“This mornin’, I shot six holes in my freezer…”
art, books, comics and animation, dining and cuisine, everyday glory, football, games, geekery, history, movies and TV, opera, style and fashion January 14th, 2013It’s cold here in the Land Behind the Zion Curtain.
How cold? Well, this is what greeted me when I checked the weather before getting out of bed:
What?! I was reading on my iPad before going to sleep; it was right there. Don’t judge.
This was the difference between my car and outside as I got ready to head into the office:
Yes, that is a nearly 70°F difference. So, like I said: It’s cold.
Reeling By On Celluloid: Tomb Raider
As of last Saturday, Sara! and I finished our run of Bond’s movies… since Amazon wanted me to buy Die Another Day. Yeah, that was not going to happen. We decided to start a new run of movies; we just had to decide on a theme. We wound up going with “Action Movies with Strong Female Leads.” That, in turn, lead us to Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
We’d both seen the movie before and knew that it was light on brainpower and fairly full of action. Win. Win. And something that we’d forgotten: Daniel Craig was in the movie. That’s right. James “Double Oh Seven” Bond. Well, five years before he was Bond. And who could forget that Ms. Jolie’s father, Jim Phelps, I mean Jon Voight was in the movie, as well.
And, in the final analysis: It was fun.
Instant Replay: Football
Saturday afternoon, the Ravens took on the Denver Broncos:
Baltimore Ravens at Denver Broncos |
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38 – 35 | |
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The Ravens traveled to Denver to take on Peyton Manning and the Number 1 in the AFC Denver Broncos for the AFC Divisonal Game. Going into the game, the odds were stacked against the Ravens:
And, there was also this gem, as tweeted by the Ravens’ own Terrell Suggs: But, as Han Solo once told C-3P0: “Never tell me the odds.” Because the Ravens went to Denver to make like Big Daddy Kane and Get the Job Done. The game was close all the way through; the score wound up being tied a total of five (5) times! There were amazing plays on both sides At the end of regulation, the score was tied 35-35. Then came overtime. Then, Peyton Manning threw a pass… that was picked off by Corey Graham. That set up a game-winning Justin Tucker 49-yard field goal, sending the Ravens to the AFC Championship game. After the game, two future Hall of Famers met at mid-field for the last time as competitors. Congratulations to the Ravens on a great game. Hey, Joe…?! How does it feel to go into Denver and handle business like you did on Saturday? Next stop: New England. |
Stray Toasters
- HERadventure Will Provide a Positive Black Female Superhero
- Lynchings by State and Counties in the United States: 1900 – 1931
- Ask Chris #136: Supergirl, Krypton and How It All (Sort of) Works
- I am preparing to reread The Diamond Age.
- Am I Ready For Some What Now?
- Snow art made with snowshoes
- This weekend, Sara and I are attending the opening of Florencia en al Amazones at Utah Opera. That’s right: Tuxedo time is nigh upon us once more!
Namaste.
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