Thank You, And Come Again

Decatur McDonalds. Dead of death.

What's America Coming To . . .

. . . when Grindhouse opens up in fourth place? (Although the running time of three hours was enough to make me reconsider.)

Random Movie Quiz I Received

1. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times. From start to finish? Probably none. Closest would be Pulp Fiction or About Last Night. 2. Name a movie that you've seen multiple times in the theater. Closer, Snatch, and the original Die Hard. 3. Name an actor that would make you more inclined to see a movie. Clive Owen. 4. Name an actor that would make you less likely to see a movie. Jim Carrey or Robin Williams IF the movie were a comedy. Those boys are not funny. 5. Name a movie that you can and do quote from. Pulp Fiction and Caddyshack (although I rarely use it anymore.) 6. Name a movie musical that you know all of the lyrics to all of the songs. I am not gay, sir. 7. Name a movie that you have been known to sing along with. I'm seriously questioning this quiz. But I do have a new favorite movie musical: Phantom of the Opera. 8. Name a movie that you would recommend everyone see. Tough one. Probably the documentary One Day In September about the Munich Olympiad tragedy in 1971. 9. Name a movie that you own. Memento, True Romance and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. 10. Name an actor that launched his/her entertainment career in another medium but who has surprised you with his/her acting chops. Mark Wahlberg. 11. Have you ever seen a movie in a drive-in? If so, what? Oh, yeah. Superman and The Exorcist. (At the old Decatur drive in - across the street from where Lowe's is now.) 12. Ever made out in a movie? Hey, I'm a playa from waaay back. 13. Name a movie that you keep meaning to see but just haven't yet gotten around to it. Stranger Than Fiction 14. Ever walked out of a movie? Dune. In Waco in the 1980s. 15. Name a movie that made you cry in the theater. I don't cry. Just get a little "misty." And that happens way too often. Shopgirl was the last time. 16. Popcorn? Never. 17. How often do you go to the movies (as opposed to renting them or watching them at home)? I think I average about one movie for every two months. 18. What’s the last movie you saw in the theater? 300. 19. What’s your favorite/preferred genre of movie? Something dark and quirky and that doesn't necessarily have a happy ending. 20. What’s the first movie you remember seeing in the theater? Call me incredibly old, but I saw one of the Planet of the Apes movies in the theater in downtown Bridgeport. That's my first memory. 21. What movie do you wish you had never seen? Death to Smoochy or Million Dollar Baby. 22. What is the weirdest movie you enjoyed? Bully, Mysterious Skin, and Feed. 23. What is the scariest movie you’ve seen? Blair Witch Project - I hate the sound of unknown origin and that is what this movie was all about. 24. What is the funniest movie you’ve seen? Raising Arizona (except the last 20 minutes.)

Easter Brunch

Instead of my typical Sunday lunch of take-out from Sonic, I got to go to the Easter Buffet at the Gaylord Texan. Top notch. I think I ate some stuff I had never had before, but I did get to have Chilean Sea Bass for the second time in my life.

Time For A Serious Easter Reflection

Screenshots From Tonight's Ranger's Game In Arlington

Two words: No way.

If You Watch The Masters Tomorrow . . .

. . . you'll see Stuart Appleby and Tiger Woods (sitting first and second place) battle for the championship.

I've always paid attention to Appleby after I learned his wife was killed in front of him in 1998 while she was unloading luggage from a taxi in London.

"It's the little things you miss the most," he later said. "Getting through the nights is the toughest part. Being alone. Not having her there to talk to."

I looked him up on the Internet and found out he remarried a couple of years ago. Good for him.

A (Better) Repost From Last Week

Russell Crowe Turns 43 Today

Russell Crowe if he were a cat:

Bill O'Reilly vs Geraldo Rivera

Basic facts: A drunken driver, with three previous alcohol-related convictions, who killed two teenagers in the Virginia Beach, Va., area last month and has been charged with manslaughter. This clip is from Thursday night. I love this description about it provided by someone else: ""This is [like] the courtroom scene from 'A Few Good Men' after a case of Red Bull with the volume knob cranked to 11."

What A Horrible Story . . .

. . . to wake up to. (Here.) The trooper I saw on the news said he didn't see any evidence that the 9 month old was in a car seat. I also saw them getting the female driver out of the car and she looked completely uninjured.

God Blesses Baylor At Easter / A&M, Not So Much

On this, Good Friday, there were two important basketball announcements: (1) Baylor had signed its women's basketball coach to a 10 year contract extension (followed, presumably, by a celebration of grape juice in little bitty glasses) and (2) the head coach of Texas A&M, as a thief in the night, turned his back on the good Ags (and a few million dollars) to jump ship for the back woods of the University of Kentucky.

Obviously, God has spoken.

The Messenger And A Tough Situation

Being a fan of politics, the media, and all things that cock and eyebrow, I was very interested in learning how the Messenger would handle the resignation of Decatur baseball coach Glen Harrison. (Heck, I've had a tough time in handling the comments here.) It's about a touchy of a subject that has come along, and I'd liked to have watched the powers at the Messenger discuss "how in the heck are we supposed to handle this issue?" I'll just let you know that the Messenger will deal with the issue in its Saturday/Sunday edition but will place the story it in the Sports section on page 3B. However, to its credit, it will go pretty far in revealing the allegations citing "sources". It kind of looks like a compromise: We'll cover the story but we'll put it pretty far back in the paper. Overall, I'd probably do the same. And there is even a quote from Harrison. Seems like a good guy. Quite frankly, I feel sorry for him. I could just reprint it here, but I think that would be a crappy thing to do to the Messenger since, if you are interested, you'd probably spend 75 cents to read a copyrighted story. Once the story appears online, I'll link to it. [And no comments on this one - I get Tired Head filtering them.] Edit: I soooo screwed up Harrison's name in original post. Thanks to a commenter for pointing that out.

The Rifleman

Just blew past The Rifleman as I was channel surfing. Man, I loved that show as a kid.

But as I stuck around for about 10 minutes to watch Lucas gun down a bad guy (who was trying to steal a body in order to collect money as a bounty hunter - a very odd premise), I wondered: Has there ever been a man kill more people in self-defense than Lucas McCain? Ninety-nine percent of us will never have that experience, but Lucas killed somebody every week. All justified in the eyes of the law.

Not That Big Of A Deal

But it did my heart good to know the Gawker, the premiere blog of Manhattan, monitors The Today Show's Ann Curry annoying habits just like I do.

Man, That Was Miserable

As I was freezing hitting golf balls on the driving range before 8:00 a.m., one of my buddies said, "At least we know this is as bad as it is gonna be." "Right," I replied.

Wrong.

It was cold, but bearable, before 10:00 a.m and then the winds kicked up violently and we froze the rest of the way. It's not fun when you're wishing you were on the 18th tee box instead of the 12th. I don't remember any weather person warning me about wind. In fact, I specifically remember seeing "5-10 mph. NE" a couple of days ago. Uggh.

But my round was pretty much mid-season form for my first day of golf of the year. Threw together a couple of pars - I got the "stop posing" comment from one of my foursome after a tee shot that almost made me weep with joy, and then at other times I was the worst golfer in the history of ever: Slice out of bounds, duff it with a 7 iron making it go 20 yards, tee off at a right angle.

Edit: An the picture has nothing to do with my day other than both involve golf.

Note

It'll be a little slow here on Friday since my office is closed and I'm going golfing for the first time this year. (Seems, quite frankly, a little wrong on Good Friday.) Anyway, one of my idiot friends has a tee time for us at 8:15 a.m. Sheeeeesh. I might update that silly Twitter thing during the day (Twitter was the subject of a Newsweek article this week, by the way). Otherwise, you're on your own. Be productive, will ya?

Reminded Me Of The Firefighter Below

(Just saw this on the Star Telegram.)