Monthly Archives: July 2008

Movie 20: Accepted

Posted on July 29, 2008 by epthnation

I like to think of Accepted as a metaphor for what happens when you take a Mac off to college instead of a PC.  With a PC, you get to go to school and learn.  With a Mac, you get … Continue reading →

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It’s 100 Degrees at 9:50pm

Posted on July 28, 2008 by epthnation

And I’m wondering if somebody drugged me and put me in an alternate reality that is physically the same as the original (real) one, but located in Phoenix.  It’s just not natural for nightfall to be this much like an … Continue reading →

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Scare-dy Cats? How You Spell Dat?

Posted on July 28, 2008 by epthnation

I’ve been afraid to post to the blog, with all the uncertainty surrounding it lately.  I tried to post the other night, and it took like 2 hours because my hosting service was being happy slapped with a denial-of-service death … Continue reading →

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Farve-o, Don’t Join the Queens

Posted on July 24, 2008 by epthnation

“Farve-o, don’t join the queens I know it’s very tempting You may appear to disappear But the Packer fans, they’ll know you’re there… Ted Thompson has many spies… MANY SPIES HAVE MANY EYES!” I guess we’ve all learned something here.  … Continue reading →

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Movie 19: 25th Hour

Posted on July 23, 2008 by epthnation

About one hour into 25th Hour, I was calling it a great movie.  One character had just explained to another character that their friend, who was going off to prison the next day, would never be heard from again.  The … Continue reading →

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Movie 18: Soy Cuba The Siberian Mammoth

Posted on July 23, 2008 by epthnation

Pronounced Soy Koobah, the 1964 Russian propaganda film that celebrated the misguided Cuban Revolution is given the standard documentary treatment here in The Siberian Mammoth.  What I mean by “standard treatment” is this: Vincente Ferraz finds a bunch of actors … Continue reading →

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Burying the Lede of America

Posted on July 20, 2008 by epthnation

Did you realize that the price of oil plummeted last week? Light, sweet crude settled at $129 at the end of the week after hitting a high of $147 last Friday. I haven’t been able to find what heavy sweet … Continue reading →

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Terrorist Cougars Attack

Posted on July 18, 2008 by epthnation

So tonight I’m delivering pizzas in the dark city of Coppell, and I approach what appears at first to be a war zone but on further inspection turned out to be a firework.  Some kid (probably from Southlake) had placed … Continue reading →

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Another Day, Another Shoe Drops

Posted on July 17, 2008 by epthnation

How many feet does this Favre thing have?  Every day, another shoe seems to drop.  In the past four days we’ve seen:  the revelation that the Packers were set to welcome Favre back before the draft, but he waved them … Continue reading →

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So Many Things Demand Attention

Posted on July 14, 2008 by epthnation

I feel a mega-post coming on soon, to catch everybody up on what’s been going on in my world, both personally and Favre-ially.  I don’t even have time to post this blurb this morning, though.  Here’s a picture of some … Continue reading →

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