Station in the Metro

  • A FireFighter’s Tale

    My dad wrote this beginning of a short story some time ago. I keep pestering him to continue writing it, but nothing yet. Maybe posting what he’s written so far will prompt a response…

    It was the coldest day anybody could remember. It had been cold for a week now. The weather man was calling […]

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  • Moving to PostNuke

    Well, I’m going to try and move to PostNuke… Maybe I’ll include a link to the old b2 boblog stuff, or maybe try and move it over, I haven’t decided. Wheeeee!

  • A Mighty Wind

    The Haiku Review?:

    A mighty wind blows.

    Magic can come. Be goofy.

    Improvise by ear.

    PG-13 :: 2003 :: dir. Christopher Guest :: 4 stars

    Starring Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean, Bob Balaban, Michael Baser, Ed Begley Jr., Marty Belafsky, David Blasucci, Jennifer Coolidge, Mary Gross, Laura Harris, John Michael Higgins, Michael Hitchcock, Matthew Joy, Todd Lieberman, Stuart Luce, Jane Lynch, Larry Miller, Jim Moret, Christopher Moynihan, William S. Nunziata, Catherine O’Hara, Jim Piddock, Parker Posey, Ryan Raddatz, Harry Shearer, Freda Foh Shen, Jared Nelson Smith, Deborah Theaker and Fred Willard, who I always think is that guy who used to be on WKRP in Cincinatti, but people keep telling me he isn’t.

  • Boogie Nights

    The Haiku Review™:

    Behind the Penis!

    More sexy? Impossible.

    It’s a long way down.

    R :: 1997 :: dir. Paul Thomas Anderson :: 3 stars

    Starring Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Luis Guzmán, Julianne Moore, Don Cheadle, Heather Graham, Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy and everyone’s favorite porn editor, Ricky Jay.

    DVD features color bars, director and cast commentaries, and a handy list of all the groovy songs in the film.

  • Double Jeopardy

    The Haiku Review™:

    Tommy Lee again,

    Chases the innocent perp.

    Again. Yet again.

    R :: 1999 :: dir. Bruce Beresford :: 3 stars

    Starring a non-nonsense Tommy Lee Jones trying to do the right thing, a wronfully accused Ashley Judd and a really entertaining bastard of a Bruce Greenwood. Oh, and no Alex Trebek.

    DVD features… umm… I forgot.