Tue, 30 Dec 2008
Looking Back - '08 Movies
As it's the end of the year, I've been looking back to do a self-review. Part of it is so I can write my goals for next year, but mostly I just want to know how this past year went for me. My goals are almost always the same thing, so it gets boring sometimes and I need to get creative when writing new ones - or I have to be very specific.
But as I was looking back over '08 I realized that I haven't been enjoying the movies as much. Well, I knew that but I wanted to think about it more and to find out why. Here are two things that stuck out at me: 1) I think I only went to the actual movie theater twice this year. That's it!? Just twice?! I saw No Country for Old Men and Batman: The Dark Knight. EDIT: I saw No Country in Dec '07. Uggh, I only went to the theater ONCE in a year? That's unheard of for a Schwartzman. That can't be right. 2) Most of the30 Dec 12:47 | /movies | 0 comment(s)
Sat, 27 Dec 2008
Kenny Loves Waflles
Here's a video for you as a follow-up to the initial Batter Blaster post.
Yes, I know I look like crap, but whatever....27 Dec 11:36 | /food_and_drink | 7 comment(s)
Wed, 24 Dec 2008
Christmas for the Jews
I'm going out for dinner, then to Bourbon and Branch tonight with some out of town friends. Mmm 24 Dec 18:22 | /humor | 0 comment(s)
Estate Wine and Naming Rules
Paul and Stef of Stefania Wine have a great post up on their blog about wine labels and naming rules that they have to follow from the TTB:
The TTB has an entire set of rules on what you can say about where a wine was produced. These laws were mostly drawn up in the 1970's. The top 'ranking' is Estate. That's the most strict labeling in theory. To call something Estate, it must be grown, produced, cellared and bottled on property owned by the winery. The thought in the 70's was this would be a way for consumers to identify the very best wines.Go check out the rest of the post, it's a revealing rant...
It never worked that way of course. ...
24 Dec 14:46 | /food_and_drink | 0 comment(s)
Tue, 23 Dec 2008
Who Runs KennyTown?
Batter Blaster Runs Kenny Town!

23 Dec 12:31 | /food_and_drink | 0 comment(s)
Mon, 22 Dec 2008
What Mall Protest?
I only barely stumbled upon this story the other day.(link 1 | link 2) I'm surprised it wasn't a bigger story. I mean-- the protestors are lucky that more of them didn't get the ever living crap beat out of them by both cops and shoppers. After Mumbai, if I saw masked people rush into a shopping center I wouldn't know what to think and would probably go into fight or flight mode and if I were near that... well, I'd try to get some swings in. But maybe it wasn't that big a deal as it wasn't all over the websites/tv? 22 Dec 15:02 | /rants_and_raves | 0 comment(s)
Sun, 21 Dec 2008
Cold Hands, Warm Heart?
You know how I know I've lived in SF too long? I have a hoodie and I'm not afraid to use it. Having a drafty apartment in an unusually-cold-this-season SF will do that too you. 21 Dec 14:36 | /rants_and_raves | 1 comment(s)
Tue, 16 Dec 2008
link: GWU$20 Top Wine List of '08 Is Up
Dr Debs has her Top Twenty Wines under $20 for 2008 list up on her blog.
It's a good list, quite diverse and a lot of the wines should be available all over. I'm still reading the list, but after a quick scan I don't think I've had any of these particular wines (but have had some similar ones). I guess I need to swing by the wine store soon. Oh, and her 2007 list is here. Also check out the story for the WSJ Top Wines Under $10.99 (2007 list)16 Dec 11:48 | /food_and_drink | 0 comment(s)
Caffeine Thing Follow Up
Well, my break from caffeine ended on Saturday when I fired up my Rancilio and pulled a double-shot of espresso. I'm back to my espresso loving ways. I'm going to try to stick to just one a day though and not have any cokes (unless they are mixed with rum or bourbon). It's 11:45 and even though I went for a really long jog tonight after a rough day at work, I'm not that tired. I'm not wired, but I'm not sleepy and I want to be. I had last caffeine at 10:45am today, more than 13 hours ago. So I'll definitely need to figure out how to balance this out if the running's not going to wear my out. 16 Dec 01:48 | /general | 1 comment(s)
Fri, 12 Dec 2008
More Weekend Video Fun
Your Friday fun links via laughingsquid.com. Drums-n-Bass has never been as fun. Click that link for more of the backstory. 12 Dec 15:45 | /links | 0 comment(s)
