Sometimes, when you least expect it...

I couldn't possibly think of a bigger rom-com cliche than this movie ad...

Space Invaders

Why am I so bad at Space Invaders?

Disney World Photos

We all just got back from a week in Disney World. Here are the photo highlights.

http://picasaweb.google.com/futuregenetics/DisneyWorld2009

Also, if you have me as a friend on facebook, you can view them there.

Paddle Fighter

For some reason I have a peculiar love for this game. It was a genesis title only released in Japan. I first learned about it when I had my Gametap subscription. It's sorta like air hockey or pong, except not lame. I didn't win this game; but I was too lazy to record another match. My favorite part is that you play against Donkey-Face.

Lawsuit seeks to take 'so help me God' out of inaugural

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A number of atheists and non-religious organizations want Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony to leave out all references to God and religion.

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Washington, the plaintiffs demand that the words "so help me God" not be added to the end of the president's oath of office.

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The 2008 Movie List

Here are all the movies I saw for the first time in 2008, with a 1-4 star rating

1. The Kingdom (***1/2)
2. Juno (****)
3. 3:10 to Yuma (***1/2)
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (**)
5. High Plains Drifter (***1/2)
6. Hannah Montana: Best of Both Worlds (**)
7. Saw IV (*)
8. The Outlaw Josie Wales (***)
9. Sunshine (***1/2)
10. Gone Baby Gone (***)
11. King of Kong: A Fist Full of Quarters (**1/2)
12. Futurama: Bender's Big Score (***)
13. American Gangster (***)
14. Micheal Clayton (***1/2)
15. The Darjeeling Limited (**)
16. Awake (***)
17. Rendition (***1/2)
18. Dan in Real Life (***)
19. I Am Legend (**)
20. The Full Monty (***)
21. There Will Be Blood (****)
22. The Ruins (**)
23. P2 (***)
24. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (***)
25. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (***)
26. Cloverfield (***)
27. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (***1/2)
28. Vertigo (***1/2)
29. Jumper (***)
30. Iron Man (****)
31. Lost Highway (***1/2)
32. Wall-E (****)
34. The Hoax (****)
35. Raiders of the Lost Ark (****)
36. The Hudsucker Proxy (***)
37. The Brave One (*)
38. Control (****)
39. Funny Games (***)
40. The Dark Knight (****)
41. The Bank Job (***)
42. Tropic Thunder (****)
43. Redbelt (***)
44. I'm Not There (***)
45. Into the Wild (****)
46. In Bruges (****)
47. Speed Racer (***)
48. The Golden Compass (**)
49. Snatch (***)
50. Network (***)
51. Kung Fu Panda (***)
52. Transsiberian (***1/2)
53. Hellboy II: The Golden Army (***)
54. Futurama: The Beast With a Billion Backs (***)
55. Quantum of Solace (***)
56. Shadow of a Doubt (**1/2)
57. Paranoid Park (**)
58. The Fall (***1/2)
59. The Incredible Hulk (***)
60. Horton Hears a Who (***)
61. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (****)
62. Burn After Reading (***)

Matt McKee 5-1-1976 - 12-18-2008

My brother died on the 18th. I'm not going to write too much about it just yet, but here is the DVD the funeral home provided us. It has some nice pictures of him throughout his life.

Updates

Made some updates to the blog. Slimmed things down. Toned down the colors. Took off the irrelevant material about the long-over writers strike.

The Current Top 10

This is a repost from a comment on my friend's blog.

In no particular order, my current top 10

1. Blood Simple
I know Fargo is the favorite Coens' pick...but really my 1-5 would be filled with Coen films if I didn't stop myself.

2. Mullholland Drive
The guy behind the dumpster still scares the fuck out of me.

3. Zodiac
The guy in the basement still scares the fuck out of me.

4. House of Games
( my rebellious Mamet response to all the instances of Glengary Glen Ross on the lists )

5.Donnie Darko (Director's Cut)
I think this was more of a bad movie that accidentally worked very well.

6.Heat
Don't waste my motherfucking time

7.Dr. Strangelove
Not enough things can be said about this movie. I like the atmosphere of comedic paranoia.

8. Raging Bull
Because it's not "Dempsey"

9. Requiem For a Dream
Ass to ass

10.The Usual Suspects
"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he did not exist. And like that... he is gone. "

No Heaven or Hell

The sign that's been posted at the Washington State Capitol and Springfeild IL City Hall so far...



Of course, somebody stole it from the Washington State Capitol