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Month: January 2005

  • Movie: Striptease

    This is a really great, deep movie if only you decode the hidden meaning! Ha ha, just kidding. Despite some funny political satire and a gem of a performance by Burt Reynolds, this movie showcasing Demi Moore as a virtuous stripper is pretty darn bad.

  • Movie: Spirited Away

    I don’t know if I’ll ever be a fan of this kind of animated movie. The animation is great, but there always seems to be at least one shrill-voiced character that grates on my nerves, and I usually don’t find the plots compelling. It’s the same to some degree with other animation films like Princess…

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  • Horsetooth Reservoir

    With a clear sky and temperatures soaring into the 60s, we weren’t the only ones that headed up to Horsetooth for some bouldering. We met Lisa there with her 3-month-old Dyson on his first bouldering outing. It didn’t take long to shred the fingertips, but it sure felt good. Very nice also to finally get…

  • Movie: Gosford Park

    I thought I’d catch more my second time through this movie, but it’s really challenging. It’s like actually being at a party in a foreign place and time, the many conversations going at once in unfamiliar accents make it a little overwhelming. The bits I do catch are witty and revealing, and thankfully you can…

  • Movie: Shrek 2

    Well, it’s not as fresh the second time around, but these movies make fun of things in a way that works for me. Vulgarity implied instead of shown, stereotypes teased and then broken, and out-of-place cultural references all kept me laughing again this time. A Tom Waits tune in the soundtrack doesn’t hurt either.

  • Ruffwear Booties at Echo Lake

    We head up to Echo Lake after an early breakfast for an exploratory cross-country ski. We also try a solution for Jezze’s icy foot problem, Ruffwear dog booties. She tolerates them once they’re on, if we yell at her when she bites them, but as soon as she rockets up the trail they’re left on…

  • Golden Cliffs

    For a morning that started by looking out the window, seeing big snowflakes falling, and turning over again, we got a few good climbs in. My Dad said on the phone later that the weather looked OK at his place, so we threw the climbing gear in the car with our skis just in case.…

  • Movie: Throne of Blood

    This was my first experience of the MacBeth story, and I think for me the tale will always conjure up images of the aldritch Spider’s Web forest from this film. I think it’s the best black and white cinematography I’ve ever seen. It’s facinating just to see a western story acted out in a Japanese…

  • New Site for Mom

    A number of years ago I helped my mom get set up with a web host and a copy of Dreamweaver, and she managed to build a website for her business. She always described it as “a little funky”. Navigation and broken links were always a problem, and she struggled sometimes with presenting the many…