A friend shared one of his friends videos on facebook -- which was a short clip from this featured video. So I decided to just share the entire show -- even if I haven't watched it as of the time I am posting it. A John Wayne special on America. I don't have to watch … Continue reading John Wayne, Swing Out, Sweet Land
Category: Reviews
Remakes #2 — Parent Trap
This is one of those remakes where I like both movies. If made to choose, I would rate the Haley Mills original over the Lindsay Lohan remake -- but there are sections of the remake that are definitely better done than the original. Watching the opening credits of the Haley Mills version of The Parent … Continue reading Remakes #2 — Parent Trap
Remakes — #1
I thought I would put together a short piece on a movie remake, and maybe sometime soon put together another comparison of another pair of remakes. Somewhere a few years back we picked up That Darn Cat! on sale on DVD. It was a two-disk set:the 1965 Haley Mills version and the 1997 Christina Ricci … Continue reading Remakes — #1
ToonTown Rewritten Reaches 1000
Today is going to be a short look at Toontown Rewritten. This past weekend they expanded the amount of time everyone could play. If you got a slot or waited in the playline, when your turn came up you got 6 hours instead of 3 hours of play time on Saturday and Sunday. For me … Continue reading ToonTown Rewritten Reaches 1000
Living life in the Trash Lane
The reemergence of the bicycle as a means of both exercise and transportation in the United States is also being experienced here in Kansas City. Most of the time it is met with honking by motorists at inappropriate and inopportune times (the ones most likely to startle the cyclist into a dangerous swerve that could … Continue reading Living life in the Trash Lane
No Trick — This book is a great read!
I was right -- I needed a free weekend to read this book. Trickster Noir is the second in the Pixie for Hire series by Cedar Sanderson. I read the first book, Pixie Noir, in 24 hours from first word to last, and waited, weeks as it turned out, until I had a similar block … Continue reading No Trick — This book is a great read!
Toontown Rewritten Together. Sort Of …
I spent the first evening of my vacation trying to find Nathan's toon in Toontown. It didn't take too long, relatively, to find each other at the beginning, and then become "friends". But after that we tried to take over a two-story bossbot building, and after getting into the first floor, it announced a Legal … Continue reading Toontown Rewritten Together. Sort Of …
Joseph not so Amazing but worth seeing
Starlight Theatre in Kansas City is sponsoring "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat this week. Rather than a touring show from Broadway, it is an Independent Presenters Network production, co-sponsored by some 40+ theaters, including Kansas City's Starlight. The show stars Diana DeGarmo as the narrator and Ace Young as Joseph -- both names that … Continue reading Joseph not so Amazing but worth seeing
In Praise of Ambiguity
I found the below video by Penn & Teller to be very thought-provoking. Watch it and reflect. Where we want to be definite and certain about what we know, they present a compelling argument that it is the ambiguity through which we celebrate our freedom. Totalitarians are the ones who want things certain and specific. … Continue reading In Praise of Ambiguity
Quick review: That’s Entertainment II
Today I'll just do a quick review/promo of That's Entertainment II. MGM put together three great retrospectives of their musical greats from the early and mid twentieth century. Number II in unique in that it featured co-hosts Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire. The two actually do some dance numbers together. While not as energetic as … Continue reading Quick review: That’s Entertainment II
At The Rainbow 