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July 29, 2014 Tuesday 10: Movies of 1984
My initial whittling of the “released in 1984” list got it down to 37. 1984 was a pretty good year for movies, as you’ll see. There are seven movies from the “highest grossing” that didn’t make it onto my list, but that doesn’t bother me much. 10. The Muppets Take Manhattan – Kermit & Miss Piggy […]
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July 28, 2014 You’re Welcome
Some of you may recall that back in October, two things happened: Weird Al high-fived me I asked him during the Q&A session when we might see UHF get released on Blu-Ray and if there were any plans to release The Compleat Al on a modern format. Turn now to recent news: “Weird Al” Yankovic’s […]
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July 25, 2014 Build Your Own
I got it in my head a while back that it would be fun to build a Q*bert out of Lego. I downloaded the Lego Digital Designer and started playing around with it a bit, but quickly realized I didn’t have the visualization skills or the patience to do it. I can see what it […]
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July 22, 2014 Tuesday 10: Movies of 1985
This was a hard list to make. I haven’t seen many of these in a long time, so it’s a mixture of how much I liked it “back in the day” and how much I’d like it now if I watched it again. Sometimes I’m tempted to put things on these lists because I’m supposed to like […]
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July 21, 2014 Music Monday: “Weird Al” Yankovic
I know I said last week I’d have “Ranking Mandatory Fun” today, but I’m not ready for it. I’ve listened to the album plenty (9-10 times) and I have an idea of my ranking, but I need to let it simmer for a bit. All my other album rankings have had the benefit of many […]
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