Posts Tagged With "dvds"

Big Wide Stories

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[6 Jul 02011 | 348 views | 2 minutes of your time ]

I’ve been watching The Lord of the Rings, Extended Edition on Blu-Ray. I picked it up on release day a couple weeks ago because the only copy of the movies I owned (I know poor excuse) was the previously-viewed, full-screen, standard-definition, …

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movie drought

pop-culture, travel & holidays »

[9 Dec 02008 | 163 views | less than a minute of your time ]

December 9
I was flipping through an online listing of the years best movies and I realized I had seen none of them. We don’t see movies anymore, I guess.

Day 9: Mmmm… Breakfast.

What I need to watch before the holidays are out:
- …

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Pre-Pats Smattering

books & reading, food & drink, friends, history & archives, life happens, opinions & venting, pop-culture, running, scatter, travel & holidays, weather »

[16 Mar 02008 | 397 views | 4 minutes of your time ]

We’re all on the mend here after a few days of moderate (though merely annoying) head-colds, one of the souvenirs we brought back from Portland. (Alice will likely feel guilty ’cause I wrote that, but after her generous hospitality the least …

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weird movie review

opinions & venting, pop-culture »

[11 Mar 02007 | 154 views | 2 minutes of your time ]

Unlikely that you’ve heard of this one, but we rented and watched Mirrormask last night. I think, as far as abstract pieces of movie art this was quite an eyeful. Turns of phrase made real, art come to life, another world …

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on live-ness

art & code, home & garden, technology, work & business »

[29 Sep 02004 | 154 views | 2 minutes of your time ]

Building a website is nothing like building a house. For example, if you build a house and decide you want to change the location of the kitchen, you have until a certain time in the process. Then, tough. The …

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snow is just an illusion: take the red pill

opinions & venting, pop-culture, weather »

[13 May 02004 | 144 views | 2 minutes of your time ]

I was driving to work this morning pondering the idea that about half the cars travelling in the opposite direction were covered in a loose layer of snow. Haven’t seen that in a while.
Last night, I wandered over to the video …

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on copyright

opinions & venting, pop-culture, watching & listening »

[15 Oct 02003 | 172 views | 2 minutes of your time ]

VHS, CDR, DVDR, and CompactFlash — they all rack up a small percentage of their cost and send it on over to the good folks who administrate this kind of thing. I trust they are doing their jobs.

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swiss cheese with croutons

scatter, travel & holidays »

[3 Sep 02003 | 142 views | 2 minutes of your time ]

It’s a mixed blessing that we are back from our honeymoon. Mexico was wonderful, but the heat, the humidity, the food, the booze, and the salt can wear you down after while.
Highlights of the trip include:
1) a visit to the …

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urban something or another

life happens, pop-culture »

[18 Jul 02003 | 124 views | 2 minutes of your time ]

I plunked down on the couch with a bowl of popcorn (aforementioned, I know, but it’s late) and watched it from start to finish.

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