Do The Right Thing

#96 Do the Right Thing

by alex on March 7, 2010

Do The Right Thing. (Wikipedia) For those who have never seen Do the Right Thing, it’s about racial tensions in a diverse Brooklyn neighborhood. Spike Lee directed and starred in the movie which was released in the late 1980’s.
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#97 Blade Runner

by alex on December 23, 2009

Blade Runner. (Wikipedia) It’s been hailed as the greatest science fiction movie of the last 30 years, possibly the best ever. Admittedly it’s a great piece of filmmaking on a number of levels. Ridley Scott has called it his most complete movie. Instead of debating the greatness or expounding upon the influence it’s had within the genre, I thought I’d point out some of what I found most interesting about the movie.
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#98 Yankee Doodle Dandy

December 14, 2009

Yankee Doodle Dandy. (Wikipedia)I have to admit I wasn’t looking forward to this movie as I’m not a big fan of musicals. I don’t mind the occasional song and dance number mind you, but traditional musicals in the vein of Oklahoma aren’t exactly my preferred cinematic experience. I was a little surprised at how engaging [...]

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Setting Weight Loss Goals

December 3, 2009

So I’m back to blogging about my efforts to lose weight after a month of silence. November turned into a busy month and left little time for blogging. I gave myself a few days off of the scale around Thanksgiving but found that I still lost a pound without trying which was nice since I [...]

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#99 Toy Story

December 1, 2009

Toy Story (IMDB), #99 on AFI’s Top 100 movies, is a great example of what animated movies should consistently strive for. It hit’s home runs in animation, story and talent performance.
Toy Story’s animation did a great job bringing toys to life, especially the small details that really make it hit home. While watching the movie [...]

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#100 – Ben Hur

November 28, 2009

I started my plan to watch all of AFI’s Top 100 movies tonight with #100: Ben Hur. While I’ve seen the movie before, it’s been a long time and I don’t remember too much about the plot. My first thought at the midway point was: Holy cow this thing is long!

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Run Fatboy Run!

October 30, 2009

Yesterday I wrote about the diet changes in my plan to lose weight. Today’s post is about the exercise segment of the plan. As I mentioned previously a couple of sedentary (cube farm) jobs have contributed a lot to my weight gain over the last 10 years. When I was in the Army, not only [...]

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Eat Less Fat Ass!

October 29, 2009

Note: the Fat Ass the title references is myself.
This is the first of a few posts in which I’ll discuss my plan for losing weight. I started off with the intention that I’d cover everything in a single post, but just getting through the dietary changes has taken more than I expected. My next post [...]

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Losing Weight At 39

October 28, 2009

So I’m back on the blog after 6 or 7 months. Yeah… well… uh… who’s counting?
In a previous post I discussed my desire to lose weight this year. Until recently, that effort was best described as short circuited. I never really put my heart into it in the spring. I’m not sure why, but that’s [...]

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A Wink From Serendipity

March 5, 2009

I thought I’d share this story, it’s really more of an anecdote. Last week I sent out the first direct mail pieces to potential clients, 427 pieces actually since last Saturday.
Yesterday, I met  with a business reporter from the Austin paper. He had contacted me last week about a piece on people who are starting [...]

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