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Back in 1983, Q*bert was all the rage. I know you think I’m a little loopy with all the love for Q*bert, but I wasn’t the only one. Little dude was everywhere, with games, a TV show, and books. Really, the only strange thing is there’s so little Q*bert nostalgia to be found.  I must […]

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Last night my wife and I watched Rock of Ages, mostly because it was free. We liked it okay, but we’re aware it was the music that did the trick – the songs give the illusion that the movie is good. Maybe just see what songs were on the soundtrack and listen to the originals. […]

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I don’t feel like we learned anything about the characters this week that we didn’t already know. We might not have ever heard Ted talk about taking the high road, but he’s certainly demonstrated his desire to do that time and again. Linda being “bad”? Didn’t really feel like a departure for her. And Veronica […]

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This is the eleventh in a series of transplanted articles from my other blog. The transplants will run on Saturdays until they’re all over here. They are copied and pasted, but might get slight edits here and there.   Poodle Hat was released in May 2003. It ended up being the first album Al released […]

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It’s actually the Top 250, but after 100 the list gets more and more ridiculous and I couldn’t bring myself to deal with it. Case in point: Star Trek Into Darkness is listed at 201. It was an okay enough movie, but 201 of all time?  And the fact that 2009’s Star Trek is listed […]

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