http://www.filteringcraig.com Where all the kids want to meet! Wed, 07 May 2008 22:18:22 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I don't think I have ever been amped up for a direct-to-video movie until now. This show was a whole lot of fun. It pre-dated "Reaper" which I love now, but it is the same basic concept, except with a girl. And she is the impossibly cute ... http://www.filteringcraig.com/2008/05/07/dead-like-me-movie-direct-to-video/ The reason that I feel like writing about this at all is that as the media cycle has come around on this Cavs vs. Wizards first-round matchup, and the prevailing opinion that Darius Songaila should not have been suspended for game 6 has now become an unarguable fact in the ... http://www.filteringcraig.com/2008/05/05/in-defense-of-the-nba-suspending-darius-songaila/ The short story is this. The Cavs played the Wizards in the opening round of the playoffs. The Wizards despite pussying out on the name "Bullets" felt that it would be a good idea to beat the crap out of LeBron James and then call him a crybaby ... http://www.filteringcraig.com/2008/05/04/papa-johns-is-very-sorry-to-cleveland/ After getting my MacBook Pro a couple months ago, the band started laying down audio tracks in my basement. I have been spending a lot of time figuring out what kinds of mistakes I have made in our initial round of recording so that we can get a polished ... http://www.filteringcraig.com/2008/05/04/band-recording-craig-not-writing/ At least that is the only conclusion that I can come up with after a few pieces of evidence have come to light. I read this article from ArsTechnica today about a proposed "Amazon tax" that seems to only affect Amazon.com and other Internet businesses that sell items to New Yorkers ... http://www.filteringcraig.com/2008/05/04/new-york-state-is-against-business/ The owners of all NBA teams voted last week whether or not they approved of the Sonics' proposed move to Oklahoma City.  The vote was a landslide 28-2 in favor of allowing the move.  The only two dissenting voices were the Portland Trailblazers, owned by Seattle Seahawks owner Paul Allen, ... http://www.filteringcraig.com/2008/04/25/dan-gilbert-votes-in-favor-of-a-sonics-move/ I tried to make a soup from scratch this weekend and it turned out really well. I kind of made it up as I went along after looking at my mom's hamburger soup recipe. Anyway, here is taco soup which is like a tortilla soup with ground beef ... http://www.filteringcraig.com/2008/04/21/healthy-taco-soup-recipe/ Jen and I are on vacation. I am sure I don't need to keep reminding you all of that, but it feels so good to say it to myself. So, I will keep saying it. Anyway, after a brisk workout consisting of running a 5K and lifting weights in ... http://www.filteringcraig.com/2008/04/13/breakfast-with-fame/ I am a dummy.  I got to the airport today to go on vacation in Florida and the ticket counter woman informed me that my license was expired as of February 10th 2008.  WHOOPS! The good news is that they let me on the flight and word has it they will ... http://www.filteringcraig.com/2008/04/10/check-your-ids-people/ I was pushing around YouTube last night and I got on a jag of Canadian rock when it occurred to me that I hadn't listened to The Tea Party in a long time, while a couple of their albums were favorites of mine for a long time. I started ... http://www.filteringcraig.com/2008/04/08/canadian-rock-from-youtube-the-tea-part-and-chore/