Monthly Archives: March 2006

yes, i can read…

i had meant to do this before, but sandy reminded me by asking about “memoirs of a geisha”. so, here are some 30 second reviews. memoirs of a geisha overall, i would say i liked it. the first 100 pages … Continue reading

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dst has got to go

there are already plenty of reasons why daylight saving time is annoying. i just ran across another. i couldn’t understand why my computers clock (America/Chicago tz) was now 7 hours behind my phone (London tz). turns out that the uk … Continue reading

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result! qpr v stoke city

it is only a championship match, but you can’t have it all. it’s hard to believe that with the exception of thursdays (?) you can catch some sort of football match every week. the quality is good too. granted it’s … Continue reading

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“hostel”

i just got back from going to see it. it’s pretty good if you like horror movies. i can’t imagine the slovakian tourist board is too thrilled about it. definitely represents your stereotypical post-college americans. i was really hoping they … Continue reading

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“wolf creek”

after talking with loic last night about “hostel”, he let me borrow this australian movie named “wolf creek“. supposedly based on true events. probably about like “texas chainsaw massacre”. overall, it was good. well acted and looked great. it was … Continue reading

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