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Some flix that I have seen or am seeing:
Starter for Ten: Tom Hanks produced, stars James McAvoy, fun/quirky mid-80s Brit flick — 7.9 out of 10
The Puffy Chair — Netflix’s first movie under their ’studio’ name — very very indie, moderately entertaining. Shot with DV cam - very ‘raw’ kind of movie. 6 out [...]

Got back from Vegas yesterday AM — had ups and downs — peaked at +$350 and ended the weekend -$200 — BUT I won a Harrah’s gift card worth $250 good for hotel rooms / food / etc. until 2010 — so I like to think I’m just down -$50.
Beth M. got called up on [...]

In addition to giving me my wife, I think MG gave me her influenza, strain A.

Cops 2.0 is fun. Keep an eye out for ‘Zigler’ — he says funny things.

OMG, we’re going to Vegas tomorrow! Blackjack, Roulette, In & Out Burger — here I come.

Here’s why people are idiots — these are some of the top searches in Google within the last 24 hours: “keith ledger”, “keith fletcher”, “heath leader” — Seriously.

Man shoots co-worker while rescuing him from a crocodile

From Greg G: An incredible “penny visualization project” from kokogiak media. What does 1 billion pennies look like? How about 1 quintillion??

You too can be Jackson Pollock — hit space to clear your drawing, and left-click to change colors.

Sunday night, Gretchen and Greg hosted a very tasty pasta dinner in Arlington, VA amidst playoff championship games and announced their engagement! Woohoo — congrats to the happy couple!
Some dinner topics discussed included:
Phillip Seymour Hoffman and his gas huffing role in “Love Liza” and the movie where he had a gambling addiction of which I [...]