Friday, November 30, 2007

IMDB - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

IMDB - The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) - Hey pilgrim. I finished watching another John Wayne movie today pilgrim. There were a whole lot of pilgrims in this pilgrim western, pilgrim. So...The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, John Wayne was his usual hard ass self as cowboy Tom Doniphon. James Stewart played a wussy lawyer Ransom Stoddard. Stewart's whiny voice is worse than finger nails slowly creeping down a chalkboard. Lee Marvin played the villain Liberty Valance. Marvin did a great job playing Liberty but you couldn't help think throughout the movie how many times Tom could have pull out his six shooter and wasted Liberty. Over all good movie. I just can't stand James Stewart.

6 out of 10 stars pilgrim

Next up Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku shiro)

-MikeyB

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

IMDB - Casino (1995)

IMDB - Casino (1995) - De Niro, Pesci, Stone & Woods all in one movie. How can you go wrong? Casino is a Martin Scorsese flick about the mob involvement in the Las Vegas casinos of the 1970's and '80's. First and foremost, props to Rick Simpson the set decorator and John A. Dunn the costume designer. Awesome! Great acting for all involved with Casino. For being 5'4" Pesci was an extreme hard ass in this movie and totally believable. De Niro was good but he acted like he always does in every other movie he has been in. If you are into the organized crime/mob movies this is a must see.

8 out of 10 stars




-MikeyB

Friday, November 16, 2007

What I Am Listening To


I haven't listened to this album for a long time. I got so wrapped up in The White Stripes that I forgot about my other favorite band.

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Just Like A Kid Again

While we were in Houghton, MI we discovered the greatest tunnel slide our slightly hung over eyes had ever seen located at the Houghton RV Park just off of West Lakeshore Dr. When we got out of the car it was a race to the top! Here is a video for you to experience it yourself.






-MikeyB

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Michigan Tech Hockey

Pete, James, Kris and I went to Michigan Tech for our annual WCHA hockey weekend. The trip started out similar to last years with a slick snowy ice mixture driving up hwy 35. We saw 17 cars in the ditch and a few fender benders. Once we got to Duluth we were finally in the clear cruising our way to Houghton, MI. After 8 hours in the car we arrived at the Travelodge. We got lucky once again with our hotel selection. Our room was very large with 2 queens, fold out couch, mini fridge, microwave and the best part was we were right on the main strip in downtown Houghton. No need for a taxi to get to the bars.

Friday night we went out to check out the bars. First stop Keweenaw Brewing Company. This little gem in the heart of downtown had the best micro beers I have ever tasted. We had the Pick Axe Blonde, Red Jacket Amber, Coal Porter (nitro) & the ESB. KBC only served beer and peanuts. Oh did I forget to tell you that it was $2 a pint! TWO DOLLARS!! Frickin' awesome! The atmosphere was awesome with the aged wood & brick walls and a cozy gas fireplace in the middle of the bar. Unfortunately I was only able to get some Blonde to bring back because MI does not allow you to buy beer before noon. KBC was only open until 11pm so we headed over to The Library another micro brew pub for some late night appetizers. I got some wings that were damn pathetic but James & Kris got the crab stuffed mushrooms and they would not stop talking about how great they tasted all night. I had the Bumbletown Ale and once again this micro brew was fantastic! Next stop the Ambassador. Nothing too special about the Ambassador. Beer was twice as much as KBC and The Library. We just took a shot of whiskey and packed it up for the night. We were all dragging ass from waking up early and the drive.

Saturday we did some Houghton exploring. First we consulted the napkin that James brought. A teammate of James' went to Mich Tech and lived in Houghton for 5 years so he drew a map on a napkin for James with some local sites we should check out. We drove out of town for 15 minutes and arrived at Lake Superior were it meets with the Keweenaw Waterway. There was a small light house east side of the waterway and a large wave barrier on the west. We walked to the end of the wave barrier to check it out. After our little hike we headed into Houghton to check out the mall. What a sad sight this place was. There were more vacant stores than there was open stores. We then hit up the Wal-Mart to find some shorts to go swimming. There was maybe 5 other people in the hotel so we had the pool to ourselves. Too bad the hot tub was broken.

We headed over to the John MacInnes Ice Arena around 6:00 pm. I personally wasn't too impressed by this arena. It felt like you were watching a high school game. The arena had no personality, just bland. The Huskies Pep Band had to of been the most annoying thing ever to grace the game of Hockey. They would not stop playing! Every break in play they would start up again & again. All I wanted was for the band to disappear so I could hear the sounds of the game. Mich Tech Huskies lost to the St. Cloud Huskies 4 to 1. After the game we headed back to KBC for some $2 pints. After KBC closed we went to a few more bars on Shelden Ave. The rest of that night was pretty fuzzy. I permanently borrowed a glass pitch from one of the bars, bar goers were dressed up as pirates and I don't remember going to bed. Yeah it was a good night.

Sunday morning was a real treat. Hung over! Two Aleves and I'm ready to rock n' roll. With some Perkins in our bellies we were on the road once again. On the way back we hit up Anchor Bar and Grill in Superior, WI. $3 burgers and $1 fries, how could you go wrong? That was a tasty burger. We arrived home around 6pm. We gassed up the car and got it washed for Aimee. We averaged around 30-32 mpg the whole trip which kept the gas bill down to $25 per person.

Over all it was a really fun trip. The town of Houghton was great! The ice arena was a disappointment. The beer and price of beer was fantastic! The bars were good but not very busy for being a college town. Next years WCHA destination will be a local one, St. Cloud.

Here is a link to all of the pictures.

-MikeyB













Tuesday, November 06, 2007

The Official 07' MikeyB X-Mas List

I figured since I was bored yesterday I would throw together a Christmas list to make every ones shopping season a little easier this year.

In alphabetical order.

29x1.75-2.10 WTV Mountain Tube x 2
Beer Yeast Giant Plush Microbes
Black Diamond Trail Trekking Poles - Pair
Cycling is Dop T L
Das Boot Glass from Gasthof's
Dirt Rag WiseCracker for Steerer Tube
E-13 Pint Glass
Fat Tire Bike Jersey XL
Fisher 29er Short Sleeve Jersey XL
Hayes Disc Brake Pads
iPod Shuffle Blue
Kenda Nevegal Tire 26x2.35" Dual Compound, Folding Bead x 2
Klipsch 10" 420W Powered Subwoofer
Klipsch Synergy III 6-1/2" 2-way Floorstanding Speaker
Light My Fire Firesteel Scout
Magellan CrossoverGPS
Old School T L
Pearl Izumi Veer biking shorts Large (couple pairs)
Portable Buddy Heater Carry Bag
Resource Revial Bottle Opener Orange
Rock Shox Reba Race 29er Fork w/ lock out
Salsa Flip-Off Skewer Silver
Same Shirt Different Day
Sony Upconvert DVD Player
Surly Pint Glass
That 70's Show Season 7
Thomson Aluminum Elte Seatpost Black 26.8mm
Twin Six Flyer Socks L/XL
Twin Six Pint Glasses set of 4
Twin Six The Buck Jersey XL
Ultimate Pro-Elite Repair Stand
Western Digital 1TB External Hard Drive
Wisconsin T L

Sunday, November 04, 2007

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Thursday, November 01, 2007

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Thank You Charter Communications

Thank you Charter Communications for adding a few more High Definition channels to your already suburb line-up. I can’t tell you how long I have been waiting for TNT to be in HD. I will never miss another episode of Dog the Bounty Hunter again. I just can’t get enough of Dog's golden blonde mullet and his crime fighting posse. TNT is just the appetizer to another channel you have just added, A&E. I can’t tell you how long I have been dreaming of having A&E in HD! I now get to watch Crossing Jordan & Biography all day long. I just can’t resist turning the channel on my remote control to 795 to view this worthless pile of regurgitated programming. Today, oh today, I see you have blessed us Charter viewers with the cherry on top of the HD cake, the dessert if you will, The Weather Channel. I have been anticipating watching local weather radar. There is nothing better to watch in HD than a 2 dimensional weather map with some green rain shower blimps going west to east across my widescreen plasma HDTV. The little sun & rain shower graphics look so crisp that I feel like I’m standing in the radar map. I’m dodging little lighting bolts and high fronts. Those tropical depressions really freak me out! So Charter I salute you…(salute). May you bring some more great HD channels to your viewers like the Game Show Network, Court TV, AMC, OxygenLifetimeBET

Your loyal HD customer,
MikeyB
 
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