Archive for May, 2008
Saturday, May 31st, 2008
Cookie Kwan sez, “Stay off the [North] Side”
Interesting Tribune article. I happen to have lived in Patrick O’Connors ward for nearly 10 years now (just barely in each case due to gerrymandering). I’ve never been particularly impressed by him, and he was totally unopposed in the last election. But this story in the Trib totally caught my eye. Barbara O’Connor has sold [...]
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Friday, May 23rd, 2008
Instant Movie Review: Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the glass whosiwhatzit.
2.5 stars I was pretty distracted throughout the movie by all of the cutesy little homages to past movies. Ark cameo? Check. Loving homages to Sean Connery and Denholm Elliott? Check. Previous love interest? Check. Fleeting homage to American Graffiti? Probably. The story was pretty straight forward, the communists not really menacing, the FBI was [...]
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Instant movie review: Speed Racer
Solid. Absolutely stunning art design. The colors were amazing. Story is what you’d expect from a cartoon crossover. Casting was totally appropriate. Just wish there was a little more fanfare with the themesong.
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Monday, May 12th, 2008
Finding images on the internet
here. Bonus, there’s a link of creative commons images.