Drive: A Review Twofer

As in two for one.  I recently acquired both the Blu-Ray and the soundtrack for this film.

By the way, if I refer to something as a film, I am implying a certain level of quality evidenced therein.  Casablanca, for instance, is a film.

When I refer to something as a movie, this is an indication that it meets the core requirements of the definition.  Things like running times, actors that play characters, theatrical or video releases and so on.  Transformers is, by these very basic set of standards, a movie.

Drive was recommended to me by my brother. When it comes to entertainment, our tastes line up about 95% of the time.  I missed out on the theatrical run (as is usually the case) and instead borrowed my brother's copy after he bought it (and later bought my own copy).  Onward to the review *mild spoilers*

Them Tee-Vee's

We're talking the shows that air on them, not the devices themselves. As a parent of a young child, most of my contact with the outside world, other than my 6-2, is through the idiot box.

After the kid goes to sleep (which is anywhere between 7:00 - 9:00 pm), my wife and I are usually spent from a day of work and parenting and like to relax with some good old fashioned American television.

As a connoisseur of quality programming, I have taken it upon myself to recommend to you, dear reader, several shows from 3 main genre's that I enjoy.  Let's get it started (in here!).  Sorry for that.

Do Over

If you are one of the few people that I bothered to inform of this blog by hyperlink, then you probably noticed most of the posts from last year have vanished.  I wasn't happy with what I was doing, so I hit the reset button.

I plan to use this web log for long form posts that would not ordinarily be suited for those facebooks or google pluses.  My first venture in this updated format was yesterday's post about what I think The Redskins should do with the 2012 draft and free agency.

Overall I am happy with this new direction so far.  I find writing to be therapeutic, and if you are at least mildly entertained as a result then we are moving into win-win territory.

What I Think The Redskins Should Do

Because clearly I am the authority on this matter - and because you are all clamoring for my opinion - I shall now present you with it wholesale and free of charge.  You are welcome.

Before we talk about the obvious needs of the team, let's take a moment to look back at last year's draft and key acquisitions in the free agency.  2011 was, for me, the year that the Redskins finally started to turn in the direction that the fans have been asking for during most of Mr. Snyder's tenure as team owner.

Was that his last Reuben?

Yesterday, I learned that a former coworker passed away this past Monday.  He was an older guy and we didn't interact very often in the 5 months we worked in the same office, but he did leave an impression.  I would guess that he was in his late 70's, possibly early 80's.  He had a very sharp yet dark sense of humor.  My last memory of him was going to his desk to fix a problem with his computer.  He had just come back from the nearby deli and was several bites into a Reuben sandwich.  Three months later he would die peacefully and at home.  Ironically, I had my first Reuben in a good 10 years on the Sunday before he died and thought about him when I ordered it.

I did it

Here's my one post for this week.  I tried writing a couple different things, but it was getting too complicated.  Doing complicated stuff is like doing work, only in this case I wasn't getting paid.

Solution: Delete draft.  Start new post.  Make a bad photoshop.  Write some words.  Hit publish.

Achievement

Or, How I caught up to the current episode of Breaking Bad with minimal effort.

Step 1.  Watch the 33 episodes currently available on Netflix

Step 2. Use the $10 Amazon instant video credit I forgot I even had to watch the first 5 episodes of season 4 at -$1.99 each

Step 3. Spend $3.88 to watch the next two episodes via Amazon instant video (saved 10 whole cents!)

Step 4. Watch the next 4 episodes via Fios on-demand

Step 5. DVR the remaining 2 episodes

5 steps sure do sound like 4 too many, but in the end it was quick, easy and legal (no more bit torrent for this guy).

As for the show itself?  Holy effing ess!  How could something this F-N-C-word awesome go un-watched by someone like me for so long?