Monthly Archives: September 2010

Sep102010

Jack Rides Again!



Elephant Rock Century 2010, originally uploaded by jackskitchen.

I should’ve mentioned this at least a week ago, but I’d still like to pass along the news that my buddy Jack will be riding tomorrow in the Lotoja Classic bicycling race, a 206-mile endurance course that runs up and down three mountain passes between Logan, Utah, and Jackson Hole, Wyoming. This is Jack’s third Lotoja, and once again he’s riding in support of cancer research at the University of Utah’s Hunstman Cancer Institute. He’s already made this year’s donation goal, but if anyone out there is feeling generous, I’m sure he’d be thrilled to have a little more added to the kitty. Click here to contribute.
I’ll be away from my computer for most of the day tomorrow, but I’ll post Jack’s results as soon as I can… Jack, if by some chance you’re reading this on one of your fancy wireless toys, may the wind be at your back, my friend!

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Sep092010

Fifteen Albums That Have Stuck With Me

I’ve seen this meme floating around Facebook the past couple days and was thinking I’d give it a whirl anyhow, but this morning I got tagged by a friend, so no more procrastinating for me.

The idea is to come up with “15 albums you’ve heard that will always stick with you,” whatever that means. (I interpret it to mean the ones you’ve played so many times you’ve got them memorized, or they represent some kind of emotional milestone for you, or you have a specific memory or anecdote associated with them.) You’re supposed to list the first 15 titles you come up with in a maximum of 15 minutes. Like most people, I imagine, I thought of way more than just 15 titles in far less than the allotted time. I’m listing them all below the fold, along with the usual commentary.

For any Loyal Readers who may also be Facebook friends, please note that I’ve tinkered with the list a bit since I posted it over there, and my commentaries are much more detailed here. If that affects your interest levels in any way…

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Sep032010

Scott Pilgrim Versus, Well, Me

Okay, pop culture, I get it. You have finally beaten me. Your insatiable entertainment juggernaut held me in its warm embrace for a brief, glorious moment of my youth, but then predictably, inevitably, churned onward toward newer and flashier things, leaving me stranded on the side of a one-way road that’s rapidly diminishing into the rear-view. So I guess it’s time for me to surrender to the obvious and admit that my day is past, my sensibilities are out of touch, and I am no longer even remotely cool.

At least that’s how I felt about ten minutes into the movie Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

First, though, a bit of backstory to explain how I came to be watching a film that hadn’t previously drawn so much as one iota of my interest…

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