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The Grudge

Eh, I didn't really care for it. It wasn't particularly scary and the reason the spirits were killing everyone was kind of hollow.

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Saving Private Ryan

Got it from Peerflix.

I forgot how good this movie really was. The whole thing is great.

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Finding Neverland

I think I'd rather have actually watched Peter Pan.

It wasn't a bad movie by any means, kind of boring in parts though. I wanted to learn more about J.M. Barrie and less about the woman and her kids. I guess it just seemed that for a movie that focused on such a particular period and event, it was very unfocused. They should have either told more of the story of Barrie's life or done a better job telling about his relationship with the young boys.

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Tiger Woods PGA Tour

Tiger Woods looks as good on the PSP as it ever did on the Playstation 2. Really amazing. Berg and I just played a little head to head wirelessly and it was damn fun. Load times suck, but once you see the graphics and play the game you'll forget about them.

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Lumines

Lumines (pronounced luminous) is a very cool puzzle game for the PSP. I played it for hours last night. The graphics are amazing and the game is actually hard. A lot of fun.

Check out some reviews.

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The Office

A new sitcom starring Steve Carell of Anchorman and The Daily Show fame. The plot:

A single-camera mockumentary on a group of typical office workers, where the workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behavior, and tedium. Based on the hit BBC series.

The commercials have looked really funny and the reviews have been positive so far. There just aren't many good sitcoms on right now, so you gotta take what you can get.

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Blink

After hearing Malcolm Gladwell speak at SXSW, I immediately ordered both Blink and Tipping Point off of Amazon. The audio book on CD wasn't much more than the paperback and I've already got plenty of real books I'm working through so got that.

So far I've listened to the first of seven discs and I'm really enjoying it. I guess I could make a snap judgement and rate it now, but I'll wait and actually write up a review when I've finished the book.

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God of War

The last thing I need is more games, but God of War seems really awesome. It's getting very high nines everywhere.

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Cellular

Unbelievably crappy movie. Kim Basinger was awful. Multiple members of the cast were in Not Another Teen Movie, never a good sign.

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Bayside Tigers t-shirt

I've been buying way too many shirts lately, but this one is pretty damn cool. I wonder how legal it is. What are the copyright rules for fictitious high schools attended by actors who are close to thirty?

(via Preshrunk)

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Texas kill my bracket

Now don't get me wrong, I knew Texas wasn't a great team this year. Problem was I thought (and still think) Illinois and Boston College are both overrated, so I managed to accidentally put Texas all the way into the Elite 8. Whoops.

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NCAA Tourney RealTime scoreboard

The true RealTime scoreboard is only available to Insider members, but ESPN also has an excellent auto-updating page for the rest of you.

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Spider-Man 2 (Superbit Collection)

I never watch any of the extras on 95% of the DVD's I own, so why not scrap them for higher quality audio and video? Superbit utilizes a special high bit rate digital encoding process which optimizes video quality while offering a choice of both DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio.

Looked great, I'd definitely recommend Superbit to anyone that an HD TV and could care less about all the making-of features.

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Shaun of the Dead

Christina hated it and thought it was annoyingly bad. I thought it was decent but incredibly overrated. I just didn't get why people thought it was so great. It's so weird that American and British humor are two such different things.

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Mr. 3000

Mr. 3000 is decent. It's no Major League or Field of Dreams, but at least it's not Rookie of the Year.

The baseball is watchable, there's no completely impossible plays or ridiculous looking action. The plot is amusing but predictable. Bernie Mac and baseball fans will enjoy it, but I don't really see it appealing to too many others.

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Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

I bought this book for my dad a year ago for his birthday or Father's Day or something. It's been a great book so far.

Some of the comments in it are kind of interesting in light of the steroid information that's coming to light now. Things like the strategy to take good hitters even if they have no power, because you can develop power. And heeping praise on skinny little Jason Giambi and how he developed into such a power hitter. Sure makes it sound like the Oakland front office knew about all the steroids in their clubhouse.

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NBA Street V3

Somehow I managed to have never played a single minute of the first two iterations of NBA Street, despite always being interested. Well Christina got me V3 for Valentine's Day and I'm loving it. So far so good. It's fun, challenging, and the graphics look great. It's actually pulled me away from GTA San Andreas.

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The Daily Show on bloggers (19.5 MB!)

Man I love The Daily Show.

Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert (aka Ted Hitler) discuss the growing presence and legitimacy of bloggers.

(via Signal vs. Noise)

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