Kelly forwarded this gem my way: Star Wars Meets Facebook.
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The new Star Trek film: very good
Kelly and I went to see the new Star Trek film today, and it was very good. I wasn’t disappointed. For Trek fans, the casting, special effects, and nods to the classic TV series are all there, but the story, acting, and balance of humor, romance, and action should make the film thoroughly enjoyable for anyone. Two geeky thumbs up.
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In the spirit of Trek
Since today is the opening day for the new Star Trek film, I thought I’d post this little gem I found via Digg.com just now. Some fella in England converted his 500 square foot flat into a very impressive (if a bit overboard) Star Trek ship interior.
Check the photos (13 in all).
The new movie started here in Portland about a half hour ago, and some of my coworkers are seeing it now. I’ll have to wait a day or two before Kelly and I will have time go watch it, but from what I’ve heard it’s pretty good and I’m looking forward to seeing it.
Oh, and none of you jokers better say a word about it to me until I’ve seen it. That is all.
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The past few weeks
Yeah, it’s been a few weeks since my last post, which means it’s recap time!
Work has been keeping me plenty busy. Many long hours and late nights. It’s been good, but very exhausting.
We had a petty nasty wind storm a couple weeks back. The large tree in front of the house lost about five 8-9 foot long branches. The front yard looked like a war zone. Branches, twigs, and needles blanketing everything. It took a good few hours of sawing and raking to get it mostly cleaned up.
On the morning of Obama’s inauguration I had to rush into a dentists to get a filling replaced (one that’d started breaking loose from a molar a few months ago). It wasn’t what I would call fun, but it’s all good now.
Portland got a bit more snow earlier this week. Just enough that my bus got stuck trying to go up an incline (the bus wasn’t chained up). After getting stuck, I got off and walked back home and worked from there for the rest of the day. The strangest part was by 5pm it was 40 degrees and all the snow was gone.
My kid brother C turned 24 this week, and he and brother T came over to my pub (my garage) for a few beers, some pizza, and some dart throwing. Happy birthday C!
Tonight Kelly and I met some friends at the Goose for some dinner and beers. Yum.
I picked up a Roku (used for $80) earlier this week. So far I’m pretty impressed, the streaming quality is pretty good. Kelly’s watching An American in Paris as I write this. She’s quite excited.
Oh, and I got another keg of Guinness today (after the last one ran dry about two weeks ago). I swore I was going to get something different, but I couldn’t help it, Guinness is just too delicious. Yum!
Other than that, I’ve been watching Lost and Battlestar Galactica now that those are both back on, and as I said above, working.
That pretty much covers it, I think.
Yesterday I got a few Blu-ray discs I picked at Amazon.com for fairly cheap (on black friday). Watched two last night, Batman Begins and Sunshine. Can’t wait until Dark Knight is delivered in a week or two, I’ve been waiting to see that again since I saw it in the theater.
I woke up early today and got quite a bit done around the house. It was a nice sunny, and cold winter day, and was good for puttering about the house while Kelly was out shopping with friends. Among all the housework and bill-paying and other nonsense, I discovered how easy Handbrake makes it to convert DVD’s to iPod-friendly files, and added a movie to my iPod Touch. Hooray!
Tonight Kelly and I went back to the famous Goose Hollow Inn for dinner and drinks with friends. Had a great time out, eating reuben sandwiches, drinking beers, and chatting the night away out on the heated patio. After we left for home, Kelly and I stopped at our local pub (Moon & Sixpence) for a couple more pints before heading home.
Had a great day, and a great night out.