I have the house all to myself for the next couple of days, and a rainy Sunday is the perfect time for a double-feature of the best "superhero" / "comic book" movies ever: Unbreakable and The Dark Knight. The former is highly underrated (and still holds up), the latter justifiably lauded; both are the best movies either director has made to-date. Feel free to disagree, but you'd be wrong!
Having some friends over for an early birthday party since I'll be on Route 66 the actual day of, and the libations are ready to go. Lagunitas IPA and Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale to share, and the Arrogant Bastard Ale is for me, of course!
Love it or hate it, just don't call it "the worst." Every time a "Worst Car Ever" list comes out, the AMC Pacer seems to find its way onto it. Built from 1975 to 1980, the AMC Pacer is the Worst Cars Ever list's Commander-In-Grief. Its styling was, and still is, daring and different – no melted bar of soap, utterly anonymous profile here. But when it first hit the streets half way through the 1975 model year, the car caused a sensation. AMC dealers couldn’t get enough of them to keep up with demand but still managed to move…
Flash is almost too big for his home. He was half this size when we got him six months ago, and his tail is now nearly as big as his torso. Time for a diet, fatty!
But what I fear, as things go digital, is that a lot of the visceral love of reading will be lost. Not the romance of paper — although, there is that — but that physical connection one gets with books from an early age. That climbing into the book my daughter is doing, the way she can’t turn the page fast enough when she’s excited, the way she flips it aside when she’s done. Of course, there will always be children’s board books. But the question is, as more and more parents spend more and more time with e-book readers…
via youtube.com If this is half as good as the trailer makes it seem like it could be, I'm going to love this movie. The music is absolutely perfect. Fingers crossed...
That said, for the most part, Valentine seems to work best with disciplined, selfless talent, most of whom are primed to buy in to his style of play. For instance, I think David Wright would do well with Valentine, but I think Jose Reyes would struggle. So, if the Mets intend to rely on the Gary Sheffields of the world, the Carlos Delgado, Valentine should never return. However, if the Mets plan to build a team around hit-and-runs, less power and more doubles in the gap, timely stolen bases, bunting, a versatile bullpen, and basically play chess on a baseball field, Valentine is the best…