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This Week in Normality (Saturday Edition) — Bring the Pain
Written on 29 Aug, 2009 at 16:19 in Random Normality | viewed times | 2 Comments
Good day to you, faithful reader, on this last Saturday in August, in the year of our lord two thousand and nine. I won’t go into all the horrid details about my Friday…the first day of the fall semester... (Continue reading)
Glorious Basterds
“Once upon a time in Nazi occupied France…” a group of bad asses led by Lt. Aldo Rain (Brad Pitt) throw down the gauntlet and scalp a shit load of Nazis. At least that is what the trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s,... (Continue reading)
To War Against The Decline Of His Meridian
Blood Meridian could have been nothing more than a catalog of violence, rather than a terrifying meditation on the atrocities committed by the Glanton Gang. Save for one, its characters revel in the murders they commit, and while writer Cormac... (Continue reading)
Verhoeven’s Double Feature of Violence
Written on 29 Aug, 2009 at 15:59 in Film | viewed times | 3 Comments
As a male adult in my early-30’s who was born and raised in the United States, I have seen/been subjected to (take your pick) a large array of movies that, according to the MPAA “…may include adult themes, adult activity,... (Continue reading)
Ness’s Mess
Written on 29 Aug, 2009 at 15:58 in Comics | viewed times | 0 Comments
Anyone familiar with any portion of the life of Eliot Ness most likely knows about his time as the head of The Untouchables. The Untouchables were a group of police officers who made a huge splash during the days of... (Continue reading)
For the Love of Gore
Hey there faithful Normalinauts. Kilian here and, for the second week in a row, we at Normality Restored are pleased to welcome a guest contributor. He has requested that we call him “D. Composition” and I fully honor... (Continue reading)
Nights on Mary Street: Summer 1997-Spring 1998
Written on 21 Aug, 2009 at 19:11 in General Nerdom | viewed times | 0 Comments
The seating capacity is listed at three-hundred and twenty five, and even if only half of that attended that night, there were still plenty of witnesses. A little over one-hundred people, if not more, who remained silent. There had probably... (Continue reading)
Newstastic or Craptastic…its Newsies!
Written on 21 Aug, 2009 at 8:37 in Film | viewed times | 8 Comments
Greetings to all faithful Normalinauts. This week, we are lucky to have a guest contributor. She may or may not become a permanent fixture here at NR. I certainly would be in favor of seeing her contribute more so if... (Continue reading)
Crazy Like Lightning….Thunderbolts
Written on 21 Aug, 2009 at 8:01 in Comics | viewed times | 4 Comments
Can a trainwreck be entertaining and fun? Yes it can!!! I present to you, Thunderbolts, a team headed by a psycho and filled with other psychos. Let’s start with a little back story on the team. Originally, the team consisted of... (Continue reading)
The Lucas Factor
Written on 21 Aug, 2009 at 8:00 in General Nerdom | viewed times | 2 Comments
Ok, so here we go talking about our favorite, or least favorite, train wrecks. There have been a few in recent memory that have stood out. I mean where to begin, “Indian Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”... (Continue reading)
This Week In Normality — Train Wrecks!
Written on 21 Aug, 2009 at 7:50 in Random Normality | viewed times | 1 Comment
This week’s theme was inspired by a…let’s say sad…state of affairs. No doubt you are all familiar with the TLC show Jon and Kate Plus 8. In recent months the visibility of the show has increased exponentially, as stories of... (Continue reading)
My Wife Will Tell You…I Do, In Fact, Enjoy Butts
There was a time that I could sing Baby Got Back in its entirety without missing a syllable. I haven’t kept up with my freestyle “skillz” in recent years but I’d say I can still get through about 85%... (Continue reading)
This Week in Normality — My Love is Inexplicable
Written on 14 Aug, 2009 at 11:52 in Random Normality | viewed times | 2 Comments
Please enjoy this excerpt of a conversation my wife and I had a few days ago as we were brainstorming ideas for this week’s theme: Wife: I have a lot of guilty pleasures, like Footloose. Me: Yeah, that’s true. You ever... (Continue reading)
A Not So Perfect Get Away
So this last weekend, in a fit of boredom, a friend and I decided that it would be fun to go see a movie. He went to see “G.I. Joe” the night before so that was ruled out and, let’s... (Continue reading)
What would you do with a shinbone? - Thoughts on “IN THE LOOP”
The characters in Armando Iannucci’s IN THE LOOP eventually talk about war, though always as something distant that they have either read about in books or seen movies of. It’s even implied that the United States’ General Miller (James Gandolfini)... (Continue reading)
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