After three seasons…

…of 30 Rock, we have some new catch phrases:

“Blurg!”

“What the what?”

“I want to go to there…”

liz-lemon-pictureThanks Liz Lemon!

In honor of Pushing Daisies’ last episode…

…that I just watched (and was a little disappointed by, but it’s not the show’s fault…stupid writers’ strike), a list of TV shows I have seen every episode of:

Pushing Daisies

Lost

Six Feet Under

Dead Like Me

Joan of Arcadia

Sex and the City

Love Monkey

Veronica Mars

House

Numbers

Monk

Psych

Criminal Minds

Jon & Kate Plus 8

Little People, Big World

Gilmore Girls

…the sad thing is that I’m sure there are more…but it’s really not all that sad, because I’m not ashamed that I like to watch TV…I read too!

A typical Monday night…

As we were watching “House” Monday night, we got to wondering:

If being “disinhibited” (or “uninhibited,” for that matter) is redundant…

…is “inhibited” dundant?

Another Mardi Gras down…

Mardi Gras went off without a hitch, for the most part… I’ve put up some pictures on Picasa of the event, for those that are interested.

In summary, Kristen, Jake, Sarah, Ben and I went down to the parade and saw some pretty neat floats…and LOTS of people (shown above). The weather was in the 30s F, but since the sun was out, it actually felt pretty good out there! We ended up having a little less than 40 people come by our place after the parade was done…Brooke’s jambalaya didn’t last long! Most people were gone by 4:00, allowing me to fall asleep by 6:00, then wake up again to finish “Monk” and “Psych” with the wife later.

Overall, it was a good day! Lots of clean-up had to be done on Sunday after church, but oh well…it’s only once a year… 🙂

My V-Day

Here’s how my day went:

  • Cleaned up the house (it needed it pretty badly…)
  • Watched “CSI:” and “Eleventh Hour” with the wife.
  • Watched “Sarah Connor Chronicles” and “Dollhouse” while the wife took a nap.
  • Played some Resistance 2.
  • Took the dog on a walk.
  • Did some dishes.
  • Played some Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, ’cause that’s the version the wife likes. I won, but she got close.
  • Helped the wife make dinner (she did most of the work, of course…)
  • Watched “Scrubs,” “The Office,” “Psych” and, finally, “Say Anything…” (the latter of which neither of us had ever seen…and dude, a young Jeremy Piven was in it!). Started a fire (in the fireplace) and drank some Moscato d’Asti. It was glorious.
  • Did some more dishes.
  • Played some Red Alert 3 with Ryan.
  • Went to sleep.
  • Best. Valentine’s. Day. Ever.

    🙂

    New Star Trek Trailer (?)

    SciFi Wire had this little highlight on a YouTube mashup featuring what the new Star Trek movie won’t be. Personally, I can only barely tolerate most of Will Ferrell‘s recent movies (I think I made it 20 min. into “Anchorman” and couldn’t continue…soooooo unfunny… “Old School,” on the other hand, was glorious), but there are all kinds of people “featured” in this clip (including Colbert and Stewart, making this automatically hilarious).

    Great Moments in Presidential Speeches

    Update: From David Letterman’s “Great Moments” re-cap on January 16, 2009:

    I ran across this page at Rawstory.com and decided to replicate it here, although I already have a similar page up in my Quotes section of the blog. Needless to say, I’m trying to help celebrate the end of the Bush Presidency… w00t, January 20th! Can’t get here soon enough!

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    “They misunderestimated me,”
    — Bentonville, Arkansas, November 6, 2000

    “There’s an old saying in Tennessee — I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on … shame on you. Fool me — you can’t get fooled again,”
    — Nashville, Tennessee, September 17, 2002

    “I’ll be long gone before some smart person ever figures out what happened inside this Oval Office,”
    — to Israeli journalists in Washington in an interview published May 12, 2008.

    “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we,”
    — Washington, August 5, 2004

    “For a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times,”
    — Tokyo, February 18, 2002

    “I’m looking forward to a good night’s sleep on the soil of a friend,”
    — on the prospect of visiting Denmark, Washington, June 29, 2005

    “Thank you, Your Holiness. Awesome speech,”
    — Washington April 16, 2008 to Pope Benedict XVI.

    “I remember meeting a mother of a child who was abducted by the North Koreans right here in the Oval Office,”
    — Washington, June 26, 2008

    “I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully,”
    — Saginaw, Michigan, September 29, 2000

    “Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYNs aren’t able to practice their love with women all across the country,”
    — Poplar Bluff, Missouri, September 6, 2004

    “It would be a mistake for the United States Senate to allow any kind of human cloning to come out of that chamber,”
    — Washington, April 10, 2002

    “Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?”
    — Florence, South Carolina, January 11, 2000

    “You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test,”
    — Townsend, Tennessee, February 21, 2001

    “My fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended… The tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free,”
    — USS Abraham Lincoln at sea off the coast of San Diego, California, May 1, 2003

    “I’m the decider, and I decide what is best. And what’s best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain as the Secretary of Defense,”
    — Washington, April 18, 2006

    They was sleepin’…

    Sleeping family...
    Sleeping family...

    The family was sleeping during “Criminal Minds” Wednesday night…thought I should share the photo op with everyone else… 😛

    On a side-note, according to my WordPress Dashboard, this is my 400th post on this blog. Crazy times, yo.

    A weekend of movies…

    It’s nice not having much to do for a change! So, I caught up on all kinds of movies this weekend…

  • Superman Returns – Been a few years since I’d seen this one, but it was on FX, so I recorded it in HD. Personally, I still think this is a great movie, if only as a continuation from the earlier Christopher Reeve flicks. The story isn’t anything to write home about, but it’s a very nice re-introduction to the popular movies from the 80s. I already wrote my general thoughts about this movie down when I saw it in theaters, but here they are again if anyone cares…
  • Iron Man – Josh gave me the Bluray version of this. And it’s still a glorious movie. Robert Downey, Jr. is sooooooooooo perfect for the role of Tony Stark, it’s crazy. Again, I already wrote plenty about this movie when I saw it this summer, but here they are if you want to read them again.
  • The Devil Wears Prada – This was on FX last week, too, and I’d never seen it. Not a bad movie, but probably not one I need to see every again. Mostly a chick-flick, and pretty predictable, but not a bad movie, overall. And Meryl Streep deserved an Oscar for that role, yo…
  • Hellboy 2: The Golden Army – I really wasn’t a fan of the first movie, and probably should watch it again, but when we were at Redbox grabbing Hancock, we grabbed this one, too, so I could watch it. I guess, in short, I’d find it to be a “serviceable” movie in that I was entertained, but it wasn’t particularly good and I’m glad I didn’t see it in theaters. Selma Blair can’t act to save her life, and the effects were _good_, but certainly not mind-blowing. I guess I’m glad I saw it, but I don’t think I’ll need to see it again…ever…
  • Hancock – Didn’t get a chance to see this one over summer when it was out in theaters, and as reviews weren’t very impressive, we waited for the DVD. Honestly, it was a lot better than I thought it was going to be. I’m still impressed with Will Smith in general, but Jason Bateman and Charlize Theron do an excellent job, as well. The visual effects were kinda mediocre, to be honest, and the music wasn’t quite…I dunno…”superhero enough”… But, the story was surprisingly engaging and there were a few twists and turns that surprised even me! So yeah, worth the rental, I think. Mom, you probably won’t like it. 😛
  • I guess I need to get some more movies lined up for next weekend… Recommendations?