Top 10 things ...

I love about my wife, Kelley (in no particular order):

1. The way she laughs like Betty Rubble when I kiss her neck.
   
2. Her eyes.
   
3. The look on her face when she's holding our 3 1/2-year-old son.
   
4. The way she'll just listen when I spout off over something that's not worth getting upset over.
   
5. The way she smells after being in her clothes all day ... it's like this warm, soft kind of scent.
   
6. Her sense of humor and the way she cracks herself up.
   
7. The fact that she's a voracious reader. It amazes me how fast she can read and retain it all.
   
8. How passionate she is in her beliefs. She's all about equal rights for everyone and she doesn't see color or sexual or religious orientation when she meets someone. She takes people for who they are and isn't a judgmental person.
   
9. Her love of a good drink ... gin and tonics in the summer ... martinis, well, year 'round, actually.
   
10. The way she calls me "Crash" with that smile on her face.
    
11. (OK, so it's 11 things ...) How what you see is what you get. She doesn't try to be someone she's not and if you don't like it, it's your loss.
    
12. (OK, OK, it's 12, then!) She loves me.

Partying with Gabba

I love this show ... my 3 1/2-year-old son runs around the house singing this song:

A darker knight

Just got back from seeing the new Batman movie, "The Dark Knight" and on my way home, I was trying to think of a succinct way to put into words my thoughts about this flick.

Then I remembered a favorite expression of a good friend of mine, Kelly McLinden, which goes something like, "Holy CRAP!"

Personally, I haven't seen this movie get a bad review so you can believe everything you've heard about it. Simply put, this movie is amazing. It's definitely dark (both in the way it looks and in tone).

Two things stand out: this was a hell of a role for Heath Ledger to have as his final appearance on the silver screen. As far as I'm concerned , there's no comparison between Jack Nicholson's Joker and Ledger's ... Ledger's is much more realistic. If you know anything about the Batman comics, you know that the Joker character is a psychopath and a criminal. While Nicholson's Joker was psycho, he didn't really have the edge that Ledger gave the character. Tim Burton's two Batman movies were good, but they were a little too campy.

Chris Nolan's Batman movies (the last two made thus far), however, have much more of an edge and again, Ledger stole every scene he was in. He was already a star, but I really think this role would've catapulted him as made him a major film star.

The other thing that stood out was that during the last 1/3 - 1/4 of the movie, things happen (no spoilers here) that, for a change, do not leave it obvious that there will be another movie. The way this movie was written, there's a distinct possibility that this incarnation of Batman could be over, which would be kind of disappointing because Nolan has really done the Batman character justice.

So glad I saw this in the theater ... it's big, loud and a lot of fun to watch on a large screen.

Talking with a friend of mine last night and he said this movie was the best super hero movie he'd ever seen ... I totally agree and will take it one step further by saying this is one of the best movies I've ever seen, period.

Update: I've seen this movie twice now (can't remember the last time I did that) and if I could have, I would've bought tickets for the next show. I went with another couple and my wife, Kell ... she's not really into these kinds of movies but the next day out of no where she said, "Man, that movie really stays with you, doesn't it?" Yeah, it does.

Sweep the leg, Johnny!

Even if you've ever only seen "The Karate Kid" once, this video is brilliant. The band is called No More Kings and apparently they're fans of the movie juuuuuust a little. Well worth seven minutes of your time ... and every time you watch it, you see something new.

Sage advice

A flute with no holes is not a flute ... a doughnut with no hole ... is a danish.

Happy 4th!

Today's the day the US celebrates its birthday, which means most people have the day off and (weather permitting) spend it outside grilling various meats and imbibing assorted libations.

As I type this, it's cold and rainy here in the Boston area (just barely 70 degrees) so not sure how much BBQ-ing is going to happen today ... we'll see.

And oh yeah ... Muno rules.

At a Last Supper far, far away ...

Hmmm ... seems to be a bit of a Star Wars theme going on here today.



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What a feeling!

Boba Fett taps into his inner steel worker ...

Mandalorian Dance