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Saturday, May 21, 2022

Blu-Ray/Movie Review: Bound (1996)

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  Bound is a mid-1990s erotic thriller written and directed by the Wachowskis, before they made The Matrix. It is kind of an independent dar...

4kUHD/Movie Review: Captain Marvel

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  Captain Marvel is a much better movie than it gets credit for. The movie is set in 1995 and serves as an origin story not only for Carol D...

Book Review: The Dark Knight Rises Novelization

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  This is the novelization of the final installment in the Nolan Batman Trilogy. It follows the screenplay almost word-for-word and does not...

DVD/TV Series Review: FBI Season One

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  Going into the 2018-2019 TV season, FBI was the newest entry into the slate of shows that have been created and produced by Dick Wolf, whi...

Workout Update: Chalean Extreme Day 75

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 Day 75 was the Burn it Off workout again. Overall I felt it went okay, despite having little motivation to work out this evening. I most de...
Friday, May 20, 2022

Blu-Ray/Movie Review: Clone

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  Clone, which was also released under the name Womb, is a different, and frankly kind of weird movie starring Eva Green (the first Bond Gir...

Textbook Review: Concepts of Fitness And Wellness: A Comprehensive Lifestyle Approach

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  This is a book that the vast majority of people will get because it is required for a class (likely an introductory exercise science class...

DVD/Movie Review: Ghostbusters 2

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  The original Ghostbusters, made in 1984 is widely considered to be one of the greatest comedies of all time. The second movie is set five ...

Blu-Ray/Movie Review: Gremlins 2: The New Batch

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  This is, of course, the sequel to Gremlins, the 1980s movie that was a combination of horror movie and comedy. It brings back stars, Zach ...

Workout Update: Chalean Extreme Day 74

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Day 74 of CE was Lean Circuit 3 again. As has been the case with the other workouts this week, I felt this was the best of this particular w...
Thursday, May 19, 2022

DVD/TV Series Review: Chicago Fire Season 2

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  Season two of Chicago Fire follows the procedural story-of-the-week format but also interweaves several story arcs that span through at le...

Blu-Ray/Movie Review: Prometheus

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  When this movie was announced a lot of fans of the Alien franchise of movies (at least those that came before the whole Alien vs. Predator...

Blu-Ray/TV Series Review: Game of Thrones Season 2

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  The second season of Game of Thrones is basically an adaptation of the second novel, A Clash of Kings, about the start of the civil war to...

Workout Update: Chalean Extreme Day 73

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Day 73 of CE was the burn intervals workout. This one was very good. I had a lot more energy than I have had the past couple of times I have...

TV Series Postmortem: Dexter: New Blood (Spoilers)

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Dexter: New Blood was a limited series event that brought back the popular show Dexter to basically retcon its original series ending. This ...
Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Product Review: Wacom Bamboo Connect Pen Tablet

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  This is a tablet that connects to a computer via USB and allows you, through programs such as OneNote or Paint, to freestyle draw. It is m...

Blu-Ray/TV Series Review: The Incredible Hulk: The Complete Series

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  This is the Blu-Ray set of the five seasons of The Incredible Hulk series that starred Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno (and in theory, but not...

Blu-Ray/Movie Review: Gross Anatomy

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  Gross Anatomy is a 1980s medical school drama, something like what The Paper Chase was to law school. The movie stars Matthew Modine as Jo...

Workout Update: Chalean Extreme Day 72

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Day 72 of CE was the Lean Circuit 2 workout again. I was able to hit the 12 rep max on a couple of the exercises, but it was still very chal...
Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Video Game Review: Batman: Arkham Asylum

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  This is the first of the Arkham games set, in part in the asylum, and then throughout Gotham as Batman has to take down Joker (who is the ...

4kUHD/Movie Review: Captain America: The First Avenger

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  This is the first movie in the MCU timeline if you want to watch the movies in chronological order and the fifth if you watch them in rele...

Book Review: Star Wars: Queen's Hope

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  This is the third book in what is, at least to this point, a trilogy of Padme-focused novels. The stories have all been ancillary to the m...

Product Review: OneNote 2007

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  I used OneNote because I was looking for a way to digitize the class notes that I had handwritten on paper and get them in electronic form...

DVD/TV Series Update: Hart of Dixie - Season One

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  Hart of Dixie is a show that premiered in 2011 that takes a twist on the themes of the series Northern Exposure and Doc Hollywood. The pre...

Workout Update: Chalean Extreme Day 71

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For day 71 of CE, I just did the Recharge workout. I was very late getting to my workout tonight and had considered just taking an off day, ...