For all of the people who complained ad nauseum in the 90's and 00's about this country becoming "Too politically correct", are you now happy that we seem to be returning at break-neck speeds to a state in which blatant, overt racism and sexism is applauded and encouraged? Political correctness can be overdone, I agree, but it has it's place. It forces us, and more importantly practices us not to be bigots until such a time we that we as a society do it not because we have to, but because we naturally understand that it's moral.

2011 Movies

Movies I saw for the first time in 2011

1. Exit Through the Gift Shop (****)
2. Toy Story 3 (****)
3. The Asphalt Jungle (***)
4. True Grit (2010) (****)
5. The Green Hornet (***)
6. Black Narcissus (****)
7. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (****)
8. Just Go With It (**1/2)
9. The Apartment (****)
10. The Karate Kid 2010 (**1/2)
11. Me and Orson Wells (***1/2)
12. Lean on Me (**)
13. Easy A (***)
14. Get Low (***1/2)
15. Monsters (***)
16. The Adjustment Bureau (****)
17. Paul (***)
18. Tangled (****)
19. Black Swan (***)
20. Charade (****)
21. Source Code (****)
22. Suddenly (***)
23. Salt (***)
24. Hanna (****)
25. The King’s Speech (****)
26. Thor (***1/2)
27. The American (***)
28. The Tourist (***)
29. The Fighter (****)
30. X-Men: First Class (***1/2)
31. Anvil: The Story of Anvil (***)
32. Kung Fu Panda 2 (****)
33. Double Indemnity (***)
34. Somewhere (***)
35. The Lincoln Lawyer (***)
36. Unstoppable (****)
37. Captain America: The First Avenger (***)
38. Rise of the Planet of the Apes (****)
39. Hobo With a Shotgun (**)
40. The Hustler (****)
41. The Shining (****)
42. Underworld (***)
43. Friday the 13th (**1/2)
44. Contagion (***1/2)
45. Limitless (***)
46. Drive (***1/2)
47. Underworld Evolution: (***)
48. Splice (***)
49. Tron Legacy (***)
50. Moneyball (***1/2)
51. Winnebagoman (***)
52. Rum Diary (**)
53. The Muppets (****)
54. Curious George 2 (***)
55. Win Win (***1/2)
56. Morning Glory (**)
57. The Help (****)
58. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (****)
59. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (***)
60. Another Earth (****)
61. Fast Five (**1/2)

2010 Movies

1. The Princess and the Frog (***)
2. Sherlock Holmes (***)
3. Sunshine Cleaning (**)
4. Inglourious Basterds (****)
5. I Love You, Man (***)
6. Dirty Harry (***)
7. A Serious Man (****)
8. Shutter Island (***1/2)
9. Let the Right One In (***)
10. The Searchers (***)
11. Zombieland (****)
12. The Surrogates (***)
13. Up in the Air (***1/2)
14. How to Train Your Dragon (****)
15. No Impact man (***)
16. Julie and Julia (***)
17. Moon (***)
18. Fantastic Mr. Fox (****)
19. Iron Man 2 (***)
20. Sunset BLVD (***1/2)
21. The Tooth Fairy (*)
22. The Lost Weekend (***)
23. The Hurt Locker (****)
24. Bronco Billy (**)
25. His Girl Friday (****)
26. This Is It (***1/2)
27. Get Him to the Greek (****)
28. Alice in Wonderland (***)
29. Hot Tub Time Machine (***)
30. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (****)
31. Inception (****)
32. Invictus (***1/2)
33. Parenthood (***)
34. The Losers (**)
35. District 9 (****)
36. Kick-Ass (****)
37. Gentlemen Broncos (***1/2)
38. The Kids Are Alright (****)
39. Duplicity (***)
40. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (****)
41. The Town (***1/2)
42. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) (***)
43. Daybreakers (**)
44. Secretariat (**)
45. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (****)
46. Avatar (****)
47. Red (***)
48. Megamind (***)
49. The Sasquatch Gang (**1/2)
50. A Prophet (***1/2)
51. The Red Shoes (***)
52. A Dennis the Menace Christmas (**)
53. Murder by Numbers (***)
54. I’m Still Here (**)

Movies 2009

Movies I saw for the first time in 2009:

1. Eagle Eye (***)
2. The Spiderwick Chronicles (**)
3. The Game Plan (**)
4. Religulous (***1/2)
5. Hancock (**)
6. City of Ember (**)
7. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (****)
8. Slumdog Millionaire (****)
9. Lakeview Terrace (****)
10. Zach and Miri Make a Porno (***)
11. Watchmen (****)
12. Wanted (***)
13. Pineapple Express (***)
14. Monsters Vs Aliens (***1/2)
15. Madagascar (***)
16. Milk (****)
17. Officer and a Gentleman (***)
18. Rear Window (***)
19. Up (***1/2)
20. Man on Wire (****)
21. Primer (***)
22. Hang em' High (****)
23. Gran Torino (****)
24. Revolutionary Road (**)
25. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (***)
26. The Big Lebowski (***1/2)
27. Knowing (***)
28. Chinatown (****)
29. Public Enemies (***1/2)
30. The Wrestler (****)
31. Chaplin (***)
32. Valkyrie (***1/2)
33. Taken (***)
34. Step Brothers (***)
35. Ponyo (****)
36. The World's Fastest Indian (***1/2)
37. Happy Go Lucky (***)
38. The End of America (**1/2)
39. Adventureland (***1/2)
40. Where the Wild Things Are (***)
41. Drag Me to Hell (***)
42. The Commitments (****)
43. Paranormal Activity (***)
44. Star Trek (****)
45. Get Smart (***)
46. A Clockwork Orange (***)
47. Interview with a Vampire (**)
48. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (***)
49. The Brothers Bloom (***)
50. Food, Inc (***)
51. The Hangover (***1/2)
52. (500) Days of Summer (****)

Game Gear Jungle Book

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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