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I've been on an audiobook kick lately. It makes my commute a little more tolerable. So far, I've gone through Freakonomics and Stephen King's On Writing, both I highly recommend. I also got a few CD's into Fellowship of the Ring, but decided it was a little too slow (the movie does a good job cutting out a lot of unnecessary scenes in my opinion- Aimee might disagree). Right now I'm working on A Short History of Nearly Everything.
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Last week Aimee and I went to eat at India Star. Our first mistake was going there already a little hungry. It was about 45 minutes until we got our appetizer, and another half hour for the main dish. The food is great but the service is slower than dirt. I suggest doing take out (and getting there 10 minutes late- the food should be almost done).
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Want to know when your old analogue TV will be pretty much worthless (unless you have cable or a digital tuner)? Check out the FCC's terribly designed Digital Television website (warning- really annoying sounds). It has a countdown to when stations are supposed to go all digital (850 days from today). By the way, did you know that right now any TV 25" or bigger is supposed to have a Digital Tuner built in? Most stores are still lagging behind.
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Who has seen the film, A Prairie Home Companion?
There are a few things that left me confused about the movie:
Guy Noir... for the movie, a dumb character. Kevin Kline tries to put in these little physical gags- tripping, falling over the bar, etc, into his scene. Not really funny. Maybe it would be slightly more funny in a theater full of people (comedies usually work better that way- similar to how stand-up comedians are usually funnier in person).
Is the movie more entertaining than simply watching a film version of a real Prairie Home show? I don't think so.
The real PHC performers appearing in the movie are much more polished, although, surprise, don't get as many close-ups as Streep.
Garrison Keillor wouldn't let a performer bang a gong in the middle of the show and not kick them out of the building. But if it's Meryl Streep I guess it's okay.
Why is Tommy Lee Jones's character a born again Christian, other than to make him a bad guy?
And what is up with Maya Rudolph's character who takes a swig of champaign while pregnant?
The answers to these problems might reveal themselves during Robert Altman's commentary for the movie: When asked by Kevin Kline if a particular line was in the script, Altman replies; "I didn't actually read the script."
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Anyone see the Mets Cardinals game last night? The Endy Chavez catch isn't on YouTube yet, but don't miss it once it is. Aimee and I saw it live and were pretty impressed (rewound it on the DVR a couple times). Would have been even more classic if they won the game.
Posted by alangage at October 16, 2006 10:41 PM
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you jerk! we make quality food, this is why it is taking such long! you are wanting fast food? go to Arby's.
Posted by: baba at October 20, 2006 12:43 PM
Baba- curry up with that food, you slow poke.
Posted by: Andy at October 20, 2006 04:57 PM
Here's the catch http://youtube.com/watch?v=GBAPKceCRRQ
Posted by: Andy at October 20, 2006 07:02 PM
So I didn't read this thread a month ago. Don't know how I missed it. I have nothing to say about Indan food. But Dru and I saw A Prairie Home Companion in a theater with other people who could cue us in to when to laugh and when not to laugh. Or mostly when not to laugh. It sucked. Altman is not a genuis.
On a funny note, we had just seen a show at the Fitzgerald Theatre and had also eaten at Mickey's Diner that very same weekend that we saw the movie. So that was something, anyway.
Posted by: Dan at November 17, 2006 04:02 PM
No great loss without some small gain... Jane
Posted by: Jane at November 21, 2006 05:18 PM
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