Archive for February, 2009

And The Oscar Goes To… Who?

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

I’m going to try and keep this very short: I haven’t seen any of the movies that were nominated for a major Oscar/Academy Award this year. What’s up with that? Just to be clear, this is a list of movies that I have not (yet) seen:

Changling
Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Frozen River
Milk
Rachel Getting Married
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
The [...]

It happened again…

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

I can’t believe that it happened again. Just like it did the first time.
“Just a few days… all for free, of course… you can even play in the snow if you’d like…”, they taunted me. I didn’t take the bait, at least not right away.
A little later on, maybe after the better part of a [...]

Brad & Dierks in the Hammer

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

After a long wait, last Friday night finally arrived and My Girlfriend and I headed down to Hamilton, Ontario to see Brad Paisley in concert. I’ve been a fan of Brad’s since I first heard his 5th Gear album about a year or so ago. As a (wannabe) guitarist myself, I admire his ability to [...]