Entertainment
Google Cubes
Hmm. Cheap network terminals that run a Google operating system. Now that WOULD be interesting. Let’s see if it’s true.
General
Christmas Photos
Pictures from our Christmas trip to Florida/Princeton are up. Thanks to everyone who put us up (Mom and Dad, Mark and Katrin, Ken, Ryan and Amy)! We had a great time and hope to be back soon.
Europe
Pub Quiz – Season 2 Episode 1
So today was the first Murphy’s Pub Quiz of 2006, and the TOC was represent’in! 4th place. I thought we might get third, but alas. The theme for the evening was “events of 2005”. You’d think for news afficianados like us it would have been cake, but we had questions Read more
Entertainment
The Constant Gardner
Wow. What a great movie. I think this is the first film I’ve reviewed for 5 stars on the blog in the year and a half that I’ve been writing on it. The Constant Gardener is a powerful drama that blends character-driven story and political thriller in equal parts while Read more
Ramblings
Bad Gas
Now this is what makes international politics so interesting. Russia decides they are going to punish the West-leaning current government of the Ukraine by demanding that they suddenly pay 4 times as much for natural gas then they used to. Apparently, that is the price you pay for surviving an Read more
Entertainment
Munich
It was a choice between Munich and the Geisha movie, and I have really wanted to see Munich since I heard that Steven Spielberg was tackling a movie about terrorism. True to what you would expect, Munich is a well-written revenge thriller which puts Steven Spielberg back into the “Great Read more
Entertainment
The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe
Ann and I went to see this on the day after Christmas. I had read the book a long time ago, like when I was thirteen, so I had a vague recollection of what the story was about. The reason I was most excited was because the director of Shrek Read more
Brian
Fantasy Football – Week 17
“Sure Guze, go ahead, since I’m not ready to draft and you are, just pick who you want and send it to me in an email.” Boy, that was a bright idea. Guze picked a team, totally legally, which scored the most points that we have EVER had in ANY Read more
Brian
Fantasy Football – Week 16
Forgot to post my win from Week 16. Thank you Shaun Alexander (again), without you I would not have been able to beat Guze 106 to 92. Oh, and thank you Jamal Lewis, since you stunk up the joint so bad by only scoring 8 points.
General
New Year’s Eve
After a harrowing comeback from behind in SceneIt!, where we won seven rounds in a row to win the game, it is now time to relay the predictions from Lambertville for 2006: Brian: Ahmadinejad will force a confrontation between Iran and “the West” Ann: Tom Boonen will win the Tour Read more