Language and other choking hazards...

My buddy Pete and I met for lunch yesterday. We were talking about Schopenhauer's 38 Ways to Win an Argument. Somehow, the conversation turned to the case of a professor who was fired for using the word, "niggardly." Just as we were lamenting the fact that (as Schopenhauer points out) perception is more powerful than reality, an African-American guy walked past and said, "Watch your mouth!" We said, "Oh, no! Sir, that's not what we were saying we were pointing out how it..." He said, "You just watch your mouth!"

There was really no way to bring the guy up to speed on our conversation, so we just said, "Okay, Sir..."

It's always the ones complaining the loudest...

More evidence of that.

Thanks again, Edgar Wright

We don't get to see many movies anymore. When we do, we see them on DVD well after everyone else has. Tonight, that movie was Hot Fuzz from the crew that brought us the great zombie film, Shaun of the Dead.

For those of you who haven't seen Shaun of the Dead, do. It's a zombie movie about zombie movies that manages to lampoon and pay tribute to the genre at the same time. Garv over at Booze Movies did a great review of it here.

Hot Fuzz is to cop movies what Shaun was to zombie movies. It's spot-on with its critiques of cop movies, while the crew's joy of making a cop movie flies across the screen like Chow Yun Fat with pistols blazing in both hands. You get to laugh about Point Break while you happily relive Johnny Utah's most tortured moment recast in a whole new light.

If you haven't seen either of these movies (Shaun or Fuzz), do yourself a favor and do so immediately.

Oh, well...

It was a fun season while it lasted... Are you ready for some football!

Well, if you're going to give up a milestone...

I'm really glad it was 300 to Glavine than anything to BaBonds...

At least she's honest...

Hello.
She's a lunatic.
Yeah?
She was throwing herself on the floor at the store... I told her she could have an ice cream cone if she was good...
You want me to talk to her?
Yeah.
Okay, Put her on... Hi, Beans.
...
Hi, Beans.
"Hi, Daddy."
Were you being bad?
"Yeah..."
Well, you need to be good. You should be nice to Mommy. Can you give Mommy a kiss?
"... I have a paci in my mouth..."
Well, can you take it out and give Mommy a kiss?
*smooch*
Okay, Sweetie. You be good, okay?
"Bye-bye, Daddy."
Bye-bye, Beans.