Monthly Archives: August 2004

Sports Ignorant — U.S. Men’s Basketball Team Rethought

Posted on August 31, 2004 by Mike Pape

Hey, I’m going to invent a new category of post, “Sports Ignorant”, to cover sports. I realize not everyone is into sports, especially the foxy la-la-ladies in the audience, so the title will have to serve as a warning: This … Continue reading →

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The Gestapo Got Me

Posted on August 30, 2004 by Mike Pape

Well, it was bound to happen — I got caught without my cartopper lit at Papa John’s. The Area Manager was out overmanaging and saw me right after the plug became dislodged. Oh, no! What will become of me? If … Continue reading →

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Miller Park — Vacation, Day 5

Posted on August 26, 2004 by Mike Pape

Despite the fact that the baseball I knew as a kid has been corrupted so badly by the league and its droolingly stupid/Montgomery Burnsianly greedy players and owners, I went to see a baseball game over my vacation. I went … Continue reading →

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Lost in Translation: A Recap of Sorts

Posted on August 25, 2004 by Mike Pape

Lost in Translation: The Recap of sorts. By Michael Pape There are exactly 3 stars in the Sofia Copolla vehicle Lost in Translation — Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, and Japan. Murray and Johansson are magnificent, but this movie would have … Continue reading →

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The Italian Job and You

Posted on August 25, 2004 by Mike Pape

The Italian Job (Remake of another bad heist movie) Ok, so I saw this one on Friday this time, at 5:30 in the evening on opening night. This film does not deserve to be seen on opening night, it should … Continue reading →

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Ranking the Bond Films

Posted on August 24, 2004 by Mike Pape

Die Another Day (Random James-Bond-sounding Title) (Bond vs. a Snooty Upper Class Nitwit) In the 20th James Bond extravaganza known as Die Another Day, the filmmakers take the 19 previous Bond films and pastiche parts of them together. That would … Continue reading →

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FYI: you can cut & paste footnotes in blogger

Posted on August 24, 2004 by Mike Pape

As I found out in the last post. I cannot come up with words to describe my happiness at this discovery. Ach. Ooch. It’s great. A whole new world has opened up, albeit one that is localized to this blog. … Continue reading →

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Four Myths about LOTR: Return of the King

Posted on August 24, 2004 by Mike Pape

Four Myths about LOTR: Return of the King that I have read in reviews. MYTH 1: The film(s) doesn’t (don’t) explain adequately who Denethor (or Elrond, or Treebeard, or Grima Wormtongue) is, or why they’ve gone insane (or are important, … Continue reading →

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Do you ever wonder…

Posted on August 24, 2004 by Mike Pape

…why teenagers like to capitalize random letters? I do. It’s writing that makes me want to vomit, literally. It’s like being on a mental roller coaster. I just spelled “literally” as “letteraly”. I must be tired. “Super Baby Geniuses” — … Continue reading →

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On Vacation

Posted on August 15, 2004 by Mike Pape

I’m going to be on vacation until next Tuesday. I probably will be able to post at some point next week, but it will be intermittent. Moreso. So, God bless you all. —MDP P.S. — I will be writing a … Continue reading →

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