Friday Funnies

With my sister's birthday coming up, I thought it appropriate to honor her with a Friday Funnies via her doppelganger. Now, she probably doesn't know that my friends and I all think she looks like a younger Sarah Silverman, but we do. And when I talk to them about my sister, inevitably I get the, "Oh, you mean Sarah Silverman?" joke thrown back at me. So happy birthday (next week) to my wonderful sister, and hope she isn't too offended by Silverman's brand of comedy, which I love, to know that this comes from a place of brotherly love.



Oh, and my brother's birthday was last week, but I doubt he even knows I've had a blog for the past four years, let alone knows where to go to read it.

Game On: Week of Nov. 23

My recent column rounding up the launch day titles for the Wii U. Thanks to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune for publishing.

Game On: Week of Nov. 14

My recent column reviewing Assassin's Creed III and LittleBigPlanet Karting. Thanks to WPTV in Florida, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, and the Detroit News for publishing.

 

Friday Funnies

Once again, it's time to get back into the swing of blogging. Always lots of thoughts, ramblings and sightings in my life, just hard to find the time to document them. Alas, a long weekend gives excellent opportunity to dive back in.

And I return with a holiday edition of Friday Funnies. No better way to celebrate Thanksgiving than via the Cosby family.

My Night of Deception

Tonight I get the pleasure of seeing one of my favorite people in person. Oddly, he's not super-famous or anything, just a guy who does card tricks, has a voice made for storytelling and flat-out seems to be a cool guy.

It's Ricky Jay, someone you're more likely familiar with from his small roles in Boogie Nights, State and Main, and a host of David Mamet films. I can't say when I first started liking the guy. I know Penn & Teller talked about him a few times and I've always been fans of theirs. But I did see this trick on a TV special a long time back and once he started popping up in movies that I already liked, I figured the guy had to be a cool cat to hang out with.



He's giving a talk tonight at the Folger on "Deception." I have a feeling I may not even see any card tricks, as cool as that would be. Maybe he'll just rant for a bit on things and it won't be anything that amazing. He even makes reciting old poems sound cool.



But I've always wanted to see the guy in person and I'm glad I'll be able to check this off the list. And if he happens to pull a deck of cards from his coat pocket, all the better for me.

Friday Funnies

Because ever since I saw this movie I don't think I can enter a steakhouse without checking the menu to see if they have something in line with the ol 96er. And the thought of eating a plate of gristle makes me want to vomit. But in a funny kind of way, much like getting "a bucket of salad." Just make sure you wrap a few Paul Bunyan hats for the kids, OK?



On a side note, hilarious that Annette Benning is in this movie, and I totally had a crush on the girl who gets stood up by the son in this clip. She was one of those classic '80s teen actresses whose name I never knew but who was the love interest in several flicks and you just couldn't help but fall for her.