Archive for July, 2008

Made my first stock purchase since the dot-com implosion

I was one of those idiots who thought that delivering 50-pound bags of dog food for free was going to become a profitable business model. Ever since I lost that $2,000 I threw into the Pets.com IPO, I swore off buying individual stocks. Decided I’m not nearly smart enough to understand what makes […]

Bennigan’s closes, T.G.I.Friday’s now set for world domination

There’s now one less player in the casual-dining space. Well actually two fewer, both owned by the same operator: Bennigan’s and Steak & Ale are going into bankruptcy. And not the nice bankruptcy, Chapter 11, where you try to stay up and running. This is apparently the other kind, the going-out-of-business kind […]

Alberto Gonzales ran a crooked Justice Department

File this under the heading of news that isn’t really news: the Justice Department under Alberto Gonzales routinely broke the law with illegal hiring practices. Forget the irony of the Justice Department breaking the law — the funny thing is that the worst that will happen is one lawyer will lose her license to […]

“The Dark Knight” is a remarkable achievement

I waited a week, until the crowds had thinned down, to go see the new Batman movie. Just got back from the 11 p.m. showing, and I had to write something down now because it was so amazing. If this weren’t a comic book movie, I have no doubt it would garner an […]

Morgan Freeman must make a kajillion dollars in residuals

Morgan Freeman is almost never the star of a movie. But the man works a ton — I’ve seen him listed in three movies already just this year. He was in The Bucket List, Wanted, and most recently in The Dark Knight.
And I bet every minute of every day, there’s a movie of […]

First bad movie of the summer

I wrote last week about the movies I had seen so far this summer. While not all of them were classics, I had actually enjoyed every single movie I saw. Of course that couldn’t last, and tonight I finally saw the first summer 2008 flick that I did not like. It was […]

Wii Fit should be used to treat depression

So I’ve managed to snag a Wii Fit, and while I’m not sure that it’s really helping me physically I can say it’s helpful mentally. So much that I wonder if there isn’t a use for this kind of tool in treating miild depression.
The big thing is that everybody in Wii Fit land is […]

Rev. Jackson is apparently a hypocrite

During his now infamous whispered remarks against Barack Obama, the Reverend Jesse Jackson used the ‘N’ word. That’s according to various reports that Fox News has confirmed. However the network has chosen not to release the actual sound bite or a transcript.
If people of a particular group want to use disaparaging terms on […]

Finally found the halo-halo mix

As far as I can tell there are no Filipino restaurants here in Nashville. The one thing I’ve really been missing is halo-halo. But on Monday I finally found a local store that sells the halo-halo mix. I am so happy now.
It’s not pronounced like the video game, it’s “hollow hollow”. […]

Rating the summer movies — so far

I know, summer 2008 is just half over at this point. But I thought I’d better put down my thoughts on what I’ve seen so far, before they all start blurring together. Of the movies I’ve seen, here’s my ranking from favorite to least favorite:

Iron Man
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-E
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of […]