Archive for January, 2008
27 Dresses
27 Dresses is flawed. The script is weak in several places. The only great actors are the two leads and Judy Greer — everyone else is average. However, this marshmallow fluff is exactly what I needed to clear my palate. It is sweet and occasionally laugh-out-loud funny. It won’t win any awards but it’s a […]
BNAT 2007
…this was over a month in editing, since 12/9/2007…sorry about that… I’m mostly recovered from BNAT 2007. This year was particularly brutal but I loved it of course. My continuing thanks to Harry Knowles for letting us celebrate his birthday in such grand style, and Tim League for hosting at the Ritz. The first 8 […]
Cloverfield
J.J. Abrams presents The Blair Monster Project.
Baby Mama
There are several reasons that I’m posting this video trailer for what will probably end up being YASNLM. Tina and Amy back together in the ring? That can’t be a bad thing. I think winter/spring may be the time of year when I cleanse my genre movie palate. Sure, I’m going to see Cloverfield today […]
My New Favorite Cookie
What attracted me to Bake or Break was amazing pictures of baked goods. And now that I have baked this cookie, it has become my favorite food blog. The recipes are simple and elegant and delicious.
Good Fortune
Teeth
Everything you think about Teeth after you’ve seen the trailer is right, but somehow I think you’ve still got it wrong. I had it all wrong, so I’m not calling you out. Teeth is ridiculous, sensational and gory yet it is really well crafted and not exploitative. If you can get over how upset you […]
WordPress Hints For BPB Posters
You may remember when we started using Brad Choate’s textile back in the old days. Well, it is still available here on our new WordPress site. If you like taking shortcuts you should really read up on Textile shortcuts as it makes quick and simple work of that complicated html crap. The best example: you […]
Coming Out
For the last month I’ve been cheating on the Porch with my own blog on the side. Nothing in particular to see over there, but it was starting to seem like a dirty little secret. Now you know everything.
CIO Learns From Past Mistakes
As former CIO for companies employed by two of the residents of my home, Randy Mott is derided for turning IT into a corporate segment that resembled an Olsen twin — the one who needs to eat a hamburger or two before she shrinks so far she becomes a blackhole. Now he’s telling his IT […]
Eggs come out of a chicken’s butt, and other revelations
This NYT article got me thinking today. I’ve been a pretty solid veggie for the past 2 years, and aside from the occasional sushi-related back slide, I’m pretty sure it’s going to stick this time. I’ve always said that my reasons for going meat free were more practical (texture and taste icks me out, mainly) […]
Welcome To The New Site
Anyone out there who actually knows how to use WordPress? …maybe just a couple (bajillion) people… Well, now you can add me to the list as I migrate Backporch Beer to a new tool, and I start looking for Widgets and Plugins to clutter our little blog away from blog. To those of you who […]
Green Juice
Hey Austinites — Austin is opening up its Green Choice energy program again. This is where you pay for the power company to buy your power consumption from renewable sources, primarily West Texas wind farms. We subscribed when we moved to Austin and at some point in 2006, the Green Choice rate dropped below the […]
Lions Were Just Nicer In The 70′s
I received this bulk mail from a co-worker earlier this week. It is awesome on so many levels. These 2 guys bought this cub from the zoo when it was newly born…after sometime the cub became big and hard to handle at home… so they decided to send him to his motherland Africa… a year […]
OMG! It’s Steve Jobs!
John contended yesterday that Macworld was wasted on me, and I think he may be right. Today I attended what is probably the biggest annual orgy of geekery, the Macworld keynote. For those who don’t know, this is the thing where Apple CEO/figurehead Steve Jobs comes out on stage and says what’s up and what’s […]