Archives for: April 2009
Man on Wire (2008)
If there was a documentary I should have seen in the theater last year, this was it. I regret now that I waited to see it on my tiny portable DVD player. I have gotten lazy about driving out to Irvine when the good movies are in town and need to be bet… more »
posted by wendytime | 04/29/09| 06:11:50 pm| movies, 2008| 2 comments »
Marvel Offers Streaming Episodes of X-Men Cartoon
Now that it is finally on DVD, Marvel has started offering streaming episodes of the classic early 90's X-Men cartoon that was on Fox. I started watching the first episode and I think it still holds up pretty well. X-Men was definitely one of the best… more »
Don't go throwin' no coupons on my grave
I wrote a while ago about Beck's deluxe reissue of One Foot In The Grave.
Since then I've learned from the Paper Tiger blog that if you order the album directly from Beck.com you'll be treated to a free unreleased bonus track titled "The Way it Seems.… more »
On the Haircut Front
Since the movie isn't happening for quite awhile now, it's getting hotter, and my hair is just getting out of control, I think I'm going to cut it. I can donate it to Locks of Love, which is cool. It's just kind of sad. I feel like I put in a lot of w… more »
The Lion King (1994)
After the Disney movies of the early 1990s, I became less interested in seeing Disney's movie's in the theater because the impression I got was that the animation, music, and stories weren't up to par with the classics of old. Either that or I was a you… more »
Back in the Saddle
Twenty-two days later, a post!
Well, I will try to be more on top of things from now on, but I'm not promising anything.
I just wanted to thank you all for your thoughts and prayers and to let you know I am still recovering nicely. I can move a… more »
WTF of the Day: Paul Scheer's Michael Jackson Auction Photos
Michael Jackson Auction: My Favorite Items
If you haven't heard, Michael Jackson auctioned off all the stuff at his Neverland Ranch. Comedian Paul Scheer was there to get the more bizarre and noteworthy of the items on camera. There's a finger pain… more »
posted by brendoman | 04/27/09| 12:54:25 pm| Bizarre, Tunes, Disturbing, WTF of the Day| 1 comment »
My Bad
Just when I was on a roll with regular posting, I pulled an epic fail. I apologize. I think the whole unemployment thing is really starting to make me stir crazy and I'm trying my hardest not to just sit at the computer all day. Also, since the closur… more »
posted by brendoman | 04/27/09| 12:26:17 pm| Thoughts and Ideas, I'm a Big Geek, Comics| 4 comments »
Best spam e-mail ever
I don't make it a general habit to read my spam messages, but today I did because 1) it's a rare occasion that one actually makes it through my filters and 2) because the subject line was just unusual enough to catch my eye (I won't write it here because… more »
Oklahoma house disses The Flaming Lips
Some time ago the state of Oklahoma had an internet poll to let people vote on the state rock song. Probably owing to their large online fan following, the Flaming Lips won with "Do You Realize??"
Yesterday, though, the Oklahoma House of Representati… more »
Announcing The BrendoMan Minute on Bagged and Boarded
Folks seemed to enjoy my appearance on Bagged and Boarded last week so Matt offered me a weekly segment, which started this week. If you have any ideas for topics or a question you would like answered, feel free to comment or email and I will give you a… more »
Pusing Daisies Comic Officially Announced
From MTV Splash Page:
“Pushing Daisies’” pie-making protagonist Ned isn’t the only one with the power to bring the dead back to life. Series creator Bryan Fuller has resurrected ABC’s canceled television series at DC Comics — at least for twelve issue… more »
Heatwave
When you wake up in the morning and this is what you see on weather.com, what do you do? If you answered go on a field trip with a hundred second graders to the La Brea Tar Pits, then you and I were on the same page. I accidentally left my phone at hom… more »
Good Omens
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett more »
One Foot In The Grave: Deluxe Reissue
I've long thought that One Foot In The Grave is Beck's most underrated album. Recorded before, but released months after, his break-out hit Mellow Gold, it is a much more quiet and acoustic album that displays Beck's folk roots.
Fans have known for y… more »
Alternatives to Faith
I asked my readers to offer their definitions of the word faith. I'd like to stir together their thoughts along with the definitions provided in the dictionary and the Bible, adding a dash of my own opinion and boiling it down into a concise, simple work… more »
Cool Site of the Day
Back in the day there was a site called my.mp3.com that allowed you to listen to your music library (well, most of it) from any web browser. When mp3.com (the old one, not the new music store that is up now) went under it disappeared as well. Yesterday… more »
Public Service Announcement
If you haven't heard The Hazards of Love by the Decemberists yet, you should. It's really, really good.
And if you haven't yet, you should download the DRM-free MP3 version of the album from Amazon.com for $8.99. It's a pretty good deal.
That is… more »
Poll: How did your 2009 taxes compare to 2008?
My first-ever poll is inspired by yesterday's tax protests. Look on the sidebar (under my media blog) to give your answer. more »
Solo triangle? Seriously?
When I heard this story on NPR yesterday I seriously considered, for a long time, that it may be a joke. Even though it wasn't April Fool's Day and there wasn't anything about the story (aside from its ridiculousness) that would indicate as such, I just… more »
I Also Forgot to Mention...
April 10th marked our 7th birthday (blogday?) here at brendoman.com. I cannot believe it's now been over 7 years since that fateful first post. A lot of things have come and gone since then but it's nice to be able to say we're still here. Almost 7 ye… more »
I Forgot To Mention...
My car, Brendo 2, actually managed to pull through and surprisingly she is in better shape than this car. Just barely. more »
NOTY Final Four
The Name of the Year is down to its final four.
Here's what I predicted:
Barkevious Mingo
Velvet Milkman
Nutritious Love
Dr. Shasta Kielbasa
Here are the actual final four:
Barkevious Mingo
Velvet Milkman
Nutritious Love
Iris Macadangdang… more »
Check Me Out On Bagged and Boarded
Bagged & Boarded 21: Experts of Nothing and Everything » Quick Stop Entertainment
BAGGED & BOARDED #21: Experts of Nothing and Everything - In which Matt and Jesse are joined by guest host Brendoman and discuss a veritable cornucopia of geek… more »
Sidewinder
Our kids have a knack for finding unusual ways to get around.
Daniel used to walk around on his knees.
Now Eva, instead of crawling on her knees, does this weird sideways half-crawl:
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(Please disregard the part w… more »
Angus Update
So things aren't going as well as I thought they would on the Angus DVD front. I didn't receive a single response from any of the movie blogs I emailed. I got this response from Warner Bros:Hello Brendan,Thank you for your interest in Warner Bros!Sorry… more »
Faith and wishful thinking
I'm still working on an article about faith, but I wanted to bounce another idea off of my readers. What is the relationship between faith and wishful thinking? The Bible says that faith is "the evidence of things hoped for." Certainly many of the centra… more »
"Why throw money at problems?"
In his 1997 novel Timequake, the life-long Socialist Kurt Vonnegut writes,
[We have] faithless custodians of capital making themselves multimillionaires and multibillionaires, while playing beanbag with money better spent on creating meaningful jobs… more »
Agnus Dei
Here is a video I put together for a Chapel at the school where I work.
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Bleh
My vacation in Laughlin was pretty awesome but Audrey, my goddaughter, gave me a pretty nasty cold on the way home and now I'm really feeling it. I will most likely be spending the next couple days in bed or on the couch. Hope you guys have a good week… more »
Bring back the cloth costume
Perhaps the one thing I have NOT liked about Christopher Nolan's Batman movies is the persistence of the suit of armor. It looks heavy and clunky, and is not faithful to the Batman of the comic books, who relies on his speed and skill to protect him--no… more »
What was the best thing you did in high school English?
After teaching only special education for three years, I found out I'm going to be teaching a regular ed senior English class next year.
The state of Missouri has raised the graduation requirements to four credits of English, and my high school hasn't… more »
On film distribution
I was reading yesterday's New York Times story about global movie piracy, and I was excited when I saw Steven Soderbergh's name mentioned as someone proposing a possible solution. He is the director who, for his 2006 film Bubble, tried a new distributio… more »
The Extraordinary Works of Alan Moore
I recently bought this volume because it just came back into print in a new updated edition, and I have heard that it contains some obscure works by Alan Moore that have never been reprinted (or, as it turns out in some cases, printed at all), plus some… more »
Manhattan (1979)
Another director I am slowly but surely following is Woody Allen, whose work I have always admired for style and intent, although many times his movies have fallen short of what I would consider great for me. In sharp contrast to the movie Sleeper, whic… more »
Six Week Checkup
Heyo! Just wanted to post an update from my six-week surgery checkup. I went in this morning to get x-rays and see the surgeon. Basically, he said he's comfortable with me going back to work whenever I'm ready. So it's up to me. He gave me a prescript… more »
Viva Laughlin
I am going to be in Laughlin until Thursday so there probably won't be any updates here until then. If you're looking for some entertainment, check out Brax, which will be updated all week. more »
Riding on Jesus
Daniel's Sunday school class has spent the last few weeks preparing for Palm Sunday, teaching the kids about Jesus' triumphant entry on the donkey. I know this not because the Sunday school teachers told me, but because Daniel has been repeating these t… more »
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
I know I have a lot of movies to catch up with when it comes to Billy Wilder, who is known as one of the greats for smart and memorable movies. This is one of his well-known movies, particularly because it contains the iconic scene when Marilyn Monroe's… more »
Angus Revisited: A Challenge
I am watching Angus again for probably the 100th time right now. Every time I watch it, I see something I haven't before, something that reminds how great it is. This time I noticed another minor actor in the movie that turned out to be much bigger lat… more »
WTF of the Day: Obama and Satan
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YouTube - OBAMA TELLS AMERICA - "Serve Satan!" - This will floor you!
Yeah... I don't really have a response to this except that I love how the guy who posted it says it is "just for fun" but if you look at his other post… more »
Oh.. Hello.
Sorry, I kind of forgot about my blog. My goal lately has been to get out and about more often so that I can build more endurance in my back, so I'm not home as often, or when I am, I'm being slightly more productive.
Things continue to progress we… more »
April Fools Deal: William Shatner's The Transformed Man For 99 Cents
This is totally worth 99 cents. Head on over to Amazon as it appears to be a one day only deal. more »