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Hey, I know where Big Will has been! Baby, work, Xmas shopping, and my parents were in town for a few weeks.
Not much time for HT - though I have seen Nemo, Ice Age, Bug's Life, Brother Bear, and Monsters Inc quite a few times recently.
I miss mhorgel, too. Always nice to have access to free medical advice.

Nice to see your little guy's face again, big guy!

Welcome back BigWill. You could have been watching worse movies than those.

Speaking of bad movies...don't waste your money (or your time) on Alexander. Talk about bad. Worst movie I've seen in quite some time. The worst part is, it's an incredible story, and could have made a great movie.

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this looks suspiciously like a thread hijack!!

OK, we rented 'envy' and 'eternal sunshine of a spotless mind' over the holiday weekend. 'envy' is supposed to be a comedy with jack black and ben stiller. it honestly struggles to be funny. jack blacks quirkyness isnt enough to save the film(and he usually is), and stiller plays the usual goody two shoes, whos world collapses around him. not worth the rental, in my opinion.

now, i would need about 4 paragraphs to try and properly explain the 'spotless mind' movie. jim carrey plays a compulsive geek, who has a relationship with kate winslet. i cant really say much more cause it would kinda give away the movie, but rest assured, if 10 of us watched it, we would have 10 different views on what happened. the movie skips a fine line between reality, dreams, imagination, and hallucination to weave a confused tale of love, pain, and new beginnings. it is not your typical hollywood feel good movie, not even close. i cant really say if it was good or bad, but i can say it will either completely intrigue you, or totally bore and confuse you. i give it two thumbs sideways?

bigjohn

I really enjoyed Spotless Mind. It certainly wasn't your typical "Hollywood" movie, and Jim Carrey was actually believable in a "straight/serious" role. It's certainly not fast paced or exciting, but it does make you think about what it is that makes a relationship work/not work. Good stuff.

Yes...this thread has been officially hijacked.

"eternal sunshine of the spotless mind"
I LOVED IT.
Rented it just because it was in DTS. I cant even tell you what the sound track was like though.

It was 25 degrees here this morning (northeren IL.) with a wind chill of 15.I work outside and it was a tad bit chilly.

Jack,
I have heard about the weather in Cleveland, but never experienced it. I worked on a project over in Northern Ohio (Tiffin) back in 1999. I left on Thanksgiving just as the weather was changing. Man was it bitter cold! BTW, have you ever visited the famous 'Put-in-Bay'? I spent a few Saturdays there during the summer months taking in the sights and tasting many beers etc.
Cheers,
Shaun

I am still around, and as Ajax mentioned, chime in when I feel the need.

Basically I just tire of the direction most posts head, and read threads that might be of interest. I agree that several people take this far too seriously. I resist posting simply to avoid the responses that are condescending, and add little to the thread but another notch in their posts.

Anyway, I thank you for the compliment and always answer PM's

Have I ever visited Put-in-Bay? (insert wicked laugh here). I was a musician. I've played at clubs there so many times, I can't remember. A VERY wild place.

Yeah, the weather is NOT one of Cleveland's strong points. We usually have very nice springs and falls, but our winters can really be stinky. They're usually either chilly and wet (temps in the upper 30s with rain), or freezing cold with a ton of snow. And, our summers can be hot and dry. Although, Over the past 5 years, we've had some very nice, cool and comfortable summers, and even 1 or 2 relatively snowless winters. This past summer we had enough rain that the lawns didn't turn brown all season. Usually, by August, they're nicely toasted.

November, December and January are our "GRAY" months. In November, on only 36% of the days do we see ANY sunshine. And, that may be only an hour or less. In December, only 25% of days have any sunshine, then back up to 36% for January. Gray days for sure. Of course today, we had a LOT of sunshine. After all, it WAS my birthday.