Wish I thought of it: Garfield edition

So I stumbled on a website that has taken Garfield to
an entirely new level.

Garfield minus Garfield.
From the site...

"Garfield Minus Garfield is a site dedicated to removing Garfield from the Garfield comic strips in order to reveal the existential angst of a certain young Mr. Jon Arbuckle. It is a journey deep into the mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness and depression in a quiet American suburb."

This is the kind of dark, demented and surreal humor I
look for in Life every day.

Garfield Minus Garfield is a site dedicated to removing Garfield from the Garfield comic strips in order to reveal the existential angst of a certain young Mr. Jon Arbuckle. It is a journey deep into the mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against loneliness and depression in a quiet American suburb."

This is the kind of dark, demented and surreal humor I
look for in Life every day.

http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/

Perks of the job

The only two good perks of my job at Blockbuster
are getting free movie rentals and the ability
to get new releases one or two weeks before they come out.

This week I have
Run Fat Boy, Run

This was my favorite of the three movies this week.
Simon Pegg is a riot.
I love his deadpan style of comedy.

His Dennis is always running from his problems
including his pregnant fiance' on their wedding day.

It's 5 years later and Dennis wants to win her back.
Problem is Libby has moved on to Whit.
Whit happens to be nearly perfect and runs in marathons for charity.

All Dennis has to do is register and run in the upcoming marathon
to prove that he has changed.
Accept, he is a bit over weight or as he calls himself, "I'm not fat I'm just unfit"
and he is a heavy smoker.
Oh and the race is only 3 weeks away.

So can Dennis run the race, win back Libby, and show his son
he is someone who doesn't run away from problems? We'll See.

This doesn't have the expected neat and tidy normal happy
ending these kind of movies usually get.
It does have an appropriate and very good ending.

4 stars out of 5
****

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Deception

This movie is a stinker
Hugh Jackman and Ewan McGregor
can't save this one from stinking.
There was nothing deceiving in the movie.
You can see the set up from a mile away.

Even the twist ending wasn't done right.

1 and a half stars out of 5

*1/2
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Leatherhead

This was a fun movie, but that might what I didn't like about it.
The movie couldn't decide if i was straight drama or a slapstick comedy.
The funny parts were funny and the drama parts were well acted.
I just wanted it to be one or the other.
It just didn't mix.

There really wasn't enough about the history of early football.
Game play was a bit to unrealistic and most of the characters
were just too cartoony and more like caricatures then actual people.

The superstar player switches teams right in the middle of the season
and only because of a casual mention
do we know how he ended up on the other team.

Anyway, John Krasinski from The Office is really good.
He was really funny in License to Wed, can't wait to what he has next.

George Clooney is also in it and he is the director of the movie.
3 1/2 stars out of 5.
***1/2
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I've added a link to a list of every movie I have seen this
year on the Places to go area.

Movie Review: BABY MAMA

Tina Fey is Kate Holbrook.
Kate is 37, a very successful single, Philadelphian business woman and she wants a baby.

She is so desperate to have a baby that she starts to imagine
everyone she sees is a baby.
After many attempts and finding out she has a million to one
shot at getting pregnant due to her "T-shaped uterus"
she decides to hire a surrogate.

After Kate meets her wacky surrogate Angie Ostrowiski(Amy Poehler)

and her just as wacky common law husband(Dax Shepard), the fun starts.

Amy Poehler and Tina Fey are a great match.

Kate is completely sarcastic and Angie is extremely obnoxious

but it works together perfectly.
They were a team for years co-anchoring SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE's "Weekend Update" together and their
on screen chemistry is comedy gold.

Before you know it Angie moves in with Kate.
Soon Kate meats Greg Kennear who is Rob.
Rob runs a local healthy drink shop called Super Fruity.
Kate and Rob seem to have an instant connection.

Look for Steve Martin as Kate's boss.
He's some type of zen master who rewards people
by giving them as much as 5 minutes of uninterrupted eye contact.

This movie takes place in Philly and
There are many shots of the city throughout the film.
Baby Mama is a great showcase for how good Philly can look.
Philly scenery is always a plus for me because I grew
in Philly and love watching the city look
great on the big screen, especially my big screen TV.

Poehler and Fey are a great team and and a legitimate odd couple.

Baby Mama is actually a little touching and Angie,

despite her initial intentions, is a likable character.

Plenty of really good one-liners in the movie from everyone.

There aren't many if any female comedy teams

in the movies these days

so let's hope these two make more together.

I give this 4 stars out of 5.

****

Oh Don't forget to order the Yeast Ball.

Atlanta in October for a week.

Holly and I are going to Atlanta in October to visit her son and his family.

We always like going to the Varsity for hot dogs,
and we've been in Coke World.
This time we hope to get into the Aquarium and see the fishys.

What else in Atlanta should we see?

My 13 month old iPhone is shot, Apple guy says sorry for your luck.

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I am not a person who will ever curse, use profanity,
but today the Apple store nearly changed all that.
Sunday night I started to notice that a
"this accessory is not for the iphone"
pop-up note, accept nothing was attached to the iphone.
The next morning I noticed the phone hadn't charged even though it was plugged in all night.
For whatever reason the phone wasn't being connected to the
cord to charge the battery.

All I was getting was a red bar that would blink 3 times and shut down the phone.
So I took it to an apple store.
After blowing air in the connector hole and using a microscope to look in the headphone jack he told me the phone was done.

He insinuated that I had gotten moisture inside the phone by telling me the inside of the headphone jack had some corrosion.
He also pointed out the obvious, being the connector on the phone was no good.
Plus He was kind enough to tell me I was eligible for the $199 new phone "upgrade".

"Right, you mean buy a new iphone."
"well, yes."
"I paid $600 for this phone, have only had it for 13 months
and that's it. I'm out of luck?"

"Yep sorry nothing I can do for you."
Up until tonight I have been preaching about how great this phone is.
Even in a few topics on Home theater Forum I questioned some of those who have complained about the iphone.
Now I'm just super ticked that I apparently have no recourse
on this broken iphone.
The apple store guy essentially just shrugged and said too bad, sorry for your luck.
So I suppose I could go back in and speak with a higher up, but I really don't expect it to make a difference.
I'll see how I feel tomorrow.

So I figure, since everyone and anyone gets to Blog I thought I would too.
More to come.