Reviews

REVIEW: "Into the Wild" (movie)

18 August 2008 Reviews

Into the Wild should be commended for where it takes our main character. The journey to that end, however, may easily become the focus of attention for many viewers.

Tagged as: into the wild, movies, sean penn

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REVIEW: "The Shack" by William P. Young

11 August 2008 Reviews

I have never picked up a piece of “Christian Fiction” before (unless you count C.S. Lewis). But, I decided to read The Shack because there is so much controversy surrounding it, and because my church has decided to have a one night discussion about it. Always needing to be informed and up-to-date, I dove in [...]

Tagged as: books, christian fiction, Reviews, the shack

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REVIEW: "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy

4 August 2008 Reviews

I finally got around to reading Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Road. As difficult as it was to get through (I had to put it down at times because I was too horrified by its contents), I must say that this is a stunning work that demands to be read. Unfortunately, I had [...]

Tagged as: books, Cormac McCarthy, fiction, Reviews

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Tools: Scrivener

11 June 2008 Reviews

scrivener __noun historical__ a clerk, scribe, or notary. ORIGIN Middle English : shortening of Old French escrivein, from Latin scriba (see scribe). Thank you, __New Oxford American Dictionary__ that came bundled with my Mac. Scrivener isn’t just some __noun historical__, it’s also a smashing piece of writing software from the folks at Literature and Latte [...]

Tagged as: scrivener, software, tools, writing

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Burrito Chain Smackdown

30 April 2008 Reviews

This post had been sitting in my drafts for quite some time. So, I decided to polish it a bit and put it out there. It’s only an opinion…deal with it, I guess. Introduction Someone told me a while back that they preferred Freebird’s to Chipotle. Hmm. I decided to investigate. DISCLAIMER #1: This is [...]

Tagged as: burritos, chipotle, freebird's, opinion, restaurants, yumminess

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New Music: She & Him

19 March 2008 Reviews

Okay, for me, Zooey Deschanel‘s version of “Baby It’s Cold Outside” from Elf was eye-opening. In her voice I could hear that jazzy/country thing that made me a big fan of Robinella Contreras — subtle shades of Ella Fitzgerald mixed with a little Patsy Cline or Loretta Lynn or something! I don’t know. I just [...]

Tagged as: deschanel, music, new albums, she & him

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App Review: "Fluid" Site Specific Browser (aka SSB)

22 February 2008 Reviews

Lately, I’ve been using a fantastic little OS X app called “Fluid”:http://fluidapp.com/. Essentially, this is a freestanding, lightweight, WebKit-based browser that can be used to dupe you into thinking that your favorite web apps are actually desktop applications. p=. I’ve been using Fluid for about three weeks now, and just thought I’d offer up my [...]

Tagged as: mac, os x, productivity, Reviews, software, SSB, tools, web apps

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REVIEW: The Final Solution by Michael Chabon

13 February 2008 Reviews

This is my review from “Goodreads”:http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/182669. The back of this book contains a “PS” section with info about the author and a short interview. In this interview, Chabon defends genre fiction (there is also a list of his favorite genre fiction writers; Raymond Chandler tops that list). I am inclined to agree with Chabon that [...]

Tagged as: books, michael chabon, mysteries, Reviews, writing

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Book Review: Born Standing Up by Steve Martin

28 January 2008 Reviews

Look, this blog isn’t all fun and games–time for some seriousness! In 2007, Steve Martin published a sort of memoir, Born Standing Up that chronicles his life as a stage performer. From the magic shops of Disneyland to lonely on-the-road burnout to superstardom in the late 1970s, Martin exercises his hindsight, talking about relationships with [...]

Tagged as: books, comedy, film, Reviews, stand-up, Steve Martin, success

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There Will Be (another viewing)

26 January 2008 Reviews

Today, Natalie and I saw “__There Will Be Blood__”:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469494/, a “P.T. Anderson”:http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000759/ directed morality play for the 21st century. The film pits all the wonderful intensity of a “Daniel Day-Lewis”:http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000358/ performance against the odd realities of early oil prospecting and zealous religious fanatics in turn-of-the-century western United States. I freely admit that when the credits [...]

Tagged as: acting, character, daniel day-lewis, movies, Reviews, writing

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