Archive for August, 2004

‘Hero’ was good but not great

As with so many things related to Quentin Tarantino, the movie Hero does not quite live up to the hype. It’s good, but not great.
Jet Li plays a nameless (literally) warrior in ancient China who comes to the emperor and recounts how he killed three great assasins who had targetted the emperor. We see the […]

Thinking about St. Louis

One of the neat things about Louisville is that it’s something of a crossroads–lots of destinations within a reasonable drive. I’ve done Indianapolis (a bit boring though Conseco Fieldhouse is a great basketball arena) and Cincinnati (wouldn’t mind going back since I really only saw the Newport area) and Nashville (definitely want to go […]

Too much Olympic coverage

I found myself watching way too many hours of Olympic coverage this weekend. NBC’s wall-to-wall coverage across all their networks means there’s over 72 hours of coverage per day. Basically means all the events you could possible want are gonna air somewhere. And stuff we’d normally never see, like the preliminary rounds of the equestrian […]

“Thunderbirds” are no go.

It took longer than I would have thought for Thunderbirds to make its way to the dollar theater. It died a pretty quick death at the regular first-run theaters. And now that I’ve finally seen it, I understand why.
I went in wanting to like this–Jonathan Frakes directed it and he is responsible for one of […]

Kenny Chesney rocks, and so does the Kentucky State Fair

Went to the Kentucky State Fair yesterday, to see Kenny Chesney. And both were great.
When you buy tickets to one of the shows, they include fair admission (though not all the ticket-takers knew this on opening day so I had to explain how it works to one of them). So I took off work […]

Pole-dancing in limos

Wow here’s one I hadn’t heard of, even when I was living in the sexually-open San Francisco area: pole-dancers in stretch limos. Apparently this is a growing problem for the Welsh, who want to ban the practice.
I’m not clear on how someone would be able to pole-dance in a limo–I know there’s plenty of […]

Allergy doctors are a racket

I think allergy doctors, and their medical offices, are an insurance scam. I just came back from a visit to my allergist, or rather one of his nurse practitioners. Of the 70 minutes I spent in their office, she was there for maybe the last ten minutes at most. The rest of the time I […]

The Worst of Las Vegas

Okay, so I’ve already posted my Best of Las Vegas list so now it’s time for my worst. Again, this is just based on my trip of last week so it won’t cover everything.
1. Sirens of TI. Apparently the Treasure Island is trying to re-make itself as a more adult playground instead of the kid-friendly […]

The Best of Las Vegas

I got back to Louisville yesterday, and it was thankfully cool (around 70 degrees). In fact when I got home I had to mow my lawn, and I sweated less in that hour of mowing than I did in ten minutes walking between casinos in Vegas.
But I’m feeling rested (slept over twelve hours last night) […]

Hotter than hell

So the reunion is over and I’m now in Las Vegas for a few days before flying back to Louisville. But damn it’s hot here–yesterday hit 111 officially and of course in the concrete jungle of the Strip it’s a lot hotter.
I did take the nifty new monorail system ($10 for a 24-hour pass) over […]