The coming Muslim-Christian coalition in the US?
America’s Economic Bipolarity
How I Beat Insomnia
We’ll miss you, Weagle…
How To: Get iced-tea stains out of your plastic pitcher
Homemade breakfast taquito recipe
How To: Create a Ruffled Onesie
Mourn the dead, honor the heroes, fight injustice, embrace freedom, celebrate life, and, on today of all days, forget to hate.
Mynagirl’s Fashion Report Emmys 2010
How I went from loving to loathing TiVo…
Dear prissy couple from my flight (and a desperate plea to airlines for offset seating)
Un-American Opposition to the Ground Zero Mosque
Disposing of a Window Unit Air Conditioner in Texas – argh!
The Sad, Slow Decline of IMDbThe Dark Knight (***½)
I am not a Batman fanboy. I am usually bored and confused by films based on comic books (calling them “graphic novels” is the ultimate in geek denial). If I recall correctly, I have enjoyed one, or maybe two, of the films in this franchise, but not to any great extent. I couldn’t really pick Heath Ledger out of a lineup and don’t really recall anything he was in before his untimely passing.
I had also gotten tired of hearing all the hype about this installment, and about the amazing, Oscar-worthy performance by Heath Ledger. I went in skeptical, to say the least.
I walked out a believer.
Heath Ledger gives a miraculous performance as The Joker. The character is completely original, although I kept expecting him to come across as Nicholson (either in The Shining or as The Joker) or as
Just over a year ago we purchased a Westinghouse 47″ LCD HDTV (Model TX-47F430S) from Best Buy. This model is priced at the cheaper end of the spectrum, but it seemed to fit our requirements (reasonably good picture, reasonably cheap, from a trustworthy brand name).