Hasseldesk!
Posted on July 1st, 2008 by The Goat
There’s a whole saga here, but I’m gonna make you mosey over to my Seahawks blog to read all about it.. :-]
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WALL-E (A)
Posted on June 28th, 2008 by The Goat
The $25 we paid the neighbor girl to babysit Jack was well worth it, my galleys. WALL-E is the best movie Pixar has released in its illustrious decade-plus run of mega-hits, and will likely be widely hailed as the best film of 2008.
Once again, Pixar has set a new standard for computer animation (at a price tag of over $170 million, it needed to), and created an absolutely engrossing and touching story. About robots. Who fall in love.
Shit, this isn’t just a great cartoon. It might be the best science fiction film to come out this millenium, y’all.
Go see it, and bring the kids… It’s spectacular.
(and if you’re offended by the film’s environmentalist themes? Take a chill pill, asswedge… Jeez.)
Grade: A
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My Kingdom for a Babysitter!
Posted on June 27th, 2008 by The Goat
Every second I go without seeing Wall-E feels like particularly cruel torture. Whether you’re looking at Rotten Tomatoes or Metacritic, the buzz is that this is one of the best movies to come out of Hollywood in a long time… Animated or not.
I’ll have to change this list very soon (I hope), but here are my rankings of the previous Pixar films:
8. A Bug’s Life
7. Toy Story
6. Ratatouille
5. Cars
4. Toy Story 2
3. Monsters Inc.
2. Finding Nemo
1. The Incredibles
What do you think, sirs?
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Time for some Jack pics, I think…
Posted on June 25th, 2008 by The Goat
Six Years Ago Today
Posted on June 22nd, 2008 by The Goat
That was the 2nd best day of my life (after the day Jack was born)… Can y’all believe it’s been six years? KB has some more pics here.. Damn, I look weird without a beard.
Happy Anniversary, Amy! You’re the tops, baby.
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Playing to Win
Posted on June 19th, 2008 by The Goat
Obama will financially BURY McCain behind the power of his small donors (myself included). It would have been moronic for him to opt into the public financing system, particularly given that McCain has already broken the campaign finance rules. I also favor a comprehensive public financing system, but it’s hard to see cutting small donors out of the loop as anything but anti-democratic and reactionary.
Here’s the ad Obama is running in 14 red states and 4 competitive blue states:
…and oh yeah… John Edwards is still in the Veepstakes. PLEASE pick him, Senator Obama.
This is exciting, isn’t it?
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Congratulations Celtics! (from a very casual NBA fan)
Posted on June 18th, 2008 by The Goat
I actually quite liked the ’80s showtime Lakers, but that was over 20 effing years ago. I’m happy about the Celtics winning because I
A) HATE Kobe Bryant’s fake ass.
and
B) KG, Ray and Paul Pierce are all pretty damn likable.
So enjoy it Boston, but don’t blow all your championship mojo… Save some for October :-]
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Is the Meijer gas station being sarcastic?
Posted on June 17th, 2008 by The Goat
I sent that pic into Fail Blog, yo.
Here’s a bonus pic of Jack being cute…
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Why yes, I did snap a picture of a bull taking a piss yesterday…
Posted on June 15th, 2008 by The Goat
All the pics are here… Not pictured? The Goat repeatedly making Niko in GTA IV commit suicide by jumping out of a chopper at high altitudes…
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Reds 3, Red Sox 1
Posted on June 13th, 2008 by The Goat
More pics here… Media account of the game here…
It was a sticky, humid evening, puncuated by showers and a Red Sox loss. The good news is that I still had a good time with Woody (mostly quoting Venture Brothers and Frisky Dingo), and the Reds fans were mostly cordial (in part because of the huge throng representing Red Sox Nation, I’m sure… safety in numbers.). No matter how you slice it, Sam Wyche was right:
Great American Ballpark was pretty impressive too, with a sweet view of the Ohio River and a lot of neat little features. One funny bit before the game proved Cincy’s inexperience with Red Sox Nation…
Usher: “It doesn’t seem safe to have all those people clumped up around the dugout..”
Me: “I’ve been to Red Sox games in 10 different stadiums… It’s ALWAYS like that.”
Usher: “Oh.”
Some other observations:
-Light showers don’t mean you have to bust out your umbrella and block the view of people behind you, douchebag.
-Nothing is classier than a Garbage-bag poncho!
-It would have been nice to check out the Reds Hall of Fame, but I wasn’t going to pay $10 for it. Pfffft.
-To my fellow Red Sox fans… There AREN’T NAMES ON THE BACKS OF OUR HOME JERSEYS. Cripes.
What do you think, sirs?
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