Re-watching THE HURT LOCKER

I'm also a sucker for the films  of Kathryn Bigelow (and have been since Blue Steel -- I remember seeing the original Point Break in a Toronto theatre, back in the day). 

Re-watching AMERICAN SNIPER

The Vice interview with Michael Moore here. 

Re-watching ZERO DARK THIRTY

Have I said this already? I'll watch anything with Jessica Chastain in it: 

Again with the blogging

(Blog post inspired by this one.)

I’ve been at for a while now (19 years!) and I just about died (several times!). So repetition is given. 

Still, I blog. I’ve told others it’s a Festschrift – my kids already ignore it, and Google doesn’t care – I figure, why not? If you’ve got a better idea, I’m receptive – you know how to find “Comments.” In the meantime... 

Matches

My co-o-worker -- a smoker -- requested a book of matches from NYC. My last night there, I left the Westside Y, ordered my first Guinness in a bottle and Quesadilla and got her those stinking matches. 

Because "Matches" sounds like "Badges." So there!

In a bottle, or from a can or (preferably) tap today's Guinness is much tastier. 

Back in Winnipeg

I got back to Winnipeg. The Canadian Customs Agent at the airport there opened my knapsack and used a pair of chopsticks to flip over my dirty gitch. She charged me for the Scrooge McDuck book, but that was all. 

I was back!

And really, what's not to trust? 

The Staten Island Ferry

I took the Staten Island Ferry and a lot of pictures of the World Trade Center (in my defense, the sun was finally breaking out from the clouds and I thought its light was hitting those buildings just right). 

I left my hat on a ferry bench and attempted to get a couple of German tourists to watch it for me. I even tried to impress them with my pidgin German, but they just ignored me. Or maybe it was my Bugs Bunny pin. Either way, I thought that was rude of them. 

Be honest: would you walk past this?