I watched Due Date on Friday night. I'm sure I'll eventually get tired of Zack Galifianakis but it hasn't happened yet. On Saturday night I borrowed Quantum of Solace from my sister. It was pretty OK but I never say Casino Royale so I wasn't exactly sure what was going on with the backstory. Yesterday I watched…

I had a carnitas burrito yesterday during the Cubs game. It was delicious but the Brewers' PH home run was not.

Ninja Gun
Restless Rubes is an excellent album that has only improved the more I've listened to it. I've heard good things about their live show but I've never managed to catch them on tour.

I drove through Ottumwa on my way to a project in Lancaster, NE. I got a buffalo chicken sandwich at Benchwarmers, which is supposedly known for their wings.

There's a Maid Rite in Madison but since the Iowan concept of loose meat sandwiches is not well known east of the Mississippi I had always assumed it was a cleaning service. I might have to give it a shot now, as I've had a lingering fascination with the concept of a loose meat sandwich since the Roseanne episodes.

Red City Radio
I absolutely loved To The Sons And Daughters and what I'm hearing from The Dangers of Standing Still leaves me with no doubt that I'll feel likewise.

I'd have to check, but the name seemed familiar. I looked him up on Baseball Reference and he was on the Cubs from 1985-1987. If memory serves I had most of the roster for these years but it was only from 1988 on that I had the entire available rosters.

I was always an easy mark when it came to baseball card trades since I only wanted the cards of my favorite team, the illustrious Chicago Cubs. At one point my so-called best friend would offer 3 to 1 terms, as in three of my cards for one of his Cubs. I traded many a Fielder, Gwynn, Clemens, Griffey, Justice or…

I've used to have a hard time with the Mountain Goats and I found the music boring as well, but over the last few years I've come around a bit. A friend of mine played a cover of "No Children" at a show in 2009 and I asked him about it afterward, leading me to pick up Tallahassee and We Shall All Be Healed. I'm not…

I also like Let Me In better, which really surprised me as I thought Let The Right One In couldn't have possibly been improved by an American remake.

I watched a shitload of movies this weekend as I had Friday afternoon off and I was hung the fuck over most of the day on Saturday. My sister was staying at my place for a weekend grad school class and brought a bunch of DVDs for me to borrow. On Friday I watched Defiance and Invictus and I wasn't impressed by…

One of my best friends from High School did a pitch perfect imitation of this "Sorry."

If you're not against me, don't cross this line! If yes, do.

@Ninja: I felt the same when I first read Galapagos ten years ago in college, and after re-reading it this past December I came to the same conclusion - not my favorite but definitely better than I'd originally thought.

I don't know why but I've never read Sirens of Titan despite owning most all of his other books. I've really got to rectify that some day.

"He sounds nothing like Wally Gator."

I graduated in 1998 and we had "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" like everyone else, but when we picked it the song hadn't come out as a single yet so we thought we were being cool and unique. For some reason my class had to pick our song in the fall of '97. Nimrod had just come out and I remember my friends and I…

I was given a book on the Peshtigo Fire when I was a young kid. It was one of the scariest things I'd come across at that point and I still have the occasional forest fire nightmare.

I watched Up In The Air and Let Me In on Saturday and nursed a basketball-related hangover Sunday with The Social Network and Never Let Me Go, because apparently Andrew Garfield can cure hangovers associated with Jacob Pullen from K-State. The Social Network lived up to the hype, and I'd kind of been avoiding it…

I've always been a Chivas Regal drinker but I'll go with Dewars or J&B in a pinch. At weddings or industry-sponsored events (read: open or cash bar) I tend to go with one of these blends and water, as I can have 5-6 over the course of a night without getting too shitfaced. If I'm having just one or two I go for…