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I caught a matinee of Paycheck this afternoon. I had been eager to see this film ever since reading the short story by Philip K. Dick it was based on. The film adaptation kept enough of the essence of the short story to make it interesting. Unfortunately they also decided to throw in some needless car chases and action sequences for good measure. The film ends up being a rather unremarkable sci-fi movie. I enjoyed it; however, the other adaptations of Dick’s works are much better films.

I would still like to see Dick’s Hanging Stranger brought to the big screen.

Merry Christmas!

Since Heather and I are far from both family and friends we exchanged our gifts and enjoyed a quiet day together. As a gag Heather gave me a dress up Elvis magnet set.

Behold kung-fu Elvis:
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Out for a few last minute gifts for Heather.

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I saw on Slashdot today that Vivendi Universal has announced that they are going to release a 3D fighting game based upon Fight Club. The sheer irony of this amuses me as the focus of the book (and subsequent film) isn’t really about fighting.

What a terrible idea.

Heather and I just got back from a 12:00AM showing of Return of the King. Like the prior two film the effects and cinematography was stunning. Overall I found it to be enjoyable; however, the ending seemed to drag on (and on and on) needlessly.
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Yesterday marked one year of blogging.

Over the last year most of the stuff I have written about has probably been of little interest to the world at large, however, there have been a few gems. All of these topics have (and in some cases still) generate traffic:
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Here is a copy of the portrait I mentioned last week.
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Heather was accepted into the Baking and Pastry program at Western Culinary Institute.

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Heather picked up a Christmas tree today. We will probably finish decorating it this weekend.

Hopefully we have better luck with it this year.

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