America's Pastime is Upon Us

The birds are chirping. The sun is out. The grass is green. Yup it's my favorite time of year...BASEBALL SEASON! I'm a die hard Red Sox fan. If you boo this is, bugger off and go read some Yankee blog about sodomy and payroll or something. I have to say though, I love baseball in general. Not just the Sox. There are players all over the league I love. Guys like Pujols and Mauer. Verlander and Griffey (I'll always love Griff). That's why I really like fantasy baseball. I get to follow everyone around baseball and I pay attention to everyone, not just my favorite team.

Bruce Willis is the MAN!

I'm sitting here watching "Live Free or Die Hard" and thinking to myself how badass Bruce Willis is. I don't always like his acting and he isn't even particularly great in this movie. But damn he's kicking some serious ass at the age of, almost, 55. He'll be 55 in a couple days according to IMDb.

Why I love Quentin Tarantino

Those of you that know me, know my relative obsession with Quentin Tarantino. I've been a fan since the first time Reservoir Dogs blew my brain off. Being around 12 at the time, this movie scared the shit out of me, confused me and kept me enthralled all at the same time. It's what any Tarantino fan watches his movies for in the first place. He does what he does and NO ONE else is like him. Many, and I unfortunately mean many, have tried to do what he does.

So... I flew to Florida on Wednesday, to visit with my Mom who was having major abdominal surgery. The flight was uneventful, if a little rough. I left Bangor at 45 deg, and clear skies, beautiful, sunny day. I arrived in Orlando (Sanford Airport) in the midst of major thunderstorms which have not yet stopped (36 hours later). So much for Sunny Florida... I picked up a rental, a Kia Rio, at Alamo, who knew ANYONE still made manual crank-up windows! In hindsight, I should have paid the extra $30.00/day for the Camaro... but whatever, I didn't come here to review cars...

Life + Dying

I hate, but can't help myself from reading the obituaries in the local paper. I can't help myself because I am intrigued by what I read, intrigued by the choices made by the surviving family chosen to highlight the deceased individual's life. The very finality of our obituaries can, appropriately, or inappropriately speak so much of our very short life on this earth. No matter what we do, no matter who we are, we ALL end up as a simple paragraph or two in the paper. I find it incredibly depressing, yet irresistible to peruse the local obits on a (an all too) regular basis What can be said about us when we die? Face it, we're all going to die. Like it or not, it is an un-fucking-shakable truth! It really is the only thing in life we can be sure of.

Josh Genius's Genius Horror Film Formula

Now I have to say I love movies. Hey, who the hell doesn't? But I really dig horror movies. I love 'em all. The cheesy ones and the good ones. So in honor of horror movies I present to you a specific formula to make a horror film any person would enjoy.

Step 1: Assemble an attractive cast...mostly.
Now this is essential. People watch horror movies for a few reasons but many watch for one very important thing...Boobs. Any guy that tells you he doesn't watch horror movies for boobs is mostly full of crap. Yeah the rest of the pieces of the puzzle are good but boobs are pretty much it for guys. Now as a counter point it's important to have at least one attractive male. I mean you need something for the ladies right? Like many things in film, balance is important if you want to reach out to an audience other than 16 year old boys. You pretty much need to make sure everyone is in their 20's. They need to drink and engage in coitus. These are their "sins" that makes it okay to kill them off. They will also make fun of the person mentioned in Step 7.