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Thursday, June 18, 2009

The Big Bad Swim


We watched the DVD "The Big Bad Swim."

Synopsis

The film is an ensemble comedy-drama that focuses on a few people who are afraid of the water and join an adult swim class. Amy Pierson (Paget Brewster) is a calculus teacher going through a divorce with her husband, Paul (Grant Aleksander). Noah Owens (Jeff Branson) is the teacher of the swim class who is battling depression, until he meets Jordan (Jess Weixler), a beautiful casino dealer/exotic dancer who wants to learn how to swim. Other members in the class include a cop (Kevin Porter Young), a cocky woman who already knows how to swim (Liza Lapira), and a married couple (Todd Susman) and (Darla Hill). Also, at the same time, Jordan's brother, David (Avi Setton) and his obnoxious friend Hunter (Ricky Ullman) are trying to make a documentary about her.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Bait Shop


We watched the DVD "Bait Shop."

Synopsis

Paradise Lake, near Kissimmee, Florida, is hosting a Professional Bass Association contest. Local bait-shop owner and former amateur champ, Bill Dugan (Bill Engvall), is in deep trouble: the bank wants $15,000 for the shop's mortgage, he doesn't tell his wife who's angry when she finds out, and his wealthy blow-hard father-in-law wants Bill to work for him. The tournament favorite is Hot Rod Johnson (Billy Ray Cyrus), a crowd-pleaser and ESPN darling who'll do anything to win. Bill's son Scott (Vincent Martella) thinks Hot Rod is cool, Hot Rod opens a huge store close to Bill's, his ne'er-do-well pals are ready to desert him, and Bill may lose it all. His one hope is to enter the contest and win the prize. Time to fish or cut bait.

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Burn After Reading


We watched the DVD "Burn After Reading."

Synopsis

Osbourne Cox (John Malkovich), a Balkan expert, is fired at the CIA, so he begins a memoir. His wife wants a divorce and expects her lover, Harry (George Clooney), a philandering State Department marshal, to leave his wife. A diskette falls out of a gym bag at a Georgetown fitness center. Two employees there try to turn it into cash: Linda (Frances McDormand), who wants money for elective surgery, and Chad (Brad Pitt), an amiable goof. Information on the disc leads them to Osbourne who rejects their sales pitch; then they visit the Russian embassy. To sweeten the pot, they decide they need more of Osbourne's secrets. Meanwhile, Linda's boss (Richard Jenkins) likes her, and Harry's wife (Tilda Swinton) leaves for a book tour. All roads lead to Osbourne's house.

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Monday, June 15, 2009

My Sassy Girl


We watched the DVD "My Sassy Girl."

Synopsis

My Sassy Girl is the tale of the first and last time Charlie Bello (Jesse Bradford) falls in love. From their initial meeting, trouble is the name of the game. Imagine an amorphous mass of dating disasters and you get an idea of the relationship between the young couple. Some mysterious force with the strength of gravity between two planets must be at play between Charlie and Jordan (Elisha Cuthbert) as the relationship truly makes no sense on the surface. Everything seems pitted against the two of them. Things suddenly come to a halt when the two write letters confessing their love for each other. Agreeing to meet a year later to read the love letters together, Charlie and Jordan go their separate ways.

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Sunday, June 14, 2009

Downers Grove Park District 5 & 10 Miler


I worked as a volunteer for the Downers Grove Park District 5 & 10 miler. On the busride to my corner the bus got hit by a car and delayed the race a half hour. Wild. My son finished 9th overall in the 10 mile race and first in his age group so he got a medal. It was a beautiful morning for a race. Racetimes

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Saturday, June 13, 2009

Boogers Are My Beat


I finished reading "Boogers Are My Beat" by Dave Barry.

ABOUT THE BOOK

In Boogers Are My Beat, we get the real scoop on:

• The scientific search for the world’s funniest joke (you can bet it includes the word “weasel”)
• RV camping in the Wal-Mart parking lot
• Outwitting “smart” kitchen appliances and service contracts
• Elections in Florida (“You can’t spell Florida without ‘duh’”)
• The Olympics, where people from all over the world come together to accuse each other of cheating
• The truth about the Dakotas, the Lone Ranger, and feng shui
• The choice between death and taxes
And much, much more—including some truths about journalism and serious thoughts about 9/11.

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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Cabana Charleys




















We had dinner at "Cabana Charleys" at Seven Bridges in Woodridge. It was a don't cook night fundraiser for the parish. We saw Father Danaher there along with a bunch of parishioners.

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Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Real Time


We watched the DVD "Real Time."

Synopsis

A hit man (Randy Quaid) gives an old acquaintance, a compulsive gambler (Jay Baruchel), one hour to live.

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The Guards


I finished reading "The Guards" by Ken Bruen.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Still stinging from his unceremonious ouster from the Garda Siochana (The Guards, Ireland's police force), and staring at the world through the smoky bottom of his beer mug, Jack Taylor is stuck in Galway with nothing to look forward to. He is teetering on the brink of his life's sharpest edges, his memories of the past cutting deep into his soul and his prospects for the future nonexistent. Nonexistent, that is, until a dazzling woman walks into the bar with a strange request and a rumor about Jack's talent for finding things. Odds are he won't be able to climb off his barstool long enough to get involved with his radiant new client, but when he surprises himself by getting hired, Jack has little idea of what he's getting into. Stark, violent, sharp, and funny, The Guards is an exceptional novel, one that leaves you stunned and breathless, flipping back to the beginning in a mad dash to find Jack Taylor and enter his world all over again. It's an unforgettable story that's gritty, absorbing, and saturated with the rough-edged rhythms of the Galway streets.

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Saturday, June 06, 2009

Katie Larson's Graduation Party



We went to Katie Larson's high school graduation party at Buffalo Wild Wings by Seven Bridges in Woodridge. She is going to work in Door County for the summer before she starts school.

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Friday, June 05, 2009

No Reservations


We watched the DVD "No Reservations."

Synopsis

Kate (Catherine Zeta-Jones) is a terrific chef at a Manhattan restaurant, sent to therapy by the restaurant owner because she is cold, unyielding, rule-bound, and a pain in the neck. Kate's world is flipped over when her only sister dies and her ten-year-old niece, Zoe, (Abigail Breslin) comes to live with her. As Kate struggles to be a parent to a grief-stricken child, the one world she used to control - the restaurant kitchen - is changed utterly by the restaurant's hiring a second chef, the loose, operatic, Italian-trained Nick, (Aaron Eckhart) who claims it's an honor to work in Kate's kitchen but who she suspects wants to replace her. Can the music of Puccini and the taste of good pasta soften Kate's heart?

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Thursday, June 04, 2009

Ghost Town


We watched the DVD "Ghost Town." I thought parts of it were very funny.

Synopsis

Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais) is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy (Greg Kinnear) who pesters him into breaking up the impending marriage of his widow Gwen (Tea Leoni). That puts Pincus squarely in the middle of a triangle with spirited result.

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Monday, June 01, 2009

Nashville


We watched the DVD "Nashville." We're planning a trip down there.

Synopsis

In the wake of JFK's assassination, under the shadow of the Vietnam war, an independent presidential candidate is running, bold and cheap, under the banner of the Replacement Party: their unbelievable platform includes banning lawyers from Congress and re-writing the national anthem. This uncanny Perot-like figure is never seen, but his campaign wagon blares out rambling, pre-recorded speeches as it lumbers through the film unnoticed. The backdrop is Music City, the characters a myriad and hero-less cross-section of America. The lone foreigner is an insufferable reporter from BBC whose aimless monologues provide satirical counterpoint to the film's deadpan delivery.

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