Sundance was very good to Choke, the spiritual succesor to Fight Club and brainchild of author Chuck Palahniuk, so it was granted a limited release in theaters. I’ve been waiting for this movie since devouring all of Chucks books. And I wasn’t disappointed with this one.
I believe it was Bill Clinton who said something to the effect that we are living, and will spend our lifetimes, in the midst of the most diverse and drawn together world, ethnically, religiously, and culturally speaking, than any other time in history. It only makes sense, then, that the ways we react in this [...]
About fifteen hours or so ago I posted a response to an acquaintance on a micro blogging platform I use in regards to Quicksilver, a free program for Mac OS X. This acquaintance (well, it was Adii) was looking to start using it, and I offered up some reading material. He and a couple of [...]
My birthday seems to roll into my world carried by an existential fog that compels me to sit back, reflect and compose my thoughts. Basically for my own edification. That’s what silly personal blogs are for, right?
That’s kind of a mouthful. The Imel family was able to get together for a golf outing yesterday. Ashley was nice enough to take pictures of the whole thing, and everyone really enjoyed seeing them at dinner. I wasn’t able to be their for golf, mostly because I’m no golfer, but I enjoyed dinner and [...]
My new apartment is now fully painted and (nearly) fully furnished. I’m approaching everything fairly practically, so I’m only adding furniture when I have a purpose for it. The paint and decor I’ve added in the past couple of weeks really brings out the life of this place, and is really boosting the creativity I [...]
Enjoyed a late night viewing of The Incredible Hulk with The GuysTM: Andrew, Justin, and Trent. We all agreed that it was much better than Hulk was five years ago.
Some time ago, two years or so, I wrote a column for the Huntington University paper (called The Huntingtonian) that picked up a little interest. Turns out my thoughts on the US Pledge of Allegiance are not too common, and stirred up some discussion.
But I love that, don’t I?
I wouldn’t call myself a patriotic person by any means. But when your girlfriend comes in for the weekend, and you get to spend the whole day together, it’s a pretty special time. And since she was around, we decided to head over to the Roanoke fireworks with my dad, aunt, and grandma.
Oh, and we [...]
Last summer, when visiting Ashley’s family in Illinois, we met their friend’s new puppy Ivy.
Ashley and I attended something called a Turkey Festival last year over in her hometown in Illinois.
I attended An Event Apart in Chicago last August.
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