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I’m Back! (actually, I was back on Monday night)

Trip Summary

It was absolutely wonderful to be able to get home and see my family, face-to-face, again. I haven’t been home
in about a year, and this was sorely overdue. I also had a couple of days to introduce Lisa to my family (well, some
of them) and show her a little bit of Michigan.

It was great to visit with the Dunning’s, and I wrapped up my trip with a marathon roleplaying session of Little
Fears, with Midge doing the GM’ing. How nice to RPG again, after so many months! Since the game was set in 1982,
and we played children, at least part of the game was reminiscence of our own youth. I was really surprised by how
much I had forgotten about 1982, and how much has really changed since then.

Movie Review: Master and Commander

This has got to be one of the best, and most compelling movies I’ve seen all year. I can honestly recommend it to other.
The closest thing to a negative, is the very realistic gore, as they showed what 19th century medicine was like. [Personally,
I loved it!] The characters were incredibly complex, interesting, and well rounded. Some critics have called this “an action
movie for adults” … meaning that it not only had great action and suspense, but didn’t rely on car chases and ample cleavage
to keep it’s audience interested. I agree.

Movie Review: The Missing

I thought this would be a horror / western movie … and that is pretty much what it was. The bad guy was really
bad! The hero’s were always outgunned and disadvantaged, and the law of the land refused to help. This was a very bleak
vision of the American west. The movie was very good, and Cate Blanchett did an unbelievable job! Go see it.

Movie Review: Timeline

I saw this with Lisa, and we were expecting an action / adventure through time. Well, that’s about all it was. It was ‘OK’
and it could have been much better. Interestingly enough, several plot points brought up in the beginning of the movie never
get resolved. Further, they commit what I believe is the lamest time-travel plot flop of all time … concurrent time’s. The
action of the past takes while the actions of the present take place. This allows two different stories to run
concurrently, and works well when the characters are seperated by distance … but makes very little sense when they are
seperated by time. At least the costumes were good, and the battle scenes were cool.

Movie Review: School of Rock

I was bored, and only expected this to be a big, dumb, comedy. To my surprise, it was better then I’d thought; I’d call it
a big, dumb comedy with heart. Probably better to wait until it comes out on cable.