I didn't really have a Thanksgiving dinner this year. Who would I have cooked for?

But! I did cook some Zatarain's Red Beans & Rice and man was it delicious! I almost ate the whole thing. (I'm not so good with portion control.) It had 1150mg of sodium per serving (4 per box) so I'm wondering when my heart will stop. Before it does, however, I would like to recommend this wonderful foodstuff.

IMDB, You Are So Helpful

I'm one of those weirdos that read the Trivia and Goof sections on IMDB.com for movies I love, hate--any movie really. I just find some of the stuff interesting.

Here's my favorite Goof found so far, relating to the movie Demolition Man, starring Sylvester Stallone and Sandra Bullock: "Factual errors: Lenina Huxley complains about going to work on a Monday. A little while later the cryogenic capsule shows the date August 3, 2032. August 3, 2032 will be a Tuesday."

I'm glad someone posted that. Really.

Here Comes Princess...

James Cameron's Avatar Cost $500 Million

Think that's a lot? I sure do. Especially if it's to see exotic smurfs blowing stuff up. Should we pluralize smurfs as "smurves"?

Here's a breakdown of all that money. With $500 Million, you could...
-Buy 100 million $5 Subway foot-long subs.
-If it costs 75 cents to support one child in Africa for one day, with $500M, you could support 666,666,667 children for one day, OR one child for 666,666,667 days. See, money can buy immortality.
-Pay off 1/12th of America's debt.
-Pay for America's health care reform.
-Make ten extremely good films.
-Today, right now, it costs $76.35 per barrel of oil. With $500M, you could buy 6, 548, 788.5 barrels of oil. According to a 2007 statistic, the U.S. only uses 20M barrels a day...
-Help Nicholas Cage get out of debt.
-Buy a small country.
-Buy over 150 30-second Super Bowl ad timeslots.
-And, finally, this one has no sort of statistic behind it, but I'm sure with $500M you could fix global warming. Just slap a big expensive band-aid on the world.

Or, you could risk everything and make a 166-minute film about soldiers fighting exotic blue people on a distant planet. I guess it's not really your call, is it?

I find this hysterical

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Man, Glenn Beck gets on my nerves.

Apparently, dressing up that way makes him smart. Also, what's up with his right eye?

I Noticed Something

All of the movies I've thoroughly enjoyed this year have something in common...
That's right: Mustaches. All of these movies, The Men Who Stare at Goats (a ridiculous, hilarious political satire), Zombieland, Inglourious Basterds, and District 9--they all feature mustachioed heroes. And before you mention it, yes, Woody Harrelson has a very faint blond mustache in that picture.

Is this a new trend in Hollywood? Or, perhaps, more specifically, is this the easiest way to convey an absurd character who will gnaw into my precious little heart? Honestly, these are my four favorite movies of the year and I will definitely want them on DVD.

The Men Who Stare at Goats is extremely funny and politically biting. There's something odd about George Clooney admiting he's a jedi warrior to Ewan McGregor. But, this movie has Dr. Strangelove written all over it. Wonderful movie. Ignore Kyle Smith of the New York Post, who wrote on Rottentomatoes.com: "Heslov directs for the first time in a career that, I pray, will consist of one movie." What a complete waste of criticism. Kyle Smith, whoever you are, I hope you're fired. The movie was highly entertaining; I don't think that means the director should never be hired again.

Happy Halloween!

I didn't get to dress up this year...but, I did get to embrace Robert Pattinson.

Yeah, I think I won in the end.
(So pathetic, I know...stupid teens).

Good People Still Like Andre Agassi

And not that chump Pete Sampras! What a chump.

O.K. so I used to be really into tennis. I have my own racket. It's a racket very close to Agassi's. Agassi was always my hero, and if Agassi was your hero, you hated bushy-eyebrowed Pete Sampras. That's part of tennis. Also, who cares if Agassi once was on crystal meth. If that's a crime, the whole state of Montana should be thrown in jail. Oh, and there's a big prison right down the road from here.

We're still on your team Agassi! We even hate Roger Federer, who wouldn't allow you to really rock at tennis before you retired, but instead, made you look like an old, balding gentleman. I'll get my hair cut like you did, Andre.

A Lot Goin' On

Sorry, it's been a while. Recently,
My sister was married. Congrats to her!
I spent about 24 hours either flying or sitting in airports.
I now have a brother-in-law.
I got to wear a three-piece suit. I also sweat three gallons.
I became The Chosen One of the family to pass on the name.
I went from 20-degree weather to 90-degree weather back to 20-degree weather.

And: it was extremely wonderful to get to dance with my beautiful girlfriend at the wedding. What a ravishing green dress. I am truly lucky.

The Fabric Of Our Lives?

So, I take issue with this commercial that pops up every time I try to watch a video on NBC.com. It's a commercial for Cotton. It's a lovely textile, but something is fishy when I hear a black woman, named Jazmine, singing about how Cotton is the fabric of her life.
Does she not know about cotton, and uh, what it did for her ancestors? I'm not trying to be controversial or a jerk, but honestly, am I the only one that finds irony in this advertisement?