DVD or Mormonad?
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
Question for Mormons: Is this the cover photo for the “Because I Said So” DVD, or is it a picture from The New Era?
Archive for May 9th, 2007
Angry letter: ‘Spider-Man 3′
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007My reviews are posted over at DVD Talk these days, and my take on “Spider-Man 3″ elicited this strange response. I’m classifying it as an “Angry Letter” not because it’s particularly angry, but because it’s nearly incoherent, which is an attribute I associate with angry letters.
I read your review of ‘Spider-Man 3′ and can similarly recognize that you were not even a Marvel comic casual observer. Anytime a filmmaker steps outside the boundaries of what an epic was created to be does it become disheartened by it’s viewers. Spider Man III was believable and greatly followed the traditions of its creator. If it fails at the Box Office could only your tapestry of a double-minded review have merit or recommendation.
OK, then. Following is a list of words that, judging by their
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‘Snide Remarks’ Classics: ‘I Think I Need a Loan Now’ and ‘Condomaximum’
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
You get a twofer this week in the “Snide Remarks” Classic series (occurring each Wednesday in 2007 as we mark the 10th anniversary of “Snide Remarks”). They are closely related, to the extent that a paragraph in the second one was a leftover from the first one.
They are “I Think I Need a Loan Now” (#161, April 11, 2001) and “Condomaximum” (#163, April 18, 2001), and they deal with my purchase of a condo way back in 2001. The condo was brand-new at the time; it is probably shabby and rundown now. I know it’s still located in Orem, Utah, which is why I don’t live in it anymore.