I went and saw 'The Ex' with my buddy Alejandro, and a friend of his from school. We met at Granite City before, for some yummy Ale & Cheddar Soup, and a beer. After the movie, we went to the driving range.

Sunday was slow, but after getting up, making some breakfast, and watching a couple movies I had DVR'd, (Faye Grimm, Waist Deep) I went into town, late that afternoon for a late lunch.

I went by Target, and bought myself a Coffee Press (aka french press) and a Coffee grinder. Once I was home, and after I ate, I took them both out to experiment with making a cup of java.
I must say, I was successful. For those unfamiliar with a coffee press, here is the model I purchased. 8 cup Press and here is the grinder.....Grinder To be honest, I'm not sure I'm happy with the grinder, don't get me wrong, it works, but I found one online that measures out the amount of grounds you want by the cup, and also lets you select how coarse you grind them.
Back to the press. What you do with these, is dump the ground coffee into the bottom, fill it with hot water, then plunge the press down. The end of the plunger has a stainless steel filter, which keeps the grounds on the bottom. After dumping in the water, you wait about 4 minutes for the brew to take place, then plunge. The result is a delicious cup of coffee.

Anyway, gotta do some work, don't forget to leave a comment.

Let it Ride

Last night (Tuesday), since for me, is the worst TV night of the week, I searched through my DvD collection for something I hadn't watched recently. I was in the mood for a comedy, so I grabbed an oldie, but a goodie. I have a feeling not too many people have ever heard of this gem, so here it is,

Let it Ride
1989
Starring;
Richard Dreyfuss
David Johansen (aka Buster Poindexter)
Teri Garr
Jenifer Tilly

The main character, Jay Trotter (Dreyfuss) is a cab driver, who recently gave up betting, to convince his wife (Teri Garr), who he is separated from into allowing him to move back in. His best friend Looney (Johansen) also is a cabbie that works the night shift with Trotter. Looney likes to tape record his passengers, unbeknownst (sp?) to them. The inside of their cab's clearly display a sticker informing the backseat passengers the driver can not hear them.

The plan is once Trotter finishes his shift Saturday morning, he will move back in with his wife, when Looney lets him listen to a recording of two passengers he had picked up discussing a 'sure thing' at the horse track. "The only way the horse can't win is if Lightning were to strike the starting gate" and that's all Trotter needs to temporarily delay his reunion with his wife.

With $50 in hand, he places it all to win on the horse named 'Charity'. After the photo finish, he is rewarded with $700. He tries to walk away, but after his so called friends treat him like he kept his bet a secret decides to head back over, and continue betting. He has a really, really good day.

The movie is a great laugh, with Jenifer Tilly actually looking good, and the surrounding characters causing laughs throughout the movie, I highly recommend this DvD. You find yourself among the rest of the entire racetrack at the end of the movie rooting for Trotter.

~Memorable quotes~

Jay Trotter: May I... buy you a drink?
Mrs. Davis: I don't see why not. I'm on the pill.

and

Looney: [after Trotter won but Looney didn't even bet] I'd hate to have to walk around this track with seven hundred dollars cash.
Trotter: Seven hundred and TEN - and you'll never have that problem, because the only reason I won is that you didn't bet! You are the unluckiest person in the world!
Looney: Am not!
Trotter: Am!
Looney: Am not!
Trotter: Am! [pulling out his racing form]
Trotter: Who do you like in the second?
Looney: The six horse looks pretty good...
Trotter: [dramatically crosses out the six horse on his racing form] You got a brother?
Looney: In Cleveland.
Trotter: Call him up, ask him who he likes. I figure it's in the blood!

I not only recommend renting this (if you can find it) I recommend buying it for your collection.

Happy Day after Mother's Day!!

What a quick weekend, seems like it was Friday yesterday.
Here is my weekend wrap-up.

Friday after work I drove to a new driving range to hit a bucket of balls and check the place out.
I also went by best Buy looking for the Guster DvD, without any luck. I did end up with their entire album catalog, about 5 cd's. I still recommend checking them out.

Saturday, I went over to my buddy Alex's apartment. If I didn't mention it before, Saturday was his graduation ceremony for receiving his Master degree, pretty impressive if I do say so. He had family in town just for the occasion so, three cars full of us hit the road for Leavenworth. Quite the coincidence, I noticed my Aunt and most of her family (which would be my cousins) also in the auditorium. Turns out I had two second cousins graduating with their Bachelor degrees the same day. I didn't even know the went to the same college. After the ceremony, me and Alex's family all went to Granite City for lunch. That is a brew-pub, if you aren't familiar, and I very highly recommend their Ale & Cheddar soup. Seriously, delicious, and I am looking for recipes to make an attempt. Possibly one of the top 5 soups I have ever had anywhere. I then took Alex back to his place, and went home. Finally getting there around 6pm.
I was worn out, I had a couple beers, watched some TV, and was out like a light on the couch. I work up around 10, and sent Alex a text message saying I was passing on meeting them out at the Peanut (that's a bar). I fell back asleep until around 2am before taking my worn out rear end to bed.

Sunday, I woke up around 8am like usual, and watched some TV while waiting to hear from my Mom. They were going to go to church then call me, so I could come pick her up. She called around 9:30 and said they were skipping church, and I could grab her early. 30 minutes later I was at their place. Every year, I try to surprise my Mom with something different. This year, I took her to the driving range. She had never hit a golf ball in her life, and possibly still hasn't (just kidding). So she was surprised, and had fun, after hacking away at a small bucket. We grabbed some lunch, and I took her home, so she could take my Dad shopping for picnic tables for their yard.

I ran an errand and went home, to get some quality time in with my doggies. Later I sat with my jaw open as The Sopranos, dropped a bomb, in the first few minutes of the show. (only 3 left!!)

That about sums it up, tonight, I get to go assemble above mentioned picnic table on the way home, yiPPee for me.

Lastly, if I was a religious man, I'd send some prayers up to Chicago for my good buddy Miles, who had to go to the hospital this weekend. I am hoping to get an update on his health today. Since I'm not that spiritual, I'm sending good thoughts that way.

Guster

My good buddy Alejandro, found a new band, that I wanted to share.

Guster
Guster Overview on AllMusic.com

Yesterday, Alex had me listen to a few minutes of their song "Satellite" and I noticed they sort of sounded like The Stone Roses, or The Samples, but a modern version, sort of a folk alternative if you will. I liked what I heard so when I got home I 'obtained' a handful of their songs, about 17 to be exact. I listened to a few while I sat outside on my deck last night reading Fables Vol 4.

Today I was able to pay more attention while listening at work, and to tell the truth, I haven't listened to anything else except those 17 songs all day, I put iTunes on repeat, and haven't looked back.

Tonight after work, I plan on running by Best Buy to look for a concert DvD their website claims to have. I will also try and pick up their latest CD.

If I find the DvD, look for a review here soon.

Oh, and here is their official band website

http://www.guster.com/

Lost

Ok, I had quite the busy day yesterday, didn't have a chance to post anything. I am trying to plan a surprise for the Mom for this Sunday, and on top of that, I actually had a few things here at work to do.

Did anyone else watch Lost last night? I am a big fan of the show, and of Evangeline Lily, if she is truly dating Dominic Monagan (sp?) then i think the transition will be easy for her when they split up, and she moves in with me. They announced the end date for the show as well. Obviously it had to, unless they wanted to change it to the modern day Giligan's Island. The press release said 3 more seasons, and that will allow them to start revealing some of the secrets the island holds, and answer all the riddles around each character. I won't talk too much about the actual episode last night, in case you DvR'd it and still are waiting to watch it, but I will say this. I have a feeling what happened at the end, to a certain person will somehow not result in them dying.

Tonight on TV, it's a great line-up. The only day to compare with Monday's shows.

The usual schedule.
7:00 My Name is Earl
7:30 The Office
8:00 Scrubs
8:30 30 Rock

Tonight is different though, since 30 Rock's season is over, I think The Office will be a full hour.

Of the entire night, Scrubs is my favorite, and is in my top 5 must see shows. That means, if I miss everything tonight, the first show I play on my DvR is Scrubs.

I can't write too much more, need to finish a few things here, and I plan on going to the driving range right after work tonight for a bucket of balls.

~~ciao~~

Make your own ringtones

Are you sick of those stupid commercials late at night? I'm not talking about the chat line ones either, because those hawt women just need someone to talk to, and we shouldn't judge them for any reason! I am talking about the ads for ringtones or screensavers, or even the joke of the day service that will send a text of surely a hilarious joke to your cell daily.

Well when I had my last phone, I had to download ringers to get them, I was an avid user of a website called 3gupload.com, then they changed from a one time donation, to a monthly fee, and they lost me. Pretty rude for people who had been using their site for years to try and force them to start paying every month. Anyway, my current phone being what it is, there aren't allot of options for ringers, or things of that nature. This is good and bad. The good is, say goodbye to paying 3 bucks for a 30 sec clip of a song that sometimes comes through in bad quality, which my phone is on vibrate about 80% of the day anyway. The bad is if you are not that savvy with computers and technology, you might be stuck with the default ringers. This post hopefully will change that.

So I will keep this simple. If we wanted to, I could show you how to find a video clip on Youtube, download it as a mpeg file, convert it to an mp3, then clip out the section you want, but that's another day. Let's just concentrate on one thing at a time.

First off, find a song you want as a ringer. Think of TV theme songs, or songs you won't be embarresed about at the checkout line in the grocery store and that hawt brunette behind you in line hears your phone playing Julio Iglesias 'Escape'. No way to play that off as cool, seriously, there isn't don't even try.

Now that we have a song, where is it? Is it on a cd, or on your computer? Let's say it is on a cd, so we start all the way at the beginning.

For this entire process (I am sure there are other ways, but this is mine) you will need to download a few free programs. What are they you ask, and where do I find them?

CD EX
MP3 Direct Cut

These are both FREE !! I have been using CDex for quite some time now, as a CD ripper, and it's a great app.

Ok, so download and install those, if you need help with that, ummmm, go ahead and skip today's blog, and come back tomorrow. Once those are setup, make sure you go through the options of each, to designate where files are ripped to, or saved, and all that install stuff.

So, first we need to "rip" the song you want off your cd, into an mp3 format. Make sure CDex is open on your PC, and throw in that cd of the soundtrack to 'Paint Your Wagon' (actually a great cd) CDex will pop all the tracks into it's window. Now click on the song you want, rename it (if needed) and choose what should be the second choice down the right side of CDex. When you hover your mouse over, you should see the text "Extract CD to Compressed Audio File".

Remember, you need to setup CDex properly, so you know where the new mp3 will end up.

Ok, click the button, and wait for the process to finish, and now you have an mp3.

Second step...
Open up MP3 Direct Cut.

Here is what MP3 Direct Cut looks like, you can drag and drop your new mp3 into this window.

Now, click the 'Set Begin' button and you will see a dotted yellow line rolling along as the song plays. Simply click that line for your start point, and then click the 'Set End' button to stop.

Finally, choose File>Save Selection. Try and change the name to distinguish this new clip from the original, and you are done. Remember most ringers are only about 30 secs long, so choose carefully what you cut.

Now, with my phone, all I need to do is transfer it over to a folder, and turn it into a ringer. Please note, this is for the PPC-6700 phone. I am not sure how to do this with other models, but I might be able to figure it out if I had to.

ArGh!!

So I was messing with my phone Saturday morning. A different subject would be why the hell can't I sleep past 8am, even on days off, and purposefully staying awake late the night before. Anyway. I went just one step too far, with my quest to learn XML, and screwed something up. The actual phone part of my phone was missing. How messed up is that? Everything else seemed to work, but when I clicked the phone button, it flashed to that screen, then it disappeared. So I spent a few hours trying to figure out what I had done, and gave up.

Around noon I headed into town to find a sprint store with a service dept and see if they could just reformat the phone, as in wipe everything off of it, and retore it back to OEM settings. After finding one, I scrapped that plan when they said it was a 40 min wait to talk to someone. In my opinion, that is unacceptable, and I work for the same company. So I grabbed some lunch, ran an errand, went back home and back to the phone drawing board. But before I messed with the phone I decided to do a few things around the house. I recently got rid of the extra furniture in the second stall of my garage, and now it is solely occupied by my motorcycle (ok, not completely the only thing) so I swept the space out, then raked up all the leaves on the side of the house and bagged them.

After chatting with the neighbor's wife, their oldest kid and that kid's girlfriend for a bit, I went back in for a shower and to relax.

Back to fixing my phone....

I remembered the last software update they released resulted in a total reset, so I figured it was worth a try. A few hours later, I was looking at my phone, with everything gone :-(

Even later, and I had most of my applications back, and my contacts restored.

Anyway, here is what it looks like right now.

If you recall the last image, I have changed it a little more.

XML is very much like HTML, which I used to be pretty decent at, and I am mostly tweaking other people's existing skin files. I have been mixing together their coding with what I want, and arranging the screen how I want. It is allot of trial and error. For example if you want button # 5 in a certain spot, you need the X and Y coordinates. You could try X=10, Y = 100, and if that was wrong, keep adjusting til it's right. (X is horizontal, Y is vertical)

The latest thing I got working was the appointments, and task windows, which update with, you guessed it, tasks and appointments.

Below that, if you tap the 'Calls' icon you are taken to the Call History (the number indicates missed calls)

Next is text messages,

Finally Voicemal. This is a cool trick too, if you tap that phone, you will automatically dial your voice mail box.

Ok, I need to stop for now, lots work to do on Monday's.

As always, please leave comments.

What do you mean No Guns allowed???

Just a quick post about something I saw today on my way out of the office.

I have seen these signs popping up at various other locations and every time I chuckle. The sign is a picture of a handgun, and the circle with the slash around it, aka NO Guns Allowed.

Honestly, what idiot needs this sign to inform them they can't pack heat at the office? If someone were to go proverbially 'postal' do the geniuses who created this sign, or the idiots who actually bought one for every door into every building on campus (I work on a campus) think that the above mentioned nutcase would stop when they see that sign, and decide they don't want to break the No Guns Allowed rule, then turn around and go home?

I mean honestly, just because you have a No Smoking sign, what actually prevents me from lighting up? Yep, you guessed it, nothing.

So I have decided to print up a thousand signs that show a hand grenade, with a red \ through it, then sell them to the same light bulb over their head executives who bought the last batch of signs.

I mean just in case a co-worker sees that since guns are prohibited, they might assume it's all peachy to bring explosives in case WWIII breaks out during a afternoon meeting.

Snow....or not to Snow.....

At some point I need to scribble up a review for the DvD released yesterday 'Alpha Dog', but today, two different things.



The first is where the subject comes from, as the stuff to the right says, I live in Kansas. To be honest there isn't that much exciting here, besides the weather being all over the charts, rain, snow, tornados, etc. I have considered moving before, I came very close right after high school to moving to Las Vegas. After I got back from NYC I thought about moving there. There is even the pipe dream of moving to Sicily, buying a villa on the coast, and never looking back.

Well there is a real chance that a move might still happen. Last year I visited my Uncle and family down in Scottsdale, AZ. I've been there before and enjoyed it, but this time I spent some time thinking if I could live there permanently. You have to admit the weather is a big selling point. No more snow and ice and trying to drive in it. I do like snow, and the rain here, but it's not fun to be stuck at home because it's just easier. My Uncle and I even talked about me finding a job down there if I did.


So that's just a head's up, I'll be browsing the internet for the next few weeks looking at real estate, and job's I might have a chance getting.

Tomorrow hopefully I will have time to talk about this nice application I found for my cell-phone. (PPC-6700) Here is a screenshot of what it looks like right now, I am still tweaking some coding (my first time messing with XML) so it might change, but look for a write-up soon.




The three icons above the time display, are


1. Phone
2. SMS Messaging
3. Tasks.












1. The numbers by the phone are missed calls (top left) and voice mail (bottom right)
2. The number above the SMS (text) messaging shows unread text's
3. Lastly the number by tasks shows me active open tasks.

The two rows of icons above that are applications, and when I do the write-up, I'll explain more.

Smoking Crossbow

So last night while I was waiting for my TV shows to start, I flipped over to the HDMV channel. If you couldn't figure that out, its a HD Movie channel I have with my satellite carrier. Anyway, they were showing the classic 'Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome' I did enjoy Road Warrior, and Mad Max, the two prior movies, but Tina Turner comes very close to ruining this installment. What the title of this post is about, is referring to the end of the scene in the actaul Thunderdome "Two men enter.......One man leaves" hehe, anyway, after Max refuses to finish off Blaster (the large sidekick of Master) and one of Tina's henchman shoots Blaster with his crossbow, he turns the end to his mouth and makes a blowing motion......this made me chuckle. If I need to explain why this was funny, stop reading, go rent every comedy movie at your local video store, and have a marathon viewing until you develop a sense of comedy.

Monday night TV is one of the best of the week. The typical line-up starts with 'How I Met Your Mother', then 'Two and a Half Men', followed (right now) by 'King of Queens', then finishes with 'The Riches'. Yes in the middle somewhere they shove in and try and force us to watch 'The New Adventures of Old Christine' but I fight the man, and watch something else for those 30 minutes. And I also know 'King of Queens' is about to close their doors. The new show 'Drive' has been good so far as well, I am a Nathan Fillion fan from his role's on 'Firefly' and 'Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place'. Drive wasn't on last night though. I hope it hasn't been cancelled. Also, 'Rules of Engagement' and the 'The Class' I believe have already ended their seasons.

Anyway, about what was on last night. How I Met Your.... was classic, Barney was training to be a contestant on The Price is Right, where he hoped to confront Bob Barker and find out if his Mom was telling the truth about him (Barker) being Barney's paternal father. As usual, he was hilarious, and when the moment finally arrives, his price guesses are perfect, to the dollar. He even spins the showcase wheel to land on $1.00, after practicing on a bike wheel. He follows it by bidding the exact amount on his showcase, and even calling out the exact price of his opponenet's showcase, which she overbid.

Two and a Half Men was also a great episode, the kid in that show can pull some laughs, and last night he ends up winning a small fortune at the horse track on an 80-1 bet Charlie makes for him, hilarity ensues.

King of Queens sort of started slipping for me, when they took the show a different direction in a way. All of a sudden the wife's character who was occasionally sarcastic, became this huge witch, and that's when the show started going downhill for me. Doug is still hilarious though.

The Riches is a new FX show starring Eddie Izzard, and Minnie Driver as 'traveller's' or gypsies. They are the sole witnesses of a fatal accident, and assume the idenitites of the victims. Eddie's character Doug Rich is an attorney, and they decide their next con will be to live the American Dram as the Rich family. This show isn't for the kiddies, and has mild language, sexual references, drugs, but doesn't all of that make the show better? Nowadays it is sometimes difficult to watch an edited version of a movie on free TV, or sit through what is supposed to be a drama, and never hear a curse word. It just doesn't seem real at all.

Ok, time to get some work done here.

Books, Golf, Movie,

Ok, in an effort to post something ever Monday with a summary of my exciting weekends, here is the first one, from the past weekend.

4/27 - 4/29
This weekend I spent Saturday down at the Plaza to look for some books. It is a decent drive from my place, and there are plenty of other choices between my place and the Plaza to purchase books, but I was looking for something specific, and had a gift card. We only have two Barnes & Nobles in the relatively close area, and the closest one did not have one of the books in stock. I called the store here, by work, to see if it could be sent over, and was told sure, but it would take at least a week, maybe two for it to arrive! So off to the Plaza I went.

The original plan was to hit the driving range (I recently took up Golf) with my brother-in-law, and my good buddy Jando, then hit the bookstore, and make it home in time to go out drinking to celebrate another buddy's b-day. Of course, this well laid plan all fell apart. First my sister calls to tell me Victor (aforementioned bro-in-law) is running late at work. You see he works nights for the Railroad, so normally gets finished and home by noon. It isn't the typical work X amount of hours then go home deal. He has to a certain job, and once that's done, he is for the day. If it takes 4 hours, congrats, if it takes 12, that sucks. Since he works nights, he is in bed around 2pm so his free time is limited. My sister relays his message that it is looking like 1'oclock before he is done, so he has to pass on the range. So I call Jando (Alejandro) and he still wants to hit a bucket. As usual, it's a curse, I get there early, to find out the range we had picked is closed for good. A quick call back to Jando, and we decide to skip it completely.

So I point the car in the direction of the Plaza, and call my buddy Frank (he lives close to the Plaza) to see what he is up to. We decide I would grab him on the way, since he had a few places to go also.
A few minutes late I walk out with the following;

• Fables Vol 1: Legends in Exile (see review blog)
• The Watchmen (another graphic novel)
• 1,000 Places to See Before You Die
• Dollar Bill Origami

Let me explain....

The two graphic novels were bought because of reviews I had just read. I started watching The Discovery Channel's verison of the popular travel book.And yes, point a finger and laugh I enjoy Origami. I'm no expert, but the book was filled with instructions on how to create with dollar bills, so I figured why not?

We hit a few more shops, then back to Frank's. We caught up on what we have both been doing, while I terrorized his Italian Greyhound Riley and his on a diet cat Morris. It was geeting late, so I left for the 40 min drive home.

Once there, I decided I couldn't put off mowing the yard another day, and with kansas weather it could be snowing tomorrow for all we know, so I waited for the thermometer to dip a little, and went out. After chatting with my neighbor, his wife, and his kids for 15 minutes it was time to do some work. Once done, I took a quick shower, and that was it, I fell asleep on and off on the couch til I went to bed around 2am. Unfortunately I didn't make it out for the b-day drinking festivities.

Sunday, Jando and I hit an early showing of "Kickin' It Old School" which I also reviewed here in the blog, so go read that. We then grabbed a quick bite, saw the local hawtie of the week (hands down winner) at a Wendy's and finally got to the Driving Range for a bucket.

Afterwards, nothing really exciting, grocery store, laundry, and watched Sopranos, before heading to bed.

This week will hopefully go by quick, I am looking to get back into a gym routine, and possibly decide on taking a trip down to Ft Lauderdale, partly for work, partly to get away. I'm not embarrased to admit I am looking forward to Spider-Man 3 opening this coming weekend.

Fables Vol 1: Legends in Exile

Ok, I admit it, I was a comic book collecter as a kid. I still have a couple boxes full in the garage at home. The oldest book I have is a copy of Mad Magazine issue number three if I recall. The collector books show it worth some $$, but good luck finding a buyer. So when I was reading Adam Duritz new newsletter (he is the frontman for Counting Crows) and he highly recommends a series of graphic novels I made a note of them. This weekend I ran down to a local bookstore to pick up the first volume.

What the novels consist of are a collection of the comic book series into a single book format. For example Volume 1 is filled with comic book issues 1- xx (I don't have that detail handy, does it matter?). Volume 2 would be issue xx--xx. Ok, now that I have explained that.

This series is about the characters from fables we grew up with. Red Riding Hood, Snow White, Little Boy Blue, Jack and the Beanstalk, etc. etc. In the book, these characters are referred to as Fables. The Fables all existed, and are very real, they were spread out amongst different worlds (not Earth) and have been forced to flee their homelands to Earth by the Adversary, and live amongst us Mundys (humans). They have taken human form, through magic spells, and for those who cannot, they live at The Farm. Their community is called Fabletown in which the Big Bad Wolf (Bigby) is the sheriff in human guise.

Have I lost you yet? Stick with it, a little bit longer. I haven't read too much yet, so I can't provide too many details on the Adversary, but if you didn't figure it out, he is the bad guy.

Snow White, now divorved from Prince Charming, is unofficially in charge of Fabletown. Just to emphasize this is not for the kiddies, They were divorced when she caught the prince sleeping with her sister Rose Red.

Ok, so I really haven't done much besides explain the backstory, let me real quick give you what the current story is....

The series opens with a uncomfirmed murder in Fabletown. Rose Red's apartment is covered in blood, and she is missing. Bigby is called in and begins the investigation, where we get most of what I typed above in the backstory. As he travels around interviewing the suspects (Bluebeard, Jack (from the beanstalk) Prince Charming) we learn the background of the series to come.

So far, it is a great read, if this continues, I will be looking to purchase the following volumes. Like I mentioned above, this is not for the kids, language, violence, sex, it is definitely aimed at an older audience. I am actually surprised they are getting away with depiciting the Fables, in this way. I can't imagine Disney appreciates Prince Charming as a playboy, who uses women for their money, and for sex, bouncing around between them. He is actually trying to sell his title off, to afford his lifestyle right now where I stopped reading last night.


So far;
Rating: 4 out of 5
Might go up, might go down, I'm about 3/4 way through this, with plans to finish it tonight.
Most likely, I'll be ordering the rest at the same time.



Fables Vol 1: Legends in Exile
Author: Bill Willingham
Amazon Price: $9.99
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Vertigo (December 1, 2002)

Kickin' It Old School

I went and saw Jamie Kennedy's new movie "Kickin' It Old School" yesterday.

The movie centers around Jamie's character who falls into a coma in 1986. He is a breakdancing kid and while performing in a talent show flips off the stage to cause the accident. He wakes up 20 years later, to find his sweetheart is engaged, his parents are in financial trouble, and he is still stuck in an 80's mindset.

What to do now, what to do. Well of course, get the old breakdancing crew back together to win back his girl, win some money, and relive what he did best as a kid.


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Wait for the rental if you like Jamie Kennedy.

I have never been that big of a Jamie Kennedy fan, his comedy is more on the stupid side, even his TV show was mildly funny.(The Jamie Kennedy Experiment)

It has it's funny moments, (especially Cameron from Ferris Bueller's Day Off) but it just didn't carry the whole movie.

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