FilteringCraig Recommends
November 22, 2006 · Filed Under Blog
| Weeds is a show on Showtime starring Mary Louise Parker, Kevin Nealon and others. It is a legitimately funny show about a widow with two sons, who becomes a pot dealer in order to help maintain the lifestyle that she requires in a nice California neighborhood. Just to give you an idea, during season two, Kevin Nealon’s character had this quote while being stoned out of his mind. “So how long into CPR is it considered necrophilia?” | |
Brand New had one of the most addictive albums a couple years ago with Deja Entendu and it has been a long time coming to get this follow-up album from the band. While it definitely sounds like the band has changed and grown, they retain just enough of their old sound to keep that familiar identity for fans of their earlier stuff. If you get a chance, check out the first song “Sowing Song (Yeah)” which should make you bang your head unless you don’t have a pulse. |
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Another Showtime tv show, “Dexter” on Sunday nights, is amazing. Just the basic premise alone should get you interested in this show full of no-name cast members. Dexter is a forensic investigator in a California police department specializing in “blood spatter” by day. But, by night, Dexter must quench his insatiable thirst for killing as a serial killer superhero, who only preys on people who deserve it. “Dexter” is well written, well acted and overall one of the most entertaining shows on television right now. We are about eight episodes into the first season, so either hit up Showtime on demand, (cough)bit(cough)torrent(cough), or wait for the DVD’s to come out, but don’t miss it. |
| This isn’t a new album by Eisley, but it happens to be the only one I have so far. I have always enjoyed chick rock. 10,000 Maniacs/Natalie Merchant, The Sundays, Sheryl Crowe, Tori Amos, Rilo Kiley, and now Eisley too. This album by Eisley is really excellent. The songs are atypical and very much “indie.” The band is made up of three sisters, their brother and a best friend, (although I heard there were some lineup changes at some point.) Anyway, good songs, good vocals, good harmonies and all around a nice chill way to spend time with your iPod. | |
| My slow cooker might be the most well-used slow cooker in North America. I use it on average about twice a week. I love it. I have made stuffed peppers, spaghetti sauce, flank steak, beef stew, turkey tetrozini, pork tenderloin with veggies, and of course chili among other things in the slow cooker since moving into the new house. I love the way all the flavors come together. I like the low-risk cooking style because almost nothing burns. I can’t think of anything I don’t like about the slow cooker, other than its size when I am washing it. | |
| I decided to buy a “portable hard drive” a few months ago. This is when I learned the differences between “external hard drives” and “portable hard drives.” I have an external connected to my PC at home which holds 300 gigs of data. It is not special other than the fact that it sits in a drive enclosure on top of my PC. You shouldn’t move it while it is running because it doesn’t have shock protection or any of that cool stuff. Now, I also have a portable hard drive which is based on notebook pc drive technology. It is small, it has shock protection and best of all, it runs on USB power so when I am saving and transferring files off and on this drive, there is only a single USB cable instead of having to deal with a USB AND a cumbersome power adapter. I would recommend that every geek who has more than one PC have a portable. | |
| Even though I think you will see some of the plot twists and turns, The Departed will make you long for better days of movies in Hollywood. This is a REAL instant classic. “Mystic River” is a steaming pile of shit compared to this movie. Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Martin Sheen, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg and the rest of the cast just rock this movie, directed by Martin Scorcese. Even the music was perfect. One part mystery, one part action, plenty of suspense, violence and a bit of comedy put this movie into rare territory. The only thing it might have been missing was that bit of sentimentality and/or drama, but you won’t miss it too much. |
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Happy to advise you that I am apparently seriously in touch with my Inner Geek, as I got a portable hard drive about a year ago! (nyah, nyah)
I believe it is tetrazzini.
I have never been invited to dinner at your new house (or your previous house or the apartment before that) so I don’t believe that you can cook!
Love, mom