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  • Where Am I?

    Sorry for the lack of posts. I’m now at summer camp getting sweaty and tired every day. It’s awesome. I haven’t been catching up with current events that much, except to find out that Tim Russert died (which really, really, really sucks) and Tiger somehow won the U.S. Open. Nice.

    June 17, 2008
    Etc., Television
    Lake Waubesa Bible Camp, The Daily Show, Tim Russert
  • Liveblogging History

    I’ll be updating this post throughout the night, reacting to the candidates speeches… John McCain’s speech tonight is painful to watch. It has nothing to do with what he’s saying, but rather his delivery and the crowd’s reaction. Have you ever noticed how he smiles awkwardly after taking a jab at an opponent or says…

    June 3, 2008
    America, Politics, Presidents
    Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, John McCain
  • Saving No Country For The Band of Brothers

    I just noticed this: They all have basically the same design. I love all three of these films so I don’t really care, but I just thought it was curious.

    June 1, 2008
    Film
    Band Of Brothers, movies, No Country For Old Men, Saving Private Ryan
  • Great Scott And Last ‘Lost’

    Somehow I’m not surprised by this bit of news. At least McClellan is willing to admit he was wrong about something. In other, happier news: Lost finale tomorrow! I have high hopes for another mind-blower. Don’t let me down, writers. The finale of The Office was uninspiring, so give me something to love on TV…

    May 28, 2008
    America, Media, Politics, Television
    Lost, Scott McClellan, television, The Office
  • The Things They Carried

    “A true war story is never moral,” writes Tim O’Brien in his book The Things They Carried. Indeed, if there ever was a hard lesson learned by the United States, its citizens and, most importantly, the soldiers during the Vietnam War, it was that war was without morals, no matter how Hollywood depicted it. The stories…

    May 22, 2008
    America, Books, History
    review, The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien, Vietnam
  • Lost Vs. The Office

    It seems like after the writers’ strike-induced hiatus, LOST got a whole lot better and The Office got a whole lot worse. LOST‘s entire 4th season has been, overall, pretty fantastic. They’ve taken a new yet exciting direction with the implementation of flash-forwards and they now have an end date for the series, so they’re…

    May 17, 2008
    Media, Television
    Lost, television, The Office
  • Iron Man

    I think us moviegoers have caught on to the whole Superhero Movie thing. We’ve learned that comic book superheroes are born out of a freak radioactive experiment gone wrong, or out of childhood anger, yadda yadda yadda. We know that evil villains will eventually be outsmarted and killed due to excessive monologuing. We’ve caught on…

    May 6, 2008
    Film
    Iron Man, Marvel, movies, NCC Chronicle, review, Robert Downey Jr.
  • Knife To Meet You

    True story from NPR: Julio Diaz has a daily routine. Every night, the 31-year-old social worker ends his hour-long subway commute to the Bronx one stop early, just so he can eat at his favorite diner. But one night last month, as Diaz stepped off the No. 6 train and onto a nearly empty platform,…

    April 23, 2008
    Etc., Life
    NPR, story
  • This! Is!…

    Jeopardy! Tim rocked my world and nabbed some killer free tickets to the final night of the Jeopardy taping at the Kohl Center in Madison. It was the final two tapings of the College Tournament of Champions, episodes that will air May 15 and 16. Here’s what I learned: – Alex Trebek answers attendees’ questions…

    April 14, 2008
    Etc., Television
    Jeopardy, television
  • Macho, Macho Men: Vulnerability In ‘Casino Royale’ And ‘The Bourne Identity’

    Originally published in the North Central Chronicle on April 25, 2008. John McClane, Rambo, the Terminator. They are the American Action Hero: muscular, terse, a killing machine. They favor spouting clever catchphrases and blowing stuff up over expressing emotion. To them, women are hors d’oeuvres best enjoyed while they serve cold dishes of revenge to…

    April 3, 2008
    Film, Love
    Casino Royale, James Bond, Jason Bourne, movies, NCC Chronicle, review, The Bourne Identity
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