Archive for August, 2009

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

“You probably heard we ain’t in the prisoner-takin’ business; we in the killin’ Nazi business. And cousin, business is a-boomin’.” ~ Lt. Aldo Raine
That line is one of the many great one liners from Brad Pitt as Lt. Aldo Raine, the Commanding Officer of the “Basterds” a group of soldiers with one mission, deploy dressed [...]

Posted on August 21, 2009 at 11:12 pm by Darrell · Permalink · 3 Comments
In: Entertainment

Plan 9 From Outer Space ON THE BIG SCREEN!

As some of you may know I’m a big Horror and Science Fiction movie fan, specifically B Movies (Budget movies).  In 1994 I saw the Tim Burton movie titled Ed Wood which cataloged the life of B Movie, writer – director – producer, Edward D. Wood Jr., while he was making films such as Glen [...]

Posted on August 21, 2009 at 10:33 am by Darrell · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Entertainment

Bucanero Cigars & My Birthday HERF

A few weeks ago I received an e-mail from a member of CigarAsylum.com saying that he represented Bucanero Cigars and would like to “sponsor” my birthday HERF with some free cigars from the company.  I was certain this was some sort of a joke or scam and either this guy was yanking my leg, or [...]

Posted on August 18, 2009 at 4:48 pm by Darrell · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: My So Called Life

Silly Facebook Notifications

Anyone who uses Facebook has friends who constantly send out notifications for applications they are using.  You know the ones “Jimbo hit you with a pillow, you have 2 days to hit him back” and “Vern sent you a gift on Mafia Wars”.  Most of these notifications are sent automatically because when you agree to [...]

Posted on August 18, 2009 at 10:50 am by Darrell · Permalink · 2 Comments
In: Misc

District 9 (2009)

Today we went and saw District 9, a movie I have been long anticipating seeing since I saw the first preview before summer.  The funny thing about going to see this movie is that I got carded when buying tickets.  I’ve been carded a trillion times for beer, but for a movie ticket? Come on!!
District [...]

Posted on August 16, 2009 at 4:56 pm by Darrell · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Entertainment