Buyer beware

Sarah and I have our townhome on the market and are looking to move soon to a bigger place.  We’ve had some good showings and interest.  But by far, these several phone messages we received recently take the cake.

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the Proairetic Code

Sarah and I have become This American Life groupies lately. If you haven’t heard the radio show, it’s about time you do. It’s like a documentary of sorts: a group of disparate ideas centered around a central theme, but also it occasionally includes short stories and monologues.

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Outback iPodulator

My wife just got a Subaru Outback 2.5i station wagon. She’s in love with station wagons. No, seriously. Station wagons have been her dream car body style forever. It’s like she’s been a stereotypical soccer-mom-in-training since high school. That said, by her account I drive a station wagon too. I’m not going to split hairs with her. Tomato, to-MAH-to.

Anyway, in Sarah’s previous car1 — which goes without saying was a station wagon — she used one of those Belkin iCarPlay iPod FM transmitters to get her iPod music into her factory stereo receiver. Since getting the Outback2, I jumped at the chance to do this right. That is to say, get a better sound quality input into her car’s factory stereo.

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  1. a VW lemon if there every was one, sorry dear []
  2. which the cool kids call the “Subie OB” []

Art docs: prodigies and outsiders


There’s something extremely fascinating about those rare individuals who function on a higher plane, however dysfunctional or detached from the rest of society. The art world, as any other, knows its prodigies and outsiders alike. Here a few good documentaries that cover a wide range of such people.

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Rock Chalk

Guess what’s going on in Lawrence right now?

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Rob takes the lead

Ok, to recap, the TV score was tied. You remember the breakdown, right? Here it is

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Let this be a lesson to me

Last weekend, the Elements lulled me into a false sense of Spring.  I washed our cars.  Then on Sunday, guess what happened?

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The TV score is tied

Ladies and gentlemen… by my count, the score is now tied. My wife is now watching as many of my shows as I am of hers.

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In God We Trust

Back in 2000, I saw a short film by Jason Reitman called In God We Trust. It was the best short film at the USA Film Festival that year.

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I am (an alternate) Legend

I found this interesting alternate ending to I Am Legend. Go watch it and then come back.

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(disad)Vantage Point

What happens when you try to mix 3 parts The Bourne Ultimatum with 1 part In the Line of Fire and 1 part “24″ (pick any episode)? Bad things to be sure.

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I drink your milkshake

If you’ve seen There Will Be Blood, then you know might know what this means…

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Dream cast for the Dark Tower

After season three of Lost ended last year, Jeff (Doc) Jensen said I should do my Lost homework over the summer by reading Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series. Boy, was he right!
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Trailer Roundup (vol. 12)

“Whatever happened to the trailer roundups,” you ask? That’s what I’d like to know.

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Protagonist vs. Fast, Cheap & Out of Control


Rating: ★★★★☆ vs. Rating: ★★★★★
I suppose the comparison was inevitable, if not obvious. The new documentary Protagonist by Jessica Yu finds a good template in Errol Morris’ opus Fast, Cheap & Out of Control.

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