Seasons Change

17 Sep

It’s a big day for me: I finally have things to watch on TV again. I mean, sure, for a while there I was content spending my evenings with the Red Sox, but I haven’t watched a single game since the Yankees series a month ago (seriously), and my nights have been rather boring as I waited for the new TV season to begin. (Not that I didn’t have a life or anything. I’m just talking about my TV watching habits here.)

So what will I be watching this season? Here’s my week at a glance:

Monday: Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip at 10

Tuesday: Nothing. It’s a night I can have a life

Wednesday: 30 Rock at 8:30, Lost at 9, and (if it’s good) The Nine at 10

Thursday: My Name Is Earl at 8, The Office at 8:30, Grey’s Anatomy at 9, and Ugly Betty at 10 (recorded from when it was on from 8–9) or Six Degrees — unless it’s really bad. This would be a terrible night to call me, by the way.

Friday and Saturday: Nothing. Nights I can have a life

Sunday: The Amazing Race at 8, Desperate Housewives at 9, and (if it’s good) Brothers & Sisters at 10

I cleared some space on my DVR yesterday just in case I don’t make it home in time for some of these shows, so I should be all ready. Let the TV season begin!

One More Time

17 Sep

Well, Adam Gaffin has done it again.

He’s gone and included me in his latest blog roundup article in the Sunday Boston Globe.

And of course, which posting of mine did he spotlight? My recent silly one about how I don’t like Cambridge, Somerville, or anywhere on the Red Line. This one has been popular ever since Adam linked to it a couple weeks ago on Universalhub.com.

You can read the Globe story here. Continue reading →

One Thing Does Not Make a Man

16 Sep

Chances are good you’ve never heard of Half Nelson, but it’s the kind of small, independent movie you should seek out as the weather turns cooler and the “better” movies come out.

It’s a film about a guy named Dan (Ryan Gosling, who you might know from The Notebook), who teaches eighth grade in New York City and also has an awful addiction to cocaine. In the classroom, he’s largely in control and the students seem to actually respect him. Out of class, however, he’s a mess. Continue reading →

You Can Thank Me Later

13 Sep

Sometimes I feel like I see movies so you don’t have to. That’s not to say that School for Scoundrels is soooo bad. But considering it’s directed and co-written by the guy who did Old School and features a cast including Billy Bob Thornton, Sarah Silverman, David Cross, and Jon Heder, it’s a bit of a disappointment that it’s not terribly good. Heder plays Roger, a timid traffic cop who enrolls in a confidence class taught by Dr. P (Thornton). Roger’s attitude changes so much that Dr. P engages Roger in a game of one-upmanship to see who can win the affection of Amanda (Jacinda Barrett — yes, her again), a woman who lives in Roger’s building who he has a crush on. Anyway, the film has a couple good laughs and it’s nice to see Heder playing a person, not a character, but other than that, ehhhhh. School for Scoundrels gets a C. It’s out on September 29. Don’t bother.

Kissing Summer Roberts

12 Sep

Michael, the character Zach Braff plays in The Last Kiss, has a pretty sweet life, and he knows it.

He’s got a good job, great friends, and a beautiful girlfriend named Jenna (Jacinda Barrett) who loves him and who is carrying their child.

But Jenna wants to get married and buy a house, so Michael is getting antsy and nervous about the way his life is not just inching but sprinting toward more responsibility. Wasn’t it just yesterday that he was a twentysomething and didn’t have a care in the world? Now Michael is about to turn 30 and adulthood responsibilities await. Continue reading →

Good Eats

12 Sep

I know I’ve already posted two things today, but I just had to rave about my lunch.

Went with JPP to a new place (for me, anyway) called Sam LaGrassa’s, where JPP said I would have the best sandwich ever.

Boy, was he ever right.

I had a basic roast beef sammidge, with mayo and lettuce, and damn was this good. Continue reading →

Free Ice Cream!

12 Sep

As an ice cream lover, there’s nothing more exciting to me than a free cone — even when the temperatures here in Boston have cooled off. So thanks to Sara for tipping me off about a free cone offer from Brigham’s. Every day from now until Sunday, just go to this site and click on the link to print your coupon. There’s a different free flavor coupon every day. Today, for example, is Vanilla. Friday is Curse Reversed. Enjoy!

Cleaning Out My Wallet

12 Sep

This is going to be an expensive week for me at Best Buy. Today’s a big day for DVD and CD releases, including …
* The Office: Season Two DVD
* Grey’s Anatomy: Season Two DVD
* Grey’s Anatomy: Season Two soundtrack
* John Mayer‘s new CD, Continuum
* Barenaked Ladies‘ new CD, Barenaked Ladies Are Me
* Justin Timberlake‘s new CD, FutureSex/LoveSounds (though I might not actually buy this one since I already downloaded it — shhhhhhh — and don’t exactly love it)

And I guess that’s enough for one week! Damn. Good thing the My Name Is Earl: Season One DVD doesn’t come out until next week. Well, I guess I had too much money in my wallet anyway.

Five Years Later

11 Sep

I’ll say at the outset of this posting that I don’t have anything particularly revelatory or important to share about 9/11.

But as today is the fifth anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Center in New York, I felt a certain obligation to post something on my blog to commemorate the day. Continue reading →

Four for Fore (and More)

10 Sep

When Joe, Marie and I (and Marie’s cousin, Jenny) met up on Saturday afternoon, we had a four-item to-do list:
* lunch
* miniature golf
* bumper boats
* ice cream
Lunch was taken care of in Concord. After that, we headed to Kimball Farm in Westford, Mass. After finding parking, we grabbed our clubs and played a competitive (ha!) 18 holes of miniature golf. Thankfully, we put a four-“stroke” limit on each hole. That evened things out. Then again, I was awfully proud of my hole-in-one on one of the holes. But it was a great course, well designed, and fast-moving.

After taking a turn on the bumper boats, we endured the long lines for some ice cream. (Seriously. We must have waited about a half hour.) But it was all worth it; the ice cream was yummy and the weather couldn’t have been much better. This was the most recent stop on Joe, Marie and my Ice Cream Tour of Boston, and we had wanted to get up to Kimball Farm for more than a year. Now we can cross it off our list.

So all told, it was a nice day trip. I recommend it to anyone looking to “get away” and do something a little different. In addition to the mini golf and bumper boats at Kimball Farm, there’s also a regular golf driving range and a country store, and just a nice drive through “the country” to get up there. For the four of us, it was mission accomplished.


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