Randy Styles, who became a father Saturday morning, earned a perhaps slightly less momentous (heh) but still notable achievement Sunday night, as he won his second consecutive Living Room Times contest — following up his win in the LRT Bowl Pick ’em Contest with a victory in the LRT Oscar Pool. Better watch out for Randy in the upcoming NCAA… Read more »
Starting tonight at 6:00 PM Mountain Time (or a little thereafter, depending on kids’ bedtimes and such), I’ll be live-blogging the Academy Awards — and live-updating the results of my 7th annual Oscar Pool. Click here for the liveblog! Or, follow along below… but really, you want to click the link for the separate liveblog page, because that’s where the… Read more »
All right, kids… the Academy Awards are this Sunday, so it’s that time of year again… the 7th annual Living Room Times Oscar Pool is underway!! Complete rules are at the entry page. The deadline to enter is Sunday at 5:30 PM Mountain Time. The pool is, of course, free. The prize? Eternal glory! As always, contestants are urged to… Read more »
This evening, I went with my parents (who are in town visiting), Kristy and V to hear Brian Clancy, a local Irish pub singer — no relation to the Clancies of Makem/Clancy fame, though he sings a lot of their stuff — sing at the Irish Snug. During his second set, he sang “The Old Dun Cow,” a very funny… Read more »
It has been said that there are two kinds of people in this world: those that like Tron and those that love Tron. (Before you ask, no I will never tire of repeating that joke. EVER.) Unfortunately, the same cannot be said of its sequel, Tron: Legacy, released today, some 18 years after the first chapter. I took my seat… Read more »
Always my favorite two ornaments on our Christmas tree:
Ha! I love it! Perhaps in the climactic scene of Deathly Hallows Part II, he’ll take some liberties with the script, and sing “We Will All Go Together When We Go” to Voldemort. (Hat tip: Jezebel, via @SaraLang.)
With everything else that’s been going on — the election, college football, the start of basketball season & my DU blog project, a busy month at work — I’ve barely been paying attention to the countdown to the theatrical release of Part 1 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, now just 12 days away. But that doesn’t mean I’m… Read more »
South Park aired a parody of Inception last night. I haven’t seen the whole episode yet, but based on this clip, it looks like I should:
So, as I may have mentioned once or twice, I am a bit of a comic book nerd. And, like many of my ilk, I have a special spot in my heart for Superman, even though I would never place him in my top ten favorite characters. I just love the idea of him; he’s someone who uses his power… Read more »